Murray to face Peniston in all-British Wimbledon opener
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ndy Murray will start his bid for a long term at Wimbledon towards fellow Briton Ryan Peniston within the opening spherical.
The British No3 opted to forego the French Open in a bid to arrange himself for Wimbledon and, whereas he failed in his quest to be seeded, he arrives at his house grand slam off the again of title wins on the grass in Surbiton and Nottingham.
Murray will likely be anticipated to come back by means of his opener towards Peniston on Tuesday however then faces a doubtlessly robust second-round encounter towards Stefanos Tsitsipas or else Dominic Thiem.
Cameron Norrie additionally faces an arduous activity to emulate his run to the semi-finals 12 months in the past. He takes on a debutant in 22-year-old Czech participant Tomas Machac in his first match however is then seeded to play Sebastian Korda, who knocked him out within the quarter-finals of Queen’s earlier this month.
Daniil Medvedev, returning to the event after a U-turn over the ban on Russian gamers, is a potential quarter-final opponent.
Medvedev faces one other Briton within the opening spherical in Arthur Fery whereas Fery’s countryman and fellow debutant George Loffhagen is towards No6 seed Holger Rune.
Of the opposite British males within the singles draw, Dan Evans opens towards Quentin Halys whereas Liam Broady takes on Constant Lestienne and Jan Choinski meets Dusan Lajovic.
One of the picks of the primary spherical sees Venus Williams, who was awarded a wildcard into the principle draw on the age of 43, drawn towards one other wildcard in Elina Svitolina, the Ukrainian who reached the quarter-finals on the French Open and has been repeatedly outspoken over the continued Russian invasion of her nation.
But No1 seed Iga Swiatek suffered a scare when she got here down with meals poisoning in the present day.
Heather Watson, who loved a run to the fourth spherical ultimately yr’s event, faces a troublesome opener towards former French Open champion Barbara Krejcikova, the No10 in her opener.
Katie Swan can be drawn towards a seed in Belinda Becic whereas Nottingham Open champion Katie Boulter begins her Wimbledon bid versus Daria Saville and Jodie Burrage, crushed in that Nottingham closing, takes on Caty McNally.