
Jack Draper handed difficult Wimbledon draw despite 4th seed billing
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opponent. Bublik defeated Draper at the French Open earlier this month. Further ahead, Draper could face seven-time champion Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals. Draper soft-pedaled the significance of a top-four seeding last week, however its significance is that he can not play world No
1 Jannik Sinner until the semi-finals and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz up until the last.
As for Alcaraz, eyeing a third successive Wimbledon title, he will take on Italian radical Fabio Fognini first up on Centre Court on Monday. Jack Draper’s path to wimbledon glory Round one– Sebastian Baez Round 2– Marin Cilic
Round 3– Alexander Bublik Round four– Jakub Mensik Quarter-finals– Novak Djokovic Semi-finals– Jannik Sinner Final– Carlos Alcaraz is aiming to become the second
player, after Rafael Nadal, to win the French Open
, Queen’s and Wimbledon in the very same year. British qualifier Oliver Tarvet, the world No 719 and British No
33, might face Alcaraz in round two if
he can beat fellow qualifier Leanadro Riedi from Switzerland. At the other end
of the draw, Sinner faces Italian compatriot Luca Nardi. On the other hand, British No 2 Jacob Fearnley, 23, takes on 18-year-old Brazilian star Joao Fonseca in an appealing match-up, while an all-British affair sees Dan Evans face Jay Clarke. Cameron Norrie, 29, will face Spanish veteran Roberto Bautista Agut, 37, while 5th seed Taylor Fritz has probably been handed
the hardest first round out of any seed, with big-hitting Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi
Perricard his first-round opponent.British first round matches– men’s songs: Jack Draper vs Sebastian Baez George Loffhagen vs Pedro Martinez Johannus Monday vs Tommy Paul(13 )Jack Pinnington Jones vs Tomas Martin Etcheverry Dan Evans vs Jay Clarke Arthur Fery vs Alexei Popyrin Billy Harris vs Hubert Hurkacz Henry Searle vs Ethan Quinn Jacob Fearnley vs Joao Fonseca Oliver Crawford vs Mattia Bellucci Cameron Norrie vs Roberto Bautista Agut Oliver Tarvet vs Leandro Riedi