Gentlemen’s singles draw has been made for Wimbledon, the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world.
The third Grand Slam of the season and only grass court Major event, will be held from July 2-15, at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.
128 players will be playing for The Championships trophy and 2000 ATP points.
In his 14th appearance at Wimbledon, Novak will open campaign against world no.56 Tennys Sandgren (USA) on Tuesday. It will be their first career meeting.
The 12th seed and three-time former champion might face the winner of the clash between Argentina’s Guido Andreozzi and Horacio Zeballos in the second round.
Novak’s potential rivals in the later stages of the tournament:
Third round: Kyle Edmund (GBR, 21)
Fourth round: Dominic Thiem (AUT, 7), Fernando Verdasco (ESP, 30)
Quarter-final: Alexander Zverev (GER, 4), Nick Kyrgios (AUS, 15), Kei Nishikori (JPN, 24)
Semi-final: Rafael Nadal (ESP, 2), Juan Martin del Potro (ARG, 5), David Goffin (BEL, 10)
Final: Roger Federer (SUI, 1), Marin Cilic (CRO, 3), Grigor Dimitrov (BUL, 6), Kevin Anderson (RSA, 8), John Isner (USA, 9), Sam Querrey (USA, 11), Milos Raonic (CAN, 13), Borna Coric (CRO, 16)…
Novak won The Championships trophy in 2011, 2014 and 2015. Last year he was forced to retire from quarterfinal match against Tomas Berdych with elbow injury.
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