Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek, Venus Williams and Coco Gauff get Wimbledon began on Day 1

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Wimbledon will get began on Monday with among the largest names in tennis in motion, together with Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek, Venus Williams and Coco Gauff.

It is the yr’s third main match — and Djokovic received the primary two: the Australian Open in January and the French Open in June. That places him midway to the primary calendar-year Grand Slam in males’s tennis since 1969. He got here near the feat in 2021, falling only one victory brief when he misplaced within the ultimate of the U.S. Open.

He seeks a fifth consecutive title on the All England Club and eighth general, which each would tie information for males.

Djokovic’s title at Roland Garros was his twenty third at a Slam occasion, breaking a tie with Rafael Nadal for the boys’s mark in that class.

As the reigning males’s champion at Wimbledon, Djokovic is scheduled to play the opening match at Centre Court on Day 1, going through Pedro Cachin of Argentina.

They’ll be adopted in the primary stadium by Williams, a 43-year-old taking part within the sport’s oldest main match for the twenty fourth time and taking up Elina Svitolina of Ukraine. Williams – whose youthful sister, Serena, retired after final season – received 5 of her seven Grand Slam singles trophies at Wimbledon.