By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday June 27, 2024
Carlos Alcaraz And Jannik Sinner are included in the identical half of the Wimbledon males’s singles draw, whereas Novak Djokovic is positioned within the backside half.
All was revealed on Friday morning on the All England Membership when the 128-player discipline for this 12 months’s championships was introduced.
In an thrilling twist, Sinner could face former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini within the second spherical. Berrettini will face Hungarian Marton Fucsovics in his opening match, whereas prime seed Sinner will face German Yannik Hanfmann.
Third-seeded Alcaraz, the reigning champion, begins his Wimbledon title protection towards Estonian qualifier Mark Lajal. Alcaraz is scheduled to face Sebastian Ofner or Aleksandar Vukic within the second spherical, and he might probably face Matteo Arnaldi or Frances Tiafoe within the third spherical.
Alcaraz and Sinner might meet within the semi-finals – the Italian’s solely assembly got here at Wimbledon in 2022, defeating Alcaraz within the spherical of 16. Alcaraz holds a 5-4 lifetime benefit over his rival, together with a win over the Italian within the semi-finals at Roland-Garros this 12 months.
Watch the complete Wimbledon males’s singles draw under:
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Seven-time Wimbledon champion Djokovic will face Czech qualifier Vit Kopriva within the first spherical.
The 37-year-old participant might 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.
Ought to Djokovic, who underwent surgical procedure on the meniscus in his proper knee on June 5, attain the quarterfinals, his potential opponent is seventh-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland.
That is what the quarterfinals at Wimbledon will appear like if the seeds maintain:
Gents’s Singles – Anticipated Quarter Finals by Seeding
Sinner (1) vs Medvedev (5)
Alcaraz (3) towards Ruud (8)Rublev (6) vs Zverev (4)
Hurkacz (7) vs Djokovic (2)#Wimbledon— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 28, 2024
Notable encounters within the first spherical of males’s singles embody:
[20] Sebastian Korda vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Andy Murray vs Tomas Machac
Gaël Monfils vs [22] Adrian Mannarino
Matteo Arnaldi towards… [29] Frances Tiafoe
Jan-Lennard Struff versus Fabian Marozan
[19] Nicolas Jarry vs Denis Shapovalov
Kei Nishikori vs. Arthur Rinderknech