Tennis-Wimbledon day one
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 1, 2024 General view of spectators and the order of play board before the start of play REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
LONDON (Reuters) -Here are some highlights and the order of play on the first day of the Wimbledon tennis championships on Monday (times GMT):
DAY 1: HIGHLIGHTS
1012 PLAY UNDERWAY
Play began under cloudy skies with the temperature hovering around 17 degrees Celsius (62.6°F).
Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov started his first-round match against Serbian Dusan Lajovic on Court Two.
0936 RADUCANU TO FACE ZARAZUA AFTER ALEXANDROVA WITHDRAWS
Ekaterina Alexandrova, the 22nd seed who was scheduled to play Britain's Emma Raducanu in the first round on Monday, has withdrawn due to illness. She has been replaced in the draw by lucky loser Renata Zarazua.
DAY 1: ORDER OF PLAY
Order of play on the main showcourts on the first day of the Wimbledon championships on Monday (play begins at 1000 GMT, prefix number denotes seeding):
CENTRE COURT (1230 GMT)
3-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) v Mark Lajal (Estonia)
Ekaterina Alexandrova (Russia) v Emma Raducanu (Britain)
Caroline Dolehide (U.S) v 2-Coco Gauff (U.S)
COURT ONE (1200 GMT)
Aleksandar Kovacevic (U.S) v 5-Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
Emina Bektas (U.S) v 3- Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus)
1-Jannik Sinner (Italy) v Yannick Hanfmann (Germany)
COURT TWO (1000 GMT)
10-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) v Dusan Lajovic (Serbia)
Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) v Charles Broom (Britain)
Naomi Osaka (Japan) v Diane Parry (France)
Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) v Sloane Stephens (U.S)
Murray to decide on Monday evening if he plays in Wimbledon singles
Djokovic upbeat for Wimbledon after testing knee to maximum
Wimbledon champion Vondrousova expects tough matches from first round
Skipping Wimbledon warm-ups was the smarter decision, says Swiatek
Confident Gauff ready to put last year's Wimbledon setback behind her
Injured Sabalenka not 100% ready for Wimbledon but refuses to give up hope
Confident Raducanu happy to be back on Wimbledon grass
The numbers that make a Wimbledon champion
Wimbledon is now a realistic target, says Zverev
Swiatek draws Kenin in tough Wimbledon opener, Alcaraz to face qualifier
(Reporting by Shifa Jahan and Chiranjit Ojha, editing by Ed Osmond)