Djokovic, Evans, Swiatek, Sinner, Draper – Thursday’s Wimbledon preview

So far, there have been a lot of upsets.

The top ten men’s and women’s singles draws saw their teams exit on Wednesday in the second round, which is the most at a Grand Slam in the history of the Open.

In the third round, Ollie Tarvet and Marie Bouzkova, the reigning men’s champion, and Aryna Sabalenka, the women’s world number one, were two of those who avoided shock defeat on day three.

Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic, men’s world number one Jannik Sinner, and Britain’s Jack Draper will compete for a second time on day four of the draw.

Iga Swiatek, a five-time Grand Slam champion, takes on American Caty McNally in the following match.

When the Italian takes on Aleksandar Vukic from Australia, the world’s number one player, Sinner, will close play on Centre.

At 13:00, seventh seed Mirra Andreeva squares off against Lucia Bronzetti from Italy on Court One.

Maria Sakkari, the Greek tennis player, and Elena Rybakina, the 2022 Wimbledon champion, square off after that.

Fourth-seed Draper, a former Wimbledon champion, will face Marin Cilic, a former US Open champion, in the final of 2017.

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

The first-place matchup between Vasil Kirkov and Bart Stevens takes place on Court 16, while the reigning champions of Queen’s Day, class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>Julian Cash and class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>Lloyd Glasspool, are in fourth place on Court 17 against Charles Broom and Joshua Paris.

Later on Court 14, British duo Johannus Monday and David Stevenson will square off against Mattia Bellucci and Fabian Marozsan.

class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>Emily Appleton and class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>Heather Watson, who play Alexander Bublik and Flavio Cobolli, are the last two British duo on Court Four, while class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>Billy Harris and href=”https://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/36666910″ class=”ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0″> class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>Marcus Willis play them all in English.

On Court Six, Alicia Barnett and Eden Silva of Great Britain square off against Camila Osorio and Alycia Parks, and Lui Maxted and Connor Thomson of eighth-placed Nikola Mektic and Michael Venus of last.

Olivia Nicholls, a Briton, will face Kamilla Rakhimova and Anna Siskova on Court Nine, a Slovenian.

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