Djokovic, Evans, Swiatek, Sinner, Draper – Thursday preview

It has been a Wimbledon of upsets so far.

Eight top-10 seeds across the men’s and women’s singles draws exited in the first round – the most at a Grand Slam in the Open era – before Jasmine Paolini joined the exodus in the second round on Wednesday.

Among those avoiding shock defeats on day three were defending men’s champion Carlos Alcaraz and women’s world number one Aryna Sabalenka, beating Ollie Tarvet and Marie Bouzkova to progress to the third round.

On day four the other side of the draw will play for a second time, with seven-time champion Novak Djokovic, men’s world number one Jannik Sinner and Britain’s Jack Draper among those in action.

Many eyes will be on Centre Court from 13:30 BST as 24-time Grand Slam winner Djokovic takes on Britain’s Dan Evans.

That match is followed by five-time Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek, who faces America’s Caty McNally.

World number one Sinner will close play on Centre when the Italian comes up against Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic.

On Court One, seventh seed Mirra Andreeva opens against Italy’s Lucia Bronzetti at 13:00.

That is followed by a match-up between Greece’s Maria Sakkari and 11th seed Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion.

Britain’s fourth seed Draper will close play on Court One against former US Open winner Marin Cilic, who reached the Wimbledon final in 2017.

While Draper, Evans and Pinnington Jones fly the flag for Great Britain in the singles, 22 British players will be in first-round doubles action throughout Wednesday.

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Britain’s Jamie Murray and partner Rajeev Ram take on Francisco Cabral and Lucas Miedler first on Court 14, where British pair Johannus Monday and David Stevenson will be facing Mattia Bellucci and Fabian Marozsan later in the day.

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Britain’s Alicia Barnett and Eden Silva are up against Camila Osorio and Alycia Parks first on Court Six, and Lui Maxted and Connor Thomson face eighth seeds Nikola Mektic and Michael Venus last on Court Eight.

Third up on Court Nine will be Britain’s Olivia Nicholls, partnering Slovenia’s Tereza Mihalikova against Kamilla Rakhimova and Anna Siskova.

Australian 11th seed Alex de Minaur opens on Court Two against Frenchman Arthur Cazaux, with Czech defending women’s champion Barbora Krejcikova taking on American Caroline Dolehide on the same court later in the day.

11:00-16:30 – Live coverage – BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app

11:00-21:30 – Live coverage of outside courts – BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app

12:30-20:00 – Live coverage – BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Sounds app and BBC Sport website

14:00-19:00 – Live coverage – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app

19:00-20:00 – Live coverage – BBC Two, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app

19:00-22:00 – Live coverage – BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Sounds app and BBC Sport website

20:00-21:00 – Live coverage – BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website and app