Center Court (début 1:30 p.m.)Carlos Alcaraz (ESP/tête de série N.1) – Alexandre Müller (FRA)Iga Swiatek (POL/N.1) – Petra Martic (CRO/N.30)Stan Wawrinka (SUI) – Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Court N.1 (start 1:00 pm) Varvara Gracheva (FRA) – Aryna Sabalenka (BLR/N.2)Cameron Norrie (GBR/N.12) – Christopher Eubanks (USA)Ons Jabeur (TUN/N.6) – Zhuoxuan Bai (CHN)
Court N.2 (debut 11:00) Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) – Petra Kvitova (CZE/N.9) Alexander Zverev (GER/N.19) – Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) Denis Shapovalov (CAN/N.26) – Liam Broady (GBR) Marie Bouzkova (CZE/N.32) – Caroline Garcia (FRA)
Court N.3 (début 11h00) Roberto Carballes (ESP) – Holger Rune (DEN/N.6) Jannik Sinner (ITA/N.8) – Quentin Halys (FRA) Jessica Pegula (USA/N.4) – Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) Elina Svitolina (UKR) – Sofia Kenin (USA)
Court N.12 (debut 11h00)Viktorija Golubic (SUI) – Madison Keys (USA/N.25) Lorenzo Musetti (ITA/N.14) – Hubert Hurkacz (POL/N.17) Daria Kasatkina (RUS/N.11 ) – Victoria Azarenka (BLR) Andrey Rublev (RUS/N.7) – David Goffin (BEL)
This Friday, Stan Wawrinka will face Novak Djokovic for the 27th time. But for the first time on grass. Beaten 20 times by the Serb, the Vaudois remains a “bête noire” for the Serb in the Grand Slams since he beat four times in the Grand Slam, including twice in the final (Roland-Garros 2015 and US Open 2016 ). “He took two Grand Slam tournaments away from me. This is the role he played in my career, beating me twice in the Grand Slam final,” laughed the four-time defending champion. The duel could however be unbalanced since the Serb is at the top of his game at 36, while the Vaudois is clearly approaching the end of his career. But if “Stan the man” becomes the player he was sometimes against the Djoker, the duel could be exciting in the last rotation on the Center Court.
Matteo Berrettini, finalist of the 2021 edition, faces Alex de Minaur on the 18 in the 3rd round. To continue the redemption operation. The Italian returned to success on Thursday against his compatriot Lorenzo Sonego (6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (7), 6-3). After almost three months without a win (his last success dated back to the Monte-Carlo tournament in April) and quite a few galleys took his revenge on Sonego who had beaten him in Stuttgart. Facing the always formidable Minaur on grass, Berrettini will try to remind that he is a very serious customer on this surface, too.
The day of Thursday was damaged in the tricolor camp since six of our representatives fell by the wayside. They are only five survivors in the London tournament. Two of them are playing their second round with two hell of a challenge. On the Center Court, Alexandre Muller will try to overthrow world number one Carlos Alcaraz. In a very unfavorable tie against Daniil Medvedev, Adrian Mannarino will attempt an improbable Remontada (he is trailing 6-3, 6-3, 4-4) during his second round. On the 1, Varvera Gracheva will also have to release an anthology match against Aryna Sabalenka, world number 2. Qualified for the 3rd round, Caroline Garcia and Quentin Halys respectively face Marie Bouzkova and Jannik Sinner on courts 2 and 3.
” It’s a monster. He is very young but he is one of my idols”, signed Alexandre Muller to the challenge of Carlos Alcaraz.
The new king of Wimbledon Novak Djokovic will try against Stan Wawrinka to continue his crazy series of consecutive winning matches at Church Road. A 31st win and i would bring them closer to the record of 41 set by Björn Borg at Wimbledon.
In 1887, at 15 years and 285 days, England’s Charlotte “Lottie” Dod won her first Wimbledon. No one has been so precocious since.