Nadal out, Djokovic foot, Wimbledon Grand Slam begins July 1

Wimbledon Open Tennis The 137th version of the match will start tomorrow (Monday) on the All England Garden Tennis Membership in London.

This yr’s third Grand Slam will likely be performed on the grass court docket, wherein the well-known tennis gamers will likely be seen in motion for the lads’s singles, girls’s singles, males’s doubles, girls’s doubles and combined doubles titles.

These superstars embrace Italian world primary Janek Sinner, world quantity two Novak Djokovic of Serbia and world quantity three Spanish participant Carlos Alcaraz, who’re anticipated to have robust matches.

Nevertheless, seven-time Wimbledon winner and 24 Grand Slam title holder Djokovic just lately arrived in London following knee surgical procedure and the occasion may show tough for him.

The 37-year-old Djokovic was final yr’s runner-up on the occasion, dropping to Janek Sner at this yr’s Australian Open, and the Italian took the world primary spot together with the title.

After that, Djokovic additionally missed the French Open, which was topped by Carlos Alcaraz, after injuring his proper knee.

If Djokovic equals Roger Federer’s document of eight Wimbledon titles this time, he’ll change into the oldest champion within the fashionable period.

Djokovic will play Vit Kopriva of the Czech Republic in his opening match on Tuesday.

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Rafael Nadal is skipping the match to deal with the Paris Olympics after Federer retired whereas Andy Murray will likely be out of court docket because of again surgical procedure.

German world quantity 4 Alexander Zverev predicted on Saturday that this yr’s Wimbledon ultimate will function new faces relatively than the large 4 which have dominated for 20 years.

Novak Djokovic says he has a sore knee after arriving in London however is assured he will likely be prepared for his opening match at Wimbledon on Tuesday.

Djokovic, 37, withdrew from the quarter-finals of the French Open and opted for surgical procedure to be match for this yr’s third Grand Slam.

Djokovic instructed reporters: ‘When the ache worsened within the fourth spherical of the French Open, I made a decision to have surgical procedure as quickly as doable as a result of I needed to be at Wimbledon.’

“I arrived right here on Sunday and educated for the entire week which was nice,” he stated. I had excellent tennis periods particularly within the final three days.’