Wimbledon draw LIVE: Latest updates as Emma Raducanu, Andy Murray and Serena Williams learn fate
There was potential for heavyweight first-round matches but Andy Murray and Serena Williams avoided seeded players in the draw
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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