Wimbledon: Order of Play (Day 3)

Wimbledon: Order of Play (Day 3)

Day 3 of Wimbledon has arrived and here are the important matches to look out for:

  1. Roger Federer will be taking on unseeded Marcus Willis for the very first time and it will interesting to see how much Willis can survive against the 7 times champion at this surface.
  2. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) v Gilles Simon (FRA) 1-5 head 2 head record: Simon is ahead in terms H2H, where Simon won their last encounter in Monte Carlo. Their last match on Grass was in Queen’s where again Simon had won.
  3. Andreas Seppi (ITA) v Milos Raonic (CAN) [6] 0-1H2H: Raonic won last time when he played against Seppi. Raonic is a stronger player with a higher ranking.
  4. Fernando Verdasco (ESP) v Bernard Tomic (AUS) [19] 1-4 H2H: Tomic had won all the 4 matches in a row against Verdasco;the last time Verdasco won was in 2009. Tomic has an upper hand in this match.
  5. Dominic Thiem (AUT) [8] v Florian Mayer (GER) 0-1: Thiem and Mayer have met only once, where Mayer beat Thiem in the Halle final to claim the first grass court title of the season. Thiem might be extra motivated to avenge the loss at the final.
  6. Simona Halep (ROU) [5] v Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 0-1: Francesca Schiavone has won the only encounter between her and Simona Halep, in 2013 at Marrakech on clay. Halep has the advantage as she is ranked while Schiavone isnranked 111. And Schiavone is more adept at clay than grass.
  7. Julien Benneteau (FRA) v Kei Nishikori (JPN) [5] 1-3: Nishikori won the 3 matches in a row that they played, the last one being a hardcourt win at Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.

CENTRE COURT – 1:00pm

Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [3] v Kateryna Kozlova (UKR)

Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] v Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

Roger Federer (SUI) [3] v Marcus Willis (GBR)

NO.1 COURT – 1:00pm

Monica Puig (PUR) v Johanna Konta (GBR) [16]

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) v Gilles Simon (FRA) [16]

Andreas Seppi (ITA) v Milos Raonic (CAN) [6]

NO.2 COURT – 11:30am

Fernando Verdasco (ESP) v Bernard Tomic (AUS) [19]

Daniel Evans (GBR) v Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) [30]

Simona Halep (ROU) [5] v Francesca Schiavone (ITA)

Jana Cepelova (SVK) v Garbine Muguruza (ESP) [2]

NO.3 COURT – 11:30am

Dominic Thiem (AUT) [8] v Florian Mayer (GER)

Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) v Belinda Bencic (SUI) [7]

Marin Cilic (CRO) [9] v Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)

Venus Williams (USA) [8] v Maria Sakkari (GRE)

COURT 12 – 11:30am

Heather Watson (GBR) v Annika Beck (GER)

Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) v Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK)

Julien Benneteau (FRA) v Kei Nishikori (JPN) [5]

Varvara Lepchenko (USA) v Angelique Kerber (GER) [4]

COURT 18 – 11:30am

Ivan Dodig (CRO) v Tomas Berdych (CZE) [10]

Petra Kvitova (CZE) [10] v Sorana Cirstea (ROU)

David Goffin (BEL) [11] v Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Samantha Stosur (AUS) [14] v Sabine Lisicki (GER)

COURT 4 – 11:30am

Horacio Zeballos (ARG) v Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)

Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) v Johanna Larsson (SWE)

COURT 5 – 11:30am

Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [21]

Sloane Stephens (USA) [18] v Shuai Peng (CHN)

Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) v Gilles Muller (LUX)

COURT 6 – 11:30am

Donald Young (USA) v Leonardo Mayer (ARG)

Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) v Damir Dzumhur (BIH)

Mona Barthel (GER) v Kiki Bertens (NED) [26]

COURT 7 – 11:30am

Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) v Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)

Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) v Sam Querrey (USA) [28]

Jeremy Chardy (FRA) v Steve Johnson (USA)

COURT 8 – 11:30am

John Isner (USA) [18] v Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)

Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) [11] v Luksika Kumkhum (THA)

Sara Errani (ITA) [20] v Alize Cornet (FRA)

Lucie Safarova (CZE) [28] v Samantha Crawford (USA)

COURT 9 – 11:30am

Julia Boserup (USA) v Tatjana Maria (GER)

Mandy Minella (LUX) v Anna Tatishvili (USA)

Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) v Elina Svitolina (UKR) [17]

COURT 10 – 11:30am

Albano Olivetti (FRA) v Matthew Barton (AUS)

Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) v Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) [31]

Jack Sock (USA) [27] v Robin Haase (NED)

Carina Witthoeft (GER) v Kurumi Nara (JPN)

COURT 11 – 11:30am

Federico Delbonis (ARG) v Fabio Fognini (ITA)

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [15] v Misaki Doi (JPN)

Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) v Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS)

COURT 14 – 11:30am

Jiri Vesely (CZE) v Igor Sijsling (NED)

Anett Kontaveit (EST) v Barbora Strycova (CZE) [24]

Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [22] v Marina Erakovic (NZL)

Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) v Daria Kasatkina (RUS) [29]

COURT 15 – 11:30am

Karin Knapp (ITA) v Ana Konjuh (CRO)

Monica Niculescu (ROU) v Aleksandra Krunic (SRB)

Denisa Allertova (CZE) v Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) [12]

COURT 16 – 11:30am

Alexander Zverev (GER) [24] v Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)

Nicolas Mahut (FRA) v David Ferrer (ESP) [13]

Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) v Madison Keys (USA) [9]

COURT 17 – 11:30am

Andrea Petkovic (GER) [32] v Nao Hibino (JPN)

Lucas Pouille (FRA) [32] v Marius Copil (ROU)

Lukas Lacko (SVK) v Ivo Karlovic (CRO) [23]

COURT 19 – 11:30am

Gastao Elias (POR) v Radu Albot (MDA)

Nicolas Almagro (ESP) v Denis Istomin (UZB)

 

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