Day one of Wimbledon 2024 – as it happened

Only 27 days separate the 17-year-old prodigies, who are bonded by a rare ­talent and driven by a mutual desire to outdo their older siblings, and there was precious little to split them in a captivating first meeting as professionals that could herald the start of a rivalry that graces grand-slam finals to come.

For a while it seemed certain the chasm in their limited experience would prove decisive. Andreeva, the world No 23, illuminated the first week at last year’s Championships with a ­remarkable run to the fourth round and became the youngest player to reach the semi-finals of the French Open since Martina Hingis — to whom she is frequently compared — in 1997.

Fruhvirtova burst to fame at only 13 when she defeated Katerina Siniakova, then the world No 54, in straight sets in an exhibition match, but this was the Czech teenager’s first appearance in the main draw at Wimbledon.

She was broken three times in an ­error-strewn first set and stifled tears early in the second as she struggled to counter Andreeva’s brilliant variety from behind the baseline before leaving the court visibly distraught for a ­medical timeout at 3-2.

But the world No 88 returned with far greater composure as she capitalised on Andreeva’s deteriorating serve and broke twice after a string of gripping rallies to clinch the second set.

This marked a first appearance in the main draw for the 17-year-old Fruhvirtova

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Now it was Andreeva’s turn to vent her frustration, repeatedly punching her leg in dismay. Almost two hours had already passed and the light dimmed during a tumultuous decider as the pair exchanged early breaks in long, bludgeoning points, but Fruhvirtova grew in confidence and played with fantastic aggression as Andreeva’s calm deserted her. The Russian stared over towards her team as defeat was confirmed in dismay and disbelief. Fruhvirtova cried again, this time tears of joy. The future is here, and it is bright and brutal.

So, not too late a match after all. The No 3 seed and Australian Open champion (and very likely a future standard-bearer for the sport) overcame a nasty fall and a worry over a bothersome right hip, an ill-timed roof closure and some sparkling play from his opponent Yannick Hanfmann to pull out a 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 victory. Not always a bad thing to get an early test, it must be said.

Speaking of tests, Sinner will play fellow Italian and 2021 finalist Matteo Berrettini in the next round. Sinner won the only meeting between the two last summer, while the pair even enjoyed a kick-about during the weekend.

Sinner and Berrettini, right, show their multi-sport prowess

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Elgan Alderman writes: Sonay Kartal has secured an enormous victory late on No 15 Court, knocking out the No 29 seed Sorana Cirstea to join Emma Raducanu (whom she knows very well) and Yuriko Miyazaki in the second round.

The world No 298 had never beaten a top-100 player before last week, triumphing over Erika Andreeva in the final round of qualifying on Thursday to make it into the main draw (and knocking Andreeva out of the top 100 in the process).

Kartal lost the first set 6-3 but dominated the match thereafter, taking the next two sets 6-2, 6-0. She will take on Clara Burel, the world No 45 from France, in the second round.

This was a huge victory for Kartal, who had been knocked out of the first round in 2022 and 2023

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A late one could be brewing on No 1 Court. with Jannik Sinner and Yannick Hanfmann heading into a fourth set after the closing of the room.

The No 3 seed Sinner had probably expected – and certainly hoped – for a straightforward outing, which seemed very likely after moving into a 6-3, 6-4 lead, but those plans have been scuppered as the German fought back to take the third set 6-3. The subsequent closing of the roof was not to the usually unflappable Sinner’s liking either.

Coming back from two sets down to win in five is one thing, but as Lloyd Harris found out here against Alex Michelsen, doing it in style is even better. The final score for the South African: 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2, 7-6 (11-9).

Elgan Alderman writes: A British winner! (And that’s not just Emma Raducanu.) Minutes after one wild card reached the second round of the women’s singles, another followed suit, as Yuriko Miyazaki sealed a comfortable victory over Germany’s Tamara Korpatsch 6-2, 6-1 on No 16 Court.

The 28-year-old, who was born in Japan and raised in London via Switzerland, had never previously won a match at these championships. In 2022 she lost to Caroline Garcia and last year she did not get through qualifying. She had not shown much form on grass this summer either, winning only one match across her outings at Surbiton, Nottingham, Ilkley and Eastbourne. That won’t matter to her now that she has won on a court at the All England Club.

Her opponent in the next round is the menacing Daria Kasatkina. The No 14 seed is full of craft on grass, triumphing over Emma Raducanu, Jasmine Paolini and Leylah Fernandez to lift the trophy at Eastbourne on Saturday.

Miyazaki now plays the crafty Kasatkina in the next round

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Alyson Rudd writes: In spite of the jibes about her upside-down, back-to-front career, Emma Raducanu is still beloved by the Wimbledon crowd. This was not an easy watch but those courtside did not let it show if they were jittery or occasionally dismayed and played their part in encouraging the 2021 US Open champion to a straight-sets first-round victory on Centre Court.

It had been a slight worry that Raducanu would be facing the No22 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova but she withdrew due to illness, leaving the British competitor to deal with Renata Zarazúa, the world No98 from Mexico. On the one hand Zarazúa was a very lucky loser to find herself on Centre Court but also rather unlucky to have to handle the partisan crowd. There were a few whoops when Raducanu emerged but nothing too overwhelming for Zarazúa, who was probably helped by the fact that there were plenty of empty seats when play commenced.

Raducanu was supposed to have avoided a first-round banana skin but instead came up against an upended bowl of jelly and ice cream and an opponent just as slippery as the one she had evaded. Zarazúa, whose followed her great uncle in representing Mexico at the Olympics in tennis, produced plenty of effective drop shots and the occasional beautiful lob, and coped admirably with her sudden burst of stardom.

Draped in a purple towel after her 7-6 (7-0), 6-3 victory Raducanu accepted it was “an incredibly difficult match”.

The first set went to a tie-break in which Zarazúa crumpled and Raducanu found a spurt of aggression to take it 7-0. Nothing that had gone before indicated the British competitor would find such rhythm and self–confidence and we were all left wondering if it was sustainable or if we were daft to even think it could be.

But she held serve at the start of the second set and looked a tad more comfortable as Zarazúa became more inconsistent. There were plenty of long and gruelling rallies and only at the very end did Raducanu find a way to scurry to the net to find a winner. Next up for her is the Belgian Elise Mertens and possibly a less unpredictable affair.

Raducanu made a successful return after missing the tournament last year

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Elgan Alderman writes: Liam Broady has been prominent at the past two Wimbledon Championships, reaching the third round in successive years. In 2022 he won successive five-setters, the latter against the No12 seed Diego Schwartzman, and last year he beat the No4 seed Casper Ruud in a decider. Alas, there will be no third film in the franchise. He elongated the British whoop of dismay with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 defeat by Botic van de Zandschulp on No 12 Court.

Then again, at least Broady made it to the service line. While British players beneath him in the rankings have been picking up career-best results in the build-up to the grass-court grand-slam, Broady — who had crept inside the world’s top 100 around the turn of the year — was out of action for three months before his first-round defeat at Eastbourne last week, owing to an ankle injury.

Last month, while picking up stray tennis balls in a car park last month, he smacked his head on the boot door and suffered the symptoms of concussion during practice the next day, afflicting him for a fortnight. Broady has called it “the most frustrating six months of my life”.

Broady struggled on serve and conceded seven breaks

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Elgan Alderman writes: Another Briton is gone. Arthur Fery was on top for many periods of his match against Daniel Altmaier on No 16 Court but after 3hr 43min he has lost 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 1-6, 6-3, 6-1.

With Fery leading on sets but 2-1 down in the fourth there was the unusual sight of both players simultaneously undergoing a medical timeout. Thereafter it was all Germany as Altmaier won ten of the next 13 games.

Fery was born in France to parents Olivia and Loïc, but grew up a short walk from the All England Club. He was in the crowd to watch part of the 11-hour marathon between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut in 2010 and for the 2014 final between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. He has watched famous moments but has yet to produce his own.

The diminutive 21-year-old — he is listed at 5ft 9in, and online measurements are often taken in the morning on tiptoes — comes from notable stock. Mum was a professional tennis player and Dad is a businessman who is the president of FC Lorient, the Breton football club who have just been relegated from Ligue 1. As the founder of Chenavari Investment Managers, which has its headquarters in London, Fery Sr considered investing in a range of football clubs including Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday, before settling on Lorient in 2009.

In last year’s first round Fery was drawn against Daniil Medvedev, the No3 seed, and lost in straight sets on No 1 Court. This was a softer landing, albeit still with a rankings chasm (Altmaier is No80 in the world, 167 places above the British wild card). Fery had not achieved much on grass pre-Wimbledon, losing in the first round at Surbiton and Nottingham and winning one match at Ilkley.

The Stanford student will team up with Charles Broom in the doubles this week.

Altmaier, right, defeated Jannik Sinner at last year’s French Open and made his experience tell here

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Rick Broadbent writes: You would need a stony heart, a flat-lining pulse and a hard-boiled aversion to romantic yarns not to enjoy the return of Naomi Osaka. Four times a grand-slam champion and five years since she last appeared at Wimbledon, she captured the national zeitgeist by delivering another sort of sporting comeback.

“It feels like a dream,” she said after the 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 victory over Diane Parry, only her sixth victory at Wimbledon. She then thanked a man in the crowd for repeatedly telling her that she was playing well even when the evidence was contradictory. “I wish I could say I enjoyed it,” she said. “My heart was racing a lot but I think these are the sort of matches you have to play to ease into the tournament.”

For those new to Osaka’s story, it has been an odyssey involving the highs of her Australian and US Open titles and the lows of deep depression and debilitating injury. It has been a stop-start career but at the end of last year she returned from a 14-month absence, during which she became a mother to Shai. She is now the world No113 and has not been past the second round at a grand-slam for more than two years. Wimbledon had not even seen her since she went out in the first round in 2019. This, then, was a rare sighting and, as anyone with a basic grasp of British sporting tradition knows, the return of old greats, albeit when only 26, hits the sweet spot.

Technically, Parry, a Frenchwoman with elegant one-handed ground strokes, is ranked 50 spots higher but it did not appear as if that would count for much. Osaka took a few games to warm up and was then finding lines, angles and power as of yore. The set passed in a 22-minute flash and Wimbledon felt it was on the cusp of seeing her notch her first win in SW19 since 2018. And then it all fell apart. The sun went in, the shots went out and the shoulder slumped. Parry helped herself to a 6-1 riposte. To the decider and, sensing a capitulation, the crowd got involved.

Even the G&Ts and sympathy could not prevent the stream of errors. “You’ve got this,” shouted Osaka’s corner but they did not sound entirely convinced. A duel of high inconsistency led to her being broken in the first game of the decider. Then she pulled off a flashing cross-court return winner and we were level. Within no time she was then 0-40 down on serve. Another break. No matter, she got it back and it was 3-3. This was sport bereft of rhythm.

Ultimately, there were enough flashes of brilliance, as well as three helpful double faults in the final game, and she was into the next round. And as assorted footballers from these parts could tell her, it’s all about the winning right?

This was Osaka’s first victory at the tournament since 2018 – she has won four grand-slams since

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Emma Raducanu chose to miss the French Open to be fit and firing for the grass campaign. A victory over Jessica Pegula of the US — her first over a top-ten player — and a semi-final run in Nottingham suggested that decision was a sage one but Wimbledon will, of course, be the true gauge.

While we remain in the early stages, the 21-year-old Briton is in a tough contest against the lucky loser Renata Zarazúa. The Mexican, who must have felt some butterflies in the stomach when she was informed that her tournament debut would come on Centre Court, is holding her own in the long rallies with the pair tied 2-2 and going with serve.

Zarazúa gained her passage into the main draw after Raducanu’s original opponent, Alexandrova, withdrew with illness

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Stuart Fraser writes: Carlos Alcaraz opened the defence of his Wimbledon title with a straight-sets victory but that does not do justice to the challenge that the unheralded Estonian qualifier Mark Lajal put up this afternoon.

Given the honour of opening play on Centre Court as the reigning champion, Alcaraz was mightily relieved not to have lost a set. The No 3 seed from Spain was a break down in each of the first and second sets before fighting back to claim a 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, 6-2 win in two hours and 20 minutes.

Often these early matches can be an uneventful procession but Lajal impressed the British crowd with skills well beyond his present world ranking of No269. The 21-year-old only played his first match on grass at last month’s second-tier Surbiton Challenger before coming through three matches in Wimbledon’s qualifying draw last week.

Alcaraz was a little nervy in the early stages, despite already having much experience on the big stage with three grand-slam titles under his belt at the age of 21. After taking a two-set lead he loosened up a little and had no issue in closing out victory in the third set.

“Stepping on this court, it is the most beautiful court I’ve played on,” Alcaraz said. “I still get nerves when I’m playing here. I practised for 45 minutes here on Thursday and it’s the first time I was nervous in practice.”

Alcaraz converted half of his break points on his way to victory

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Elgan Alderman writes: Stand down the headline writers: Charles Broom did not sweep Stan Wawrinka away. It was the one-handed backhand of the 39-year-old Swiss that cleaned up, winning 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 on No 2 Court.

Wawrinka is one man who can make Andy Murray feel young. As a perennial contender with Murray to gatecrash the historic “Big Three”, Wawrinka beat Rafael Nadal in the final at the 2014 Australian Open, and Novak Djokovic at the 2015 French Open and 2016 US Open, with Wimbledon being the one grand-slam at which he could never get beyond the quarter-finals. Since the Covid pandemic he has failed to get beyond the third round at any of the four tournaments but there is still class and power within him.

This was Wawrinka’s 40th match against a Briton. Broom is No9 in the cabal of opponents that started with Greg Rusedski and took in Alan Mackin, Tim Henman and Murray (whose 24 meetings span from September 2005 to their French Open match in May).

Broom was making his grand-slam debut as a wild card, having failed to get through qualifying the past two years. The 26-year-old is from Hertfordshire and is an alumnus of the US college system, choosing Dartmouth College over Harvard for biochemistry and then transferring to Baylor University for a master’s in sports pedagogy. He returned to the US after Covid for his graduate year before turning professional in 2022, and has spent much of his time competing at the M25 level of the ITF World Tennis Tour.

Despite this defeat, recent results have hinted at promise. Broom reached the final of the Challenger event in Nottingham thanks to victories over Lloyd Harris, Dan Evans and Billy Harris, and is at No248 in the world, the 11th highest-ranked Briton in the men’s standings. We may well see him again on this stage.

At 39, Wawrinka is the oldest player in the men’s singles draw this year

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Tom Kershaw writes: Aryna Sabalenka was forced to withdraw from Wimbledon just hours before her first-round match due to a shoulder injury.

The two-times Australian Open champion had been scheduled to face the American Emina Bektas on Court No1 but called an abrupt end to her practice session on Monday morning.

Sabalenka, who was in the same half of the draw as Emma Raducanu and Coco Gauff, had been a narrow pre-tournament favourite but has not played since retiring injured in the quarter-finals of the Ecotrans Ladies Open in Berlin.

The Belarusian reached the semi-finals in her last two appearances at Wimbledon but admitted she was still “not 100 per cent fit” on Sunday and was not yet sure if she would be able to play.

“It’s teres major,” Sabalenka said, describing her injury. “I call it just a shoulder injury. It’s really a specific injury, and it’s really a rare one. Probably I’m just the second or the third tennis player who injured that muscle. [It’s] a very frustrating one. The most annoying thing is that I can do anything. I can practice, I can hit my groundstrokes. I’m struggling with serving. That’s really annoying.

“You don’t feel like you’re injured. If you give me some weights, I’m going to go lift some weights. But if you tell me to serve, I’m going to go through pain. We did an MRI, we did everything. We did a lot of rehab, a lot of treatments.”

Sabalenka was replaced in the draw by lucky loser Erika Andreeva.

Sabalenka was a narrow pre-tournament favourite

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Stuart Fraser writes: For the past 90 minutes I have been up at Aorangi Park watching Andy Murray play a practice match as he weighs up whether or not he is fit enough to play singles.

Playing against Kyle Edmund — who is only competing in doubles here after his own physical struggles — Murray was leading 6-3, 2-0 when the session came to an end.

Crucially, Murray’s movement looked much better compared to his practices at the weekend, particularly out wide on the forehand side. My instinct is that he is going to play, but we wait to hear a decision from the man himself.

Elgan Alderman: Heather Watson is the first Briton knocked out in the first round, and her doubles partner is to blame. The 32-year-old lost 7-5, 6-4 against Greet Minnen, the world No 80 from Belgium, on No18 Court.

Watson, the elder stateswoman of the home contingent at 32, was unable to summon her positive history from these championships. Since her debut in 2010, she has been to the third round three times and made it to the last 16 in 2022. In that time Watson has taken on many of the sport’s biggest names such as Agnieszka Radwanska, Angelique Kerber and Serena Williams – the last of those a memorable 2015 encounter that ended in a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 defeat on Centre Court. That was when Watson was in and around the world’s top 50, reaching a peak of No 38 at the start of that year. Now she is at No199.

Watson had little form to draw upon and fell to an eighth first-round defeat in her 14th Wimbledon appearance. Since March, she has lost ten of her past 12 matches, and most of those were in qualifying events.

Though Minnen may not have the pedigree of Williams, and she had never faced Watson before, she was a familiar proposition given that they are scheduled to contest the first round of the doubles here on Wednesday against Sofia Kenin and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Watson had a woeful start. She was broken to love in her first service game and sent down two double faults in her second. Her second serve dropped below 70mph at times. A seemingly forlorn chase to an angled drop shot proved fruitful and won Watson a service game for the first time, swinging the momentum her way as she won four games in a row, then handing back three on the spin to lose the first set.

Minnen was even less convincing at starting points and made seven double faults in all, to Watson’s four, yet she had too much for the Briton.

Annabel Croft: Last week I was fortunate to watch up close the performances of Emma Raducanu as she reached the quarter-finals of the Eastbourne International. It was an experience that reminded me of the talent that took her to that astonishing US Open triumph in 2021, and there have been some noticeable improvements to her game.

We should not get too carried away as the 22-year-old is still slowly but surely working her way back from surgery on both wrists and her left ankle last year. At a world ranking of No135 heading into Wimbledon, there is clearly more work to do.

But I took joy in seeing a player who is very easy to watch. When on her game, Raducanu makes everything look neat, tidy, compact and effortless. She has always been somebody who is so talented that she can just pick up a racket after a period of absence and hit the ball beautifully. She can challenge the best players and live with them on the court.

● Read Annabel Croft’s column

Raducanu will face Zarazúa on Centre Court

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February 19, 2024, was a dark day for those who love to see a one-handed backhand in full flow on a tennis court. For the first time since the ATP rankings were introduced in 1973, not a single member of the world’s top ten possessed this aesthetically pleasing stroke in their arsenal.

Step forward Grigor Dimitrov to help keep this classic shot alive a little longer. The 33-year-old’s recent revival has returned the one-handed backhand to the top ten, showing that all is not yet lost for those who prefer not to use two hands on this side. At No10 in the rankings, he leads a group of 11 players with one-handers in the 128-player men’s singles draw. In the same-sized women’s event there are only three.

There will come a day when one-handed backhands are no longer seen on the grass courts of Wimbledon. Even Roger Federer, whose one-hander was renowned for its beauty, once admitted that he would teach his children to put two hands on the racket. His rationale was that the latter is now a more stable way of dealing with the increasing power and speed in the sport.

● Stuart Fraser interviews Grigor Dimitrov, who is already a set up out on No2 Court against Dusan Lajovic

The No10 seed Dimitrov will play Lajovic, another player with a one-handed backhand, in the first round at Wimbledon on Monday

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Stuart Fraser: An early boost for Emma Raducanu this morning as news comes through that her first-round opponent Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No22 seed, has withdrawn because of illness.

Instead, Raducanu will now face Renata Zarazúa on Centre Court this afternoon. The world No98 from Mexico is a lucky loser after falling short in the third round of qualifying.

While this is a far easier match on paper, do not assume that this will be a comfortable straight sets win for Raducanu. It can sometimes be tricky to face a new opponent at short notice after preparing tactics for a match that never came to be.

Jannik Sinner may appear to be the placid counterpoint to explosive Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz but there is plenty of emotion on both sides of the leading rivalry in the new era of men’s tennis.

Sinner, the world No1, comes up against the German world No110 Yannick Hanfmann on No1 Court later today and spoke to Tom Kershaw prior to the tournament.

Jannik Sinner sets aside the burdens of being the world No1 and pre-tournament favourite to focus on more pressing matters. It has been a long afternoon of media duties at Wimbledon, so long that the first half of Italy’s round-of-16 tie against Switzerland is just about to start. Sinner smiles sheepishly as he loads a live stream of the match on his phone but, almost as soon as it appears, the coverage cuts to a clip from his press conference. “Ah, here I am. Even when I watch football…” he says a little despairingly before breaking off into laughter.

After an interminable wait for suitable heirs to the “big three”, the new era of tennis — and possibly its generational rivalry — has finally arrived. Carlos Alcaraz, 21, is the explosive, emotionally charged Spaniard with a boyish grin and has already won three grand-slam titles. Sinner is 21 months older and more placid at first glance, the Gucci model with a shock of red hair and a surprisingly gangly frame that defies the power and elegance that propelled him to victory at the Australian Open. But whenever the pair meet, it tends to be box office. A five hour and 15 minute quarter-final at the US Open in 2022 was the match of the year. Their five-set semi-final at the French Open last month, in which Alcaraz prevailed again, was just as compelling.

Alcaraz described them as “probably the toughest matches in my short career”. Sinner might be less prone to public displays of emotion — “Tears of happiness? I haven’t had them yet” — but does not attempt to disguise the pain of those defeats.

● ‘I cried after losing to Alcaraz. I haven’t had tears of happiness’

The prospect of Andy Murray playing one last singles match at Wimbledon will come down to a practice set on Monday afternoon. In keeping with his rollercoaster career, even the end is subject to uncertainty right down to the last minute.

The 37-year-old has never done things the easy way, and the past nine days have been somewhat manic as he attempts to recover from an operation on a spinal cyst in time for his first-round match at the All England Club. At least the draw on Friday was kind, putting him in the half that begins on Tuesday rather than Monday.

● Murray leaves Wimbledon decision to final practice set

Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic share a moment at Aorangi Park practice courts — both have had their injury concerns

ALAMY

Here we go then. The grass-court grand-slam is upon and day one promises to be a good one. Centre Court is the place to be today, with defending champion Carlos Alcaraz opening up against the world No269 Mark Lajal before Emma Raducanu comes up against Ekaterina Alexandrova.

There is plenty going on today, so here is the schedule.

Order of play

11am start unless stated
British players in purple

Centre Court (1.30pm); (3) C Alcaraz v M Lajal (Est); (22) E Alexandrova (Russ) v E Raducanu (GB); C Dolehide (US) v (2) C Gauff (US)

No1 Court (1pm): A Kovacevic (US) v (5) D Medvedev (Russ); E Bektas (US) v (3) A Sabalenka (Bela); (1) J Sinner (It) v Y Hanfmann (Ger) No2 Court (10) G Dimitrov (Bul) v D Lajovic (Serbia); S Wawrinka (Switz) v C Broom (GB); N Osaka (Japan) v D Parry (Fr); (16) V Azarenka (Bela) v S Stephens (US)

No3 Court A Bolt (Aus) v (8) C Ruud (Nor); (7) J Paolini (It) v S Sorribes Tormo (Sp); M Trevisan (It) v (12) M Keys (US); (12) T Paul (US) v P Martinez (Sp) No4 Court (28) D Yastremska (Ukr) v N Podoroska (Arg); (18) M Kostyuk (Ukr) v R Sramkova (Slovakia); Z Bergs (Bel) v A Cazaux (Fr); S Errani (It) v (26) L Noskova (Cz)

No5 Court L Tsurenko (Ukr) v V Gracheva (Fr); (32) Zhang Zhizen (China) v M Janvier (Fr); A Schmiedlova (Slovakia) v Wang Yafan (China); (31) M Navone (Arg) v L Sonego (It)

No6 Court C Garin (Chile) v Shang Juncheng (China); A Muller (Fr) v H Gaston (Fr); D Vekic (Cro) v Wang Xiyu (China)

No7 Court B Coric (Cro) v F Meligeni Alves (Br); A Rus (Neth) v Yuan Yue (China); A Vukic (Aus) v S Ofner (Aut)

No8 Court J Struff (Ger) v F Marozsan (Hun); N Hibino (Japan) v E Mertens (Bel); E Lys (Ger) v C Burel (Fr); R Bautista Agut (Sp) v M Marterer (Ger)

No9 Court I Begu (Rom) v Zhu Lin (China); O Danilovic (Serbia) v A Todoni (Rom); L Harris (SA) v A Michelsen (US); O Virtanen (Fin) v M Purcell (Aus)

No10 Court P Kotov (Russ) v J Thompson (Aus); D Saville (Aus) v P Stearns (US); A Van Uytvanck (Bel) v Y Starodubsteva (Ukr); S Nagal (Ind) v M Kecmanovic (Serbia)

No12 Court M Kessler (US) v (9) M Sakkari (Gr); M Berrettini (It) v M Fucsovics (Hun); B van de Zandschulp (Neth) v L Broady (GB); B Fruhvirtova (Cz) v (24) M Andreeva (Russ)

No14 Court (19) N Jarry (Chile) v D Shapovalov (Can); (14) D Kasatkina (Russ) v Zhang Shuai (China); K Pliskova (Cz) v D Shnaider (Russ); P Carreno Busta (Sp) v (27) T Griekspoor (Neth) No15 Court M Arnaldi (It) v (29) F Tiafoe (US); A Shevchenko (Kaz) v (16) U Humbert (Fr); (29) S Cirsta (Rom) v S Kartal (GB); B Andreescu (Can) v J Cristian (Rom)

No16 Court D Koepfer (GB) v F Fognini (It); D Altmaier (Ger) v A Fery (GB); T Korpatsch (Ger) v Y Miyazaki (GB); Wang Qiang (China) v (19) E Navarro (Sp) (not before 5.30pm)

No17 Court T Townsend (US) v A Pavlyuchenkova (Russ); (18) S Baez (Arg) v B Nakashima (US); J Mensik (Cz) v (23) A Bublik (Kaz); P Badosa (Sp) v K Muchova (Cz) (not before 5.30pm)

No18 Court G Minnen (Bel v H Watson (GB); G Monfils (Fr) v (22) A Mannarino (Fr); (8) Zheng Qinwen (China) v L Sun (NZ); M Bellucci (It) v (14) B Shelton (US)