Alcaraz ready to open the curtain at Wimbledon

As tradition dictates, the last winner in the men’s category will open the first day of Wimbledon Monday on Centre Court: Carlos Alcarazthird player in the world, will face Estonian Mark Lajal (262nd).

The world number 1, the Italian Jannik Sinner, will start at the end of the day on court N.1 against the German Yannick Hanfmann.

In the women’s category, Coco Gauff will close the day at the Central against fellow American Caroline Dolehide.

— The main matches of the first day, on Monday (in GMT hours):

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Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz celebrates his victory in the Roland Garros final against German Alexander Zverev, in Paris, on June 9, 2024.

AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard

. Centre court (from 12:30 p.m.)

Carlos Alcaraz (ESP/seeded N.3) – Mark Lajal (EST)

Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS/N.22) – Emma Raducanu (GBR)

Caroline Dolehide (USA) – Coco Gauff (USA/N.2)

. Track No. 1 (from 12:00 p.m.)

Aleksandar Kovacevic (EE. UU.) – Daniil Medvedev (RUS/N.5)

Emina Bektas (USA) – Aryna Sabalenka (BLR/N.3)

Jannik Sinner (ITA/N.1) – Yannick Hanfmann (GER)

. Court N°2 (from 10:00 am)

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL/N.) – Dusan Lajovic (SRB)

Stan Wawrinka (SUI) – Charles Broom (GBR)

Naomi Osaka (JPN) – Diane Parry (FRA)

Victoria Azarenka (BLR/N.16) – Sloane Stephens (United States)

. Track N.3 (from 10h00)

Alex Bolt (AUS) – Casper Ruud (NOR/N.8)

Jasmine Paolini (ITA/N.7) – Sara Sorribes (ESP)

Martina Trevisan (ITA) – Madison Keys (EU/N.12)

Tommy Paul (USA/N.12) – Pedro Martínez (ESP)

. Court No. 12 (starting at 10:00 a.m.)

McCartney Kessler (United States) – Maria Sakkari (GRE/N.9)

Matteo Berrettini (ITA) – Marton Fucsovics (HUN)

Botic from De Zandschulp (NED) – Liam Broady (GBR)

Brenda Fruhvirtova (Czech Republic) – Mirra Andreeva (RUS/N.24)

. Court N°18 (from 10:00 am)

(2nd match) Gaël Monfils (FRA) – Adrian Mannarino (FRA/N.22)

Qinwen Zheng (CHN/N.8) – Lulu Sun (NZL)

Mattia Bellucci (ITA) – Ben Shelton (USA/N.14)

. Court No. 4 (starting at 10:00 a.m.)

Dayana Yastremska (UKR/N.28) – Nadia Podoroska (ARG)

Marta Kostyuk (UKR/N.18) – Rebecca Sramkova (SVK)

(4th match) Sara Errani (ITA) – Linda Noskova (CZE/N.26)

. Track N.5 (from 10h00)

(2nd part) Zhizhen Zhang (CHN/N.32) – Maxime Janvier (FRA)

(4th part) Mariano Navone (ARG/N.31) – Lorenzo Sonego (ITA)

. Court No. 14 (starting at 10:00 a.m.)

Nicolas Jarry (CHI/N.19) – Denis Shapovalov (CAN)

Daria Kasatkina (RUS/N.14) – Shuai Zhang (CHN)

Karolina Pliskova (CHE) – Diana Shnaider (RUS)

Pablo Carreño (ESP) – Tallon Griekspoor (NED/N.27)

. Court N.15 (from 10:00 am)

Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) – Frances Tiafoe (USA/N.29)

Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) – Ugo Humbert (FRA/N.16)

Sorana Cirstea (ROU/N.29) – Sonay Kartal (GBR)

. Court No. 16 (starting at 10:00 a.m.)

(not before 15h30) Qiang Wang (CHN) – Emma Navarro (USA/N.19)

. Court No. 17 (starting at 10:00 a.m.)

Taylor Townsend (United States) – Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS/N.25)

Sebastián Báez (ARG/N.18) – Brandon Nakashima (United States)

Jakub Mensik (República Checa) – Alexander Bublik (KAZ/N.23)

Source: AP

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