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There was potential for heavyweight first-round matches but Andy Murray and Serena Williams avoided seeded players in the draw

Jamie Braidwood
Friday 24 June 2022 07:16 EDT
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Follow live reaction from the Wimbledon draw, where Emma Raducanu will face Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round and Andy Murray was paired with James Duckworth after avoiding a seeded opponent.

Raducanu, who was seeded 10th for the draw on what will be her first appearance at Wimbledon since winning the US Open, has been handed a tough first assignment against the Belgian Van Uytvanck. Raducanu won their only previous meeting in Chicago last year but Van Uytvanck is an established top-50 player, currently ranked at 46 in the world.

Murray received a kinder draw. Australian Duckworth, who is ranked 77 in the world, has yet to win a match on the ATP Tour this season. Two-time Wimbledon champion Murray has won both previous meetings with Duckworth and could face American John Isner in the second round.

Defending men’s champion Novak Djokovic will open the tournament against Soonwoo Kwon on Monday while Rafael Nadal, on the other half of the draw, will begin against Francisco Cerundolo. The top seed in the women’s draw Iga Swiatek will open against qualifier Jana Fett.

Follow live updates from the All England Club as the tournament draws are made.

Raducanu handed tough Wimbledon draw as Murray faces Duckworth

Emma Raducanu will face Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round at Wimbledon in what was a far from straight forward draw for the US Open champion, while Andy Murray will face James Duckworth in the opening round after avoiding a seeded opponent.

Remarkably, all 17 British players in the main draw avoided a seeded player, even if Raducanu was handed one of the tougher opening assignments on what is the 19-year-old’s first appearance back at Wimbledon since last September’s US Open triumph.

Raducanu, who was seeded 10th for the draw, will face Belgian Van Uytvanck, who is an established top-50 player, currently ranked at 46 in the world, and reached the fourth round at the Championships in 2018.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Murray, who is expected to be fit for the first round on Monday, received a kinder opening match against world number 77 Duckworth. Murray has won both previous meetings with the Australian, who is yet to win a match on tour this year, and could face American John Isner in the second round.

Elsewhere, Serena Williams was drawn against the unseeded Harmony Tan on what will be her first tournament appearance since last year’s Wimbledon. Williams began her comeback by playing in the Eastbourne doubles with Ons Jabeur this week and avoided the top seeds after receiving a wildcard for the main draw.

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Emma Raducanu handed tough Wimbledon draw as Andy Murray faces James Duckworth

All 17 British players in the main draw avoided being drawn against a seeded player

Jamie Braidwood24 June 2022 12:08

Projected fourth round ties and bracket based on seeding

Men’s singles

Novak Djokovic / Reilly Opelka vs Carlos Alcaraz / Jannik Sinner

Casper Ruud / Pablo Carreno Busta vs Hubert Hurkacz / Cameron Norrie

Matteo Berrettini / Diego Schwartzman vs Stefanos Tsitsipas / Dennis Shapovalov

Felix Auger-Aliassime / Taylor Fritz vs Rafael Nadal / Marin Cilic

Women’s singles

Iga Swiatek / Barbora Krejcikova vs Garbine Muguruza / Jessica Pegula

Paula Badosa / Simona Halep vs Coco Gauff / Karolina Pliskova

Danielle Collins / Emma Raducanu vs Angelique Kerber / Ons Jabeur

Maria Sakkari / Jelena Ostapenko vs Belinda Bencic vs Anett Kontaveit

Jamie Braidwood24 June 2022 12:15

Wimbledon 2022: Second-round potential picks

Swiatek vs Kartal

Muguruza vs Stephens

Dart vs Pegula

Williams vs Sorribes Tormo

Boulter vs Pliskova

Swan vs Keys

Raducanu vs Garcia

Bencic vs Watson

Jamie Braidwood24 June 2022 11:29

Wimbledon 2022: Second-round potential picks

Djokovic vs Kokkinakis

Murray vs Isner

Peniston vs Dimitrov

Draper vs De Minaur

Broady vs Schwartzman

Nadal vs Querrey

Jamie Braidwood24 June 2022 11:26

Wimbledon 2022: Potential routes for the top seeds

Djokovic

R1: Kwon

R2: Kokkinakis

R3: Kecmanovic

R4: Opelka

QF: Alcaraz

SF: Ruud / Hurkacz

F: Nadal/ Berrettini

Swiatek

R1: Fett

R2: Kovinic

R3: Putintseva

R4: Krejcikova

QF: Pegula

SF: Badosa

F: Konaveit / Jabeur

Jamie Braidwood24 June 2022 11:22

Wimbledon 2022

And here’s Raducanu’s projected route, just for fun remember.

R1: Van Uytvanck

R2: Garcia

R3: Keys

R4: Collins

QF: Jabeur / Kerber

SF: Sakkari / Kontaveit

F: Swiatek

Jamie Braidwood24 June 2022 10:59

Wimbledon 2022

Ok, let’s get silly. Here’s Andy Murray’s route to the Wimbledon final.

R1: Duckworth

R2: Isner

R3: Sinner / Wawrinka

R4: Alcaraz

QF: Djokovic

Further? Ok then.

SF: Hurkacz

F: Nadal/Berrettini

Jamie Braidwood24 June 2022 10:55

Wimbledon 2022

Again, a couple of interesting ties there but not too many fireworks. Certainly good draws for Murray, Draper, Norrie and Evans.

Jannik Sinner vs Stan Wawrinka and Felix-Auger Aliassime vs Maxime Cressy are a couple of interesting ones.

Britain’s Paul Jubb getting Nick Kyrgios is a good one too.

Certainly nothing for Nadal and Djokovic to be worried about in the first week.

Jamie Braidwood24 June 2022 10:43

Wimbledon 2022

That’s a good first-round draw for Murray. Australian Duckworth has hardly been lighting it up on tour this season. In fact, he’s lost all six of his matches according to the ATP and was beaten by world No 227 Paul Jubb at Queen’s last week.

If Murray advances he could face John Isner in the second round.

Jamie Braidwood24 June 2022 10:40

Wimbledon 2022

And here come the unseeded players... Here are the picks

Novak Djokovic vs Soonwoo Kwon

Jannik Sinner vs Stan Wawrinka

Andy Murray vs James Duckworth

Carlos Alcaraz vs Jan-Lennard Struff

Cameron Norrie vs Pablo Andujar

Ryan Peniston vs Henri Laaksonen

Jack Draper vs Zizou Bergs

Paul Jubb vs Nick Kyrgios

Dan Evans vs Jason Kubler

Felix-Auger Aliassime vs Maxime Cressy

Rafael Nadal vs Francisco Cerundolo

Jamie Braidwood24 June 2022 10:29

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