{"id":70646,"date":"2015-06-26T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=70646"},"modified":"2015-06-26T14:29:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T12:29:37","slug":"wimbledon-novak-vs-kohlschreiber-in-r1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/wimbledon-novak-vs-kohlschreiber-in-r1\/","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon: Novak vs Kohlschreiber in R1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vimbldon:<\/p>\n

Gentlemen’s singles draw has been made for Wimbledon<\/a>, the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world.<\/p>\n

The third Grand Slam of the season, the only grass court Major event, will be held from June 29 to July 12, at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.<\/p>\n

128 players will be playing for The Championships trophy and 2000 ATP points.<\/p>\n

In his 11th appearance at Wimbledon, Novak will open title defence campaign against world no.33 Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany (6-1 career H2H record).<\/strong><\/p>\n

The top seed and two-time champion might face the winner of the clash between Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) and Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) in the second round<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Novak’s potential rivals in the later stages of the tournament:<\/p>\n

Third round:<\/strong> Bernard Tomic (AUS, 27)
\nFourth round:<\/strong> Kevin Anderson (RSA, 14), Florian Mayer (GER, 24), Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS), Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)
\nQuarter-finals:<\/strong> Kei Nishikori (JPN, 5), Marin Cilic (CRO, 9), John Isner (USA, 17)
\nSemi-finals:<\/strong> Stan Wawrinka (SUI, 4), Milos Raonic (CAN, 7), Grigor Dimitrov (BUL, 11)
\nFinals:<\/strong> Roger Federer (SUI, 2), Andy Murray (GBR, 3), Tomas Berdych (CZE, 6), David Ferrer (ESP, 8), Rafael Nadal (ESP, 10)<\/p>\n

Nole won his second Championships trophy last year beating seven-time former titlist Roger Federer in the final 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 5-7, 6-4.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The world no.1 is looking to win his sixth title in 2015 after triumphing at the Australian Open and ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo and Rome.<\/p>\n

You can download Nole July desktop calendar here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo: AP<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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