By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday June 27, 2024
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have been drawn into the identical half of the Wimbledon’s males’s singles draw, whereas Novak Djokovic is within the decrease half.
All was revealed on Friday morning on the All England Club because the 128-player discipline for this yr’s Championships was introduced.
In an thrilling twist, Sinner has been drawn to probably face former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini within the second spherical. Berrettini will face Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics in his opener, whereas top-seeded Sinner takes on Germany’s Yannik Hanfmann.
Third-seeded Alcaraz, the defending champion, will start his Wimbledon title protection with Estonian qualifier Mark Lajal. Alcaraz is slated to face both Sebastian Ofner or Aleksandar Vukic within the second spherical, and he may probably face Matteo Arnaldi or Frances Tiafoe within the third spherical.
Alcaraz and Sinner may meet within the semifinals – the Italian took their lone assembly at Wimbledon in 2022, defeating Alcaraz within the spherical of 16. Alcaraz holds the 5-4 lifetime edge in opposition to his rival, general, together with a win over the Italian within the semifinals at Roland-Garros this yr.
See the total Wimbledon males’s singles draw beneath:
Full males’s singles draw at Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/oojwPi1e2v
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Seven-time Wimbledon champion Djokovic will face Czech qualifier Vit Kopriva within the first spherical.
The 37-year-old may face Thirtieth-seeded Tomas Martin Etcheverry within the third spherical and both Fifteenth-seeded Holger Rune or Twenty first-seeded Karen Khachanov within the spherical of 16.
If Djokovic, who had surgical procedure to restore the meniscus in his proper knee on June fifth, makes the quarterfinals, his potential opponent can be Seventh-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland.
Here’s how the quarterfinals form up at Wimbledon, if the seeds maintain:
Gentlemen’s Singles – Projected Quarter-finals by Seeding
Sinner (1) vs Medvedev (5)
Alcaraz (3) vs Ruud (8)Rublev (6) vs Zverev (4)
Hurkacz (7) vs Djokovic (2)#Wimbledon— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 28, 2024
Notable males’s singles first-round encounters embrace:
[20] Sebastian Korda vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Andy Murray vs Tomas Machac
Gael Monfils vs [22] Adrian Mannarino
Matteo Arnaldi vs [29] Frances Tiafoe
Jan-Lennard Struff vs Fabian Marozan
[19] Nicolas Jarry vs Denis Shapovalov
Kei Nishikori vs Arthur Rinderknech
Source: www.tennisnow.com
