- Andy Murray will face Tomas Machak within the first spherical of Wimbledon males's singles
- Wimbledon ladies's singles draw disrupted by technical glitch
- Murray underwent again surgical procedure on Saturday and has to undergo 24/7 rehab to get match
An embarrassing and long-standing technical mistake induced chaos through the Wimbledon ladies's singles draw this morning.
Beatriz Haddad Maia's identify was known as however the digital board displaying the draw confirmed Mira Andreeva. This induced confusion and took a number of minutes to kind out.
The incident occurred earlier than Andy Murray's destiny was identified, as he confronted Tomas Machak.
It could possibly be his final singles match on the All England Membership – if he’s match sufficient to play on the beginning line-up. The 37-year-old is recovering from surgical procedure to take away a spinal cyst, and admits it’s extra doubtless he is not going to be match for the singles.
Nonetheless, he will likely be comfortable to have been positioned within the reverse half to defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, that means he’ll start his marketing campaign on Tuesday as an alternative of Monday and get an additional day to recuperate.
There was chaos within the Wimbledon draw this morning as Mira Andreeva was drawn twice.
Andy Murray will face Tomas Machak within the first spherical of Wimbledon males's singles
It might have been worse, however Machac represents a tricky draw and brings again grim recollections
Murray returned on Saturday following surgical procedure for a spinal cyst.
The match towards Machac will deliver again painful recollections for Murray – he was beating the Czech and taking part in nicely in Miami in March, however an ankle damage ruined his possibilities; he has barely been match since then. It might have been worse, in fact, however Machac is a tricky draw.
No. 28 seed Jack Draper will face Switzerland's Elias Ymer. Draper might play Cam Norrie – the person he changed as British No. 1, who will begin towards Argentina's Facundo Diaz Acosta – within the second spherical. The winner of that would play French Open finalist Alexander Zverev within the third spherical.
Alcaraz will face qualifier Mark Lyle and world No. 1 Jannik Sinner within the semifinals. This implies No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic might not face both of those two younger superstars till the ultimate.
Sinner faces bother up entrance as he might face unseeded former finalist Matteo Berrettini within the second spherical.
Simply final week he withdrew from his second-round match towards Jordan Thompson at Queen’s after struggling nerve ache brought on by a spinal cyst that immobilised his proper leg.
In the meantime, Emma Raducanu will start her Wimbledon marketing campaign within the ladies's singles towards twenty second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia, leaving no member of the British contingent sad.
Alexandrova, 29, reached the fourth spherical final yr however there have been definitely robust attracts for an unseeded participant and Raducanu appears to be within the open part of the draw.
thirty second seed Katie Boulter will first play 2018 quarterfinalist Tatjana Maria of Germany and can face fifth seed Jessica Pegula within the third spherical.
Emma Raducanu has been handed a difficult first-round singles match towards twenty second seed Ekaterina Alexandrova
thirty second seed Katie Boulter will face 2018 quarterfinalist Tatyana Maria
No. 28 seed Jack Draper will play towards Switzerland's Elias Ymer and will play Cameron Norrie within the second spherical
Norrie, who was dethroned as British No 1 by Draper, will tackle Argentina's Facundo Diaz Acosta
Wildcard Heather Watson will face world quantity 85 Greet Minnen of Belgium, Harriet Dart will tackle qualifier Bai Zhuoxuan and one other wildcard Fran Jones will tackle Petra Martic of Croatia.
Qualifier Sonja Kartal will face twenty ninth seed Sorana Cirstea of ​​Romania, whereas wildcard Lily Miyazaki will tackle world quantity 75 Tamara Korpats of Germany.
