Roger Federer is in the bottom half of the men’s draw, on the opposite side of which is world No.1 Novak Djokovic. Should the twain meet, it’ll be in the Wimbledon final.
The sixth-seeded Swiss, an eighttime champion, is in the world No.2 Daniil Medvedev’s quarter and could run into either chilli-hot Italian Matteo Berrettini or fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev in the semifinals.
Djokovic, looking for sixth crown at SW19, faces 19-year-old British wildcard entrant Jack Draper in the first round. The Serb could run into the man he topped in the 2018 final, South African Kevin Anderson next. Russian Andrey Rublev is seeded to face the 34-year-old — looking to string a calendar Golden Slam — in the last-eight. Stefanos Tsitsipas, the third seed, bookends the top-half.
The 2021 men’s draw of the oldest Grand Slam, which ends a two-year absence when action returns to the leafy English suburb on Monday, isn’t explosive. No pronouncements of top or bottom heavy, which might’ve something to do with the absence of the Spanish legend Rafael Nadal.
It is a schedule that appears sweet for Djokovic, but it is also strewn with possibility, forcing the connoisseur to reach for a calculator.
Federer, looking to bounce back from a second-round exit at Halle, opens against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino. The 39-year-old, returning from two knee surgeries, is short of matches. A dent in the detail.
Federer hasn’t lost to Mannarino, the world No.42 in six previous encounters, the last of which was in the round of 16 at the 2018 Wimbledon.
The women’s draw – headed by Ashleigh Barty – isn’t unlike the men’s in that it doesn’t swing one way or the other on the power equation. The 2019 champion Simona Halep, who was seeded two, pulled out with a calf injury just before the draw, and world No.2 Naomi Osaka is sitting out.
Barty opens against the inspirational cancer-survivor Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro, in what is poised to be an emotional statement.
Serena Williams, seeded sixth, is shooting for a record 24th major title, the path to which promises to test the 39-year-old. The American, also in the top-half of the draw, opens against the 27-year-old Aliaksandra Sasnovich, whose best Grand Slam showing was making the fourth round at Wimbledon (2018).
Serena might run into German Angelique Kerber in the third round, arepeat of the 2016 and 2018 finals. She won the first, and two years later, Kerber reversed the result by running her ragged. It could be the ninth-seeded Swiss Belinda Bencic in the fourthround, third-seeded Elina Svitolina in the quarters and Barty in the semifinals.
The sixth-seeded Swiss, an eighttime champion, is in the world No.2 Daniil Medvedev’s quarter and could run into either chilli-hot Italian Matteo Berrettini or fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev in the semifinals.
Djokovic, looking for sixth crown at SW19, faces 19-year-old British wildcard entrant Jack Draper in the first round. The Serb could run into the man he topped in the 2018 final, South African Kevin Anderson next. Russian Andrey Rublev is seeded to face the 34-year-old — looking to string a calendar Golden Slam — in the last-eight. Stefanos Tsitsipas, the third seed, bookends the top-half.
The 2021 men’s draw of the oldest Grand Slam, which ends a two-year absence when action returns to the leafy English suburb on Monday, isn’t explosive. No pronouncements of top or bottom heavy, which might’ve something to do with the absence of the Spanish legend Rafael Nadal.
It is a schedule that appears sweet for Djokovic, but it is also strewn with possibility, forcing the connoisseur to reach for a calculator.
Federer, looking to bounce back from a second-round exit at Halle, opens against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino. The 39-year-old, returning from two knee surgeries, is short of matches. A dent in the detail.
Federer hasn’t lost to Mannarino, the world No.42 in six previous encounters, the last of which was in the round of 16 at the 2018 Wimbledon.
The women’s draw – headed by Ashleigh Barty – isn’t unlike the men’s in that it doesn’t swing one way or the other on the power equation. The 2019 champion Simona Halep, who was seeded two, pulled out with a calf injury just before the draw, and world No.2 Naomi Osaka is sitting out.
Barty opens against the inspirational cancer-survivor Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro, in what is poised to be an emotional statement.
Serena Williams, seeded sixth, is shooting for a record 24th major title, the path to which promises to test the 39-year-old. The American, also in the top-half of the draw, opens against the 27-year-old Aliaksandra Sasnovich, whose best Grand Slam showing was making the fourth round at Wimbledon (2018).
Serena might run into German Angelique Kerber in the third round, arepeat of the 2016 and 2018 finals. She won the first, and two years later, Kerber reversed the result by running her ragged. It could be the ninth-seeded Swiss Belinda Bencic in the fourthround, third-seeded Elina Svitolina in the quarters and Barty in the semifinals.
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