Wimbledon begins Monday with top-cultivated Novak Djokovic facing 75th-positioned Kwon Soon-woo of South Korea in the competition’s first Center Court match. The visit is additional extraordinary for Djokovic this time since, in such a case that he brings home the championship this year, he will match Pete Sampras as a seven-time Wimbledon champion.
The 35-year-old defending champion has additional inspiration this year as Wimbledon will be his last Slam of 2022. His proceeded with refusal to receive available immunizations against Covid-19 methods he will stay banned from entering the United States for the US Open later this mid year.
French Open winner Rafael Nadal will play his first match tomorrow against Argetine Francisco Cerundol.
In the mean time, Serena Williams features the women’s singles, as she makes a grand slam return after a year-long absence. She will face France’s Harmony Tan on Tuesday.
Nonetheless, missing from the line-up are a host of Russian and Belarusian players who were restricted following the intrusion of Ukraine. As well as Daniil Medvedev, world number eight Andrey Rublev is missing as are three of the best 20 women — Aryna Sabalenka, Daria Kasatkina and two time major champion and former number one Victoria Azarenka.
Where to watch matches online:
The 14-day event of Wimbledon 2022 will be played from 27 June to 10 July, 2022.
The matches will be broadcast across Star Sports Network, with Star Sports Select 1 and Star Sports Select 2 (Both SD and HD) broadcasting the matches. Matches can be live-spilled on Disney + Hotstar.
The matches will begin at 3.30 pm Indian Standard Time.
