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The Wimbledon draw has been announced this morning.
Djokovic & Murray won't meet until the final. Murray has Federer, Nadal, Berdych, Ferrer & Tsonga in his half. Wawrinka is in Djokovic's half. Djoko has a potentially tough match vs Kolschreiber in round one. Aside from avoiding Nole, I'd say Murray has the tougher route to the final.
The women's draw has produced some tough matches for the Brits, with Jo Konta playing Sharapova and Heather Watson vs Garcia. Laura Robson plays Rodina in her 1st slam in 18 months. Serena could play Venus in the 4th round.
Projected Mens QF's;
Djokovic v Nishikori
Wawrinka v Raonic
Murray v Ferrer
Berdych v Federer
Projected Women's QF's;
Serena v Ivanovic
Sharapova v Safarova
Wozniacki v Halep
Makarova v Kvitova
The top half of both draws play on Monday, bottom halves on Tuesday.
He may potentially draw Nishikori in the QF and Stan Wawrinka in a Semi - but I don't think either of these guys are that dangerous on grass.
Somoene like Cilic could also be a QF opponent, and he can be very difficult if he catches fire and starts serving huge.
Still, it is one match at a time, and Kohlschreiber is as tough a 1st round opponent as anyone.
I can't say I follow Kohlschreiber closely enough to know how his year is going, but I'm surprised he's not ranked high enough to be seeded. He'll probably give Djokovic a challenge in the 1st round.
I can't say I follow Kohlschreiber closely enough to know how his year is going, but I'm surprised he's not ranked high enough to be seeded. He'll probably give Djokovic a challenge in the 1st round.
He's ranked 33rd, literally one spot away from being seeded! Live ATP Rankings
Please don't be greedy, you've seen it 7 times.
Mind you, we've seen Nadal hold up 9 French Open titles, so we are used to players completely dominating one event, and his fans still want 1 more.
*Nick Kyrgios easily defeated Diego Schwartzman in straight sets; the 20 year Australian was only challenged in the 3rd set (which he won in a tiebreak). Kyrgios will play Juan Monaco in the 2nd round.
*Alexander Zverev advanced to the 2nd round in his first Grand Slam appearance beating Teymuraz Gabashvili (last seen making it to the 4th round at Roland Garros a month ago) in a marathon, five set match; the 18 year old German won the 5th set 9-7. Zverev will play Denis Kudla in the 2nd round.
*Thanasi Kokkinakis fell to #24 seed Leonardo Mayer in a close straight sets match; Kokk lost the first two sets in tiebreaks before falling in the 3rd set 6-4.
*Hyeon Chung suffered a tough five set loss to qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert, losing 10-8 in the 5th set after being up a break in the set.
On the women's side, 18 year old Belinda Bencic, who won her first WTA title just last week at Eastbourne and has appeared in two WTA finals within the last month, beat Tsvetana Pironkova in three sets, coming back to win after losing the first set. Bencic will play Anna-Lena Friedsam in the 2nd round.
In addition to the above, two women, Venus Williams and Sam Stosur, posted double bagel (6-0, 6-0) victories on Day 1. Also, men's #1 Novak Djokovic and women's #1 Serena Williams both posted straight set victories in their opening matches.
Result of day 1 has to be Jelena Ostapenko, last years Girls Singles Champion, who beat No9 seed Carla Suarez Navarro for the loss of only 2 games.
She hasn't even played a main draw WTA match yet and already she has her first top 10 scalp.
At the other end of the age scale, Lleyton Hewitt played a 5 set marathon in his last ever Wimbledon. The physio had to work overtime to keep him moving, but he just lost out in the final set.
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