Aussies in action: Wimbledon Day 1
Seven Australians will take to the lawns of the All England Club on Monday as first round action kicks off at the Wimbledon in 2014.
London, UK, 22 June 2014 | tennis.com.au
Seven Australians will take to the lawns of the All England Club on Monday as first round action kicks off at the Wimbledon in 2014.
All three Australian women in the draw – 17th-seed Sam Stosur, Casey Dellacqua and wildcard Jarmila Gajdosova – will play their respective matches while four Aussie men will join them on the schedule of play for Monday.
Tough opening round assignments await Marinko Matosevic and qualifier Sam Groth – each face seeded opponents – while 2011 quarterfinalist Bernard Tomic and qualifier Luke Saville tackle unseeded opposition.
The other Aussies in the draw – Lleyton Hewitt, Matt Ebden, Nick Kyrgios and James Duckworth – will play their first round matches on Tuesday.
MEN’S SINGLES – FIRST ROUND
Marinko Matosevic (AUS) v [18] Fernando Verdasco (ESP) – Court 8, first match
Bernard Tomic (AUS) v Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) – Court 8, second match
[Q] Luke Saville (AUS) v Dominic Thiem (AUT) – Court 11, third match
[Q] Sam Groth (AUS) v [21] Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) – Court 17, fourth match
LADIES’ SINGLES – FIRST ROUND
[17] Sam Stosur (AUS) v Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) – Court 3, first match
[WC] Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) v Stefanie Voegele (SUI) – Court 5, third match
Casey Dellacqua (AUS) v [Q] Anett Kontaveit (EST) – Court 9, fourth match