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The former coach of Djokovic says he has been impressed by the Serb's progress this summer.
Wimbledon, England—Boris Becker has joined Andy Murray in the Novak Djokovic fan club. Yesterday on BBC Murray commented about Djokovic's good chances of winning here at SW19 despite the hot play of Federer and Nadal. On Wednesdsay the German, who helped guide Djokovic to six of his 12 Grand Slam titles during a three-year coaching stint, penned a column for Fox Sports expressing the same sentiment — he believes Djokovic is in good enough form to win Wimbledon.

“The fact that Murray is out now, and Novak was gone, also is responsible for how Roger has won so much over the past 18 months,” Becker wrote. “Remember, when they started the Australian Open last year, No. 1 in the world was Novak; No. 2 in the world was Andy. Roger was nowhere, coming back from injury. So, in 18 months, a lot has happened for both players. A lot can happen in 18 months for Novak.”

Becker says that he began to see the difference in Djokovic when he reunited with Marian Vajda, and as the spring has turned to summer he has seen more signs that the former World No.1 is ready to break out in a big way.

Boris Becker on why Novak Djokovic can win #Wimbledon https://t.co/0XMIGoBXp5

— TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) July 11, 2018

“When I saw him in Rome, he started playing better,” Becker said. “I saw the semi-final against Rafa. It was the first time I felt as if he was starting to be competitive again. He had a little bit of a flunk at the French, losing to Cecchinato. But again, he made the second week, and finally when I saw him at Queen’s, I said ‘wow, he’s playing tennis again.’”

Becker believes that Djokovic, who faces Kei Nishikori today and would face either Rafael Nadal or Juan Martin del Potro in the semifinals on Friday, can win it all for the fourth time at SW19.

“I don’t see why Novak can’t win this tournament,” he wrote. “He has to put himself in the position for him to win in straight sets against Kei Nishikori. He’s also a bit older, and needs the day off to recover.”

He added: “Nishikori is not a bad draw for him. He likes playing Nishikori. Then he’s in the semis, potentially against Rafa, or del Potro. A great matchup. They’re the matches he’s looking for. I think he can go all the way.”

The Aussie was tabbed for a deep run but fell short on Day 6
Wimbledon, England—Nick Kyrgios is finding that natural talent can only take him so far, even with all the ability in the world, a nasty, worm-burning serve, incredible hands and a devilishly creative game that takes rhythm from his opponents—it’s no enough to get to the second week at a major that most pundits feel he won’t just be a factor at but win someday.

Back to the drawing board.

“As soon as I got out there, I just didn't feel good,” Kyrgios said after falling to 0-4 lifetime against Kei Nishikori on Day 6. “I don't know what it was. I mean, he played well. I always find it tough playing him. But, yeah, I didn't play well today.”

Credit to Nishikori, who played brilliantly to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon for the third time, and credit Kyrgios, who tried everything to find ways around Japan’s top player. It just wasn’t meant to be for the player that many consider Australia’s biggest hope to bring home a Grand Slam title in the next five years.

It may have been a step in the right direction for Kyrgios, who has battled injuries all season and who got healthy and found some excellent form on the grass, but it’s also more proof that the chasm between winning majors and getting hype to win majors is still a yawning one.

This is the distance that Kyrgios, just 23, must make up in the next couple of years. On Saturday at Wimbledon it was clear that he still has a way to go.

“I just struggled with a lot of things today,” he said. “I just never settled. Obviously getting broken first game didn't help me. I just kind of panicked. Everything kind of just went south, I guess.”

Kyrgios shouldn’t hang his head too much about his performance on grass this season. He’s proven that he’s a contender for a Wimbledon title. Next he should put in the hard yards to ensure that he’s ready to take that next step in the years to come.

Not the greatest day in the Wimbledon office today for me but well done to Kei Nishikori. See you next year ☘️🍃🌱🌳 thanks for the support 🙏🏻https://t.co/yRSEGR4TOv

— Nicholas Kyrgios (@NickKyrgios) July 7, 2018

The Aussie reached the semifinals in Stuttgart where he fell to Roger Federer in a third-set breaker. At Queen’s Club he fell to Feliciano Lopez in two tight tiebreakers.

Here at Wimbledon he was tipped for a deep run but Nishikori dominated him from start to finish to end those hopes.

“It's not shattering,” Kyrgios said when asked if he was shattered by the loss. “I mean, it's not I'm going—I mean, I'm disappointed. Like I'm pissed off, of course. Like I wanted to do well. Not much I can do really. Yeah, I mean, it's disappointing. It is what it is right now.

This light-hearted moment brought to you by the always entertaining Nick Kyrgios. Learn something new everyday, right Nick Kyrgios?

That was the case on Day 4, when Kyrgios learned a bit about how a proper foot-fault is called. Hint: you cannot call it until it happens. Watch below to see the funny moment.

Sometimes, you've just got to take them on the chin – right @NickKyrgios?#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/SkgeXJbeuw

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 5, 2018

Kyrgios cruised past Dutchmen Robin Haase, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in 96 minutes and will next face Kei Nishikori in the third round.

The Aussie cracked 19 aces and won 43 of 47 first serve points, but he was broken twice by Haase. No matter, Kyrgios broke Haase five times on eight opportunities to improve to 12-4 lifetime at Wimbledon. He has made the second week on three of his four appearances, but fell in the first round last year.

Kyrgios is emerging as a threat to get deep in this draw, but he’s 0-3 lifetime against Nishikori. The pair haven’t met since 2016, and they’ve never played on grass.

“I grew up on grass,” Kyrgios said on Thursday. “I played on it when I was very young. We had Nationals back in Australia. I kind of always knew how to play on grass. I enjoy it. I think it's true tennis. There's a lot of interesting points on grass. People coming forward. You have to have good hands. Yeah, I mean, I enjoy it. I'm very comfortable on it.

The Greek has engineered the point of the tournament, and an important victory for himself and his country. “That dive was everything.”

That’s what 19-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas said of the dive that helped him close out the seventh game of his 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3 victory over American Jared Donaldson. You can view it below—prepare to have your mind blow.

“Welcome to the future of men’s tennis!”

19-year-old @StefTsitsipas defeats Jared Donaldson 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3 in the second round – we won't tire of seeing more shots like this 😲#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/KXmEqxbtMq

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 5, 2018

Tsitsipas, playing in his second Wimbledon, moves on to the third round at a major for the first time. He’ll face a friend in Italy’s Thomas Fabbiano.

Fabbiano defeated Stan Wawrinka in three sets to reach the third round at Wimbledon for the first time.

“I know him very well, we are very good friends with him actually,” Tsitsipas told a small gathering of reporters on Thursday afternoon. “It’s definitely going to be a tough battle against him, playing a guy who I know that well. … He’s a really nice guy but it will not matter tomorrow because tomorrow is a new day, a new beginning and what I need to do is play my game and stay humble because the tournament has just begun for me. It is an opportunity, I think of it as my chance.”

The Belarussian has a lot on her plate, but still relishes the progress she makes each week on the tour. It wasn’t the Wimbledon Victoria Azarenka wanted, but even the impetuous superstar knows that however impatient she may be at heart, some things take time.

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After her 6-3, 6-3 loss to Karolina Pliskova that dropped her to 9-7 on the season, the 28-year-old shared her thoughts with media, saying that her life is a little more complicated now that she has a son and has been involved in a custody battle that has limited her time on court significantly in 2018.

“I think a lot of people don't really know on the daily basis what things that I have to go through, and that's okay,” she told reporters on Wednesday at Wimbledon. “But I think physically I'm very fit right now. Probably better than I have ever been before. But to be able to connect that with my tennis, it's been challenging and a little bit frustrating in a way, because, you know, sometimes when you're unfit or something, you're late to the ball or you're not making up steps or whatever. And for me it's the opposite and too early, I'm way too early to the ball, and then I have so much time that I'm thinking too much sometimes.”

It hasn’t been easy for Azarenka, a former World No.1 with two majors to her name, to get her once legendary game to click, but she believes it’s a process that will eventually work its way to fruition.

“That connection needs to happen at some point,” she said. “In practice, I'm able to manage it better, but in matches, it has to happen. But I think there is a progress from match to match, especially comparing my previous matches in Mallorca there is definitely a step forward, but it's not a finish line, for sure.”

Azarenka, much like Williams, is still trying to process the demands of motherhood and seamlessly weave it into the fabric of an elite tennis career. It hasn’t been easy, and they may not be the worst thing. Both Williams and Azarenka have expressed that they sometimes feel guild when they are pulled away from their children to practice or carry out the numerous other activities that a professional tennis player must complete.

Victoria Azarenka brought adorable little Leo to work today. pic.twitter.com/GnH2rU3GSh

— Tennis.Life (@tennislifenews) July 1, 2018

“The challenge is still to find the balance where I'm able to take some time for myself, which I don't like to do, and when I go out and practice or go out and play to be okay that I'm not spending this time with my son,” she said. “So I think it's still a balance that I need to do better at, but I'm learning.”

Azarenka will stay in London to compete in the mixed doubles tournament, pairing with Great Britain's Jamie Murray. After that she’ll play the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic at San Jose, California, from July 30 to Aug 5.

The Spaniard is tennis' ultimate iron man at the Grand Slams.

Respect, and nothing but. That’s the prevailing sentiment after Spain’s Feliciano Lopez took the court today to begin his 66th consecutive Grand Slam, setting a new record for ATP tennis, as he passed Roger Federer on the ATP's all-time list in that category.

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That he won makes the occasion even sweeter for Lopez, a 36-year-old hard-serving southpaw who has mastered the art of getting better with age like many of his contemporaries on the ATP tour.

And speaking of getting better, the run of 66 consecutive Grand Slams played is so good that not even Roger Federer can match it.

“When I was [thinking] about breaking the record, I thought, wow, I'm going to beat Federer at something, which is a lot already,” Lopez said after his 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory over Federico Delbonis.

The Spaniard made some jokes, but he also talked seriously about the significance of a remarkable achievement. For more than 16 years he has not only been healthy enough to compete at every major, he has also kept his ranking in good enough standing to qualify for all of them.

There’s a reason nobody else has a streak as long, not even the great Federer.

66, not out…

Congratulations, @feliciano_lopez 👏#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/anfpIQ3QsC

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 3, 2018

“Of course it means a lot to me,” he said. “As I said before, it's not about reaching this number of the most consecutive Grand Slams played. It's about being 15 years or more playing at the top level.

“For me, after 30 years always so important to be competitive and to challenge the best players in the world. This is what I thought at this stage of my career was the most important thing, to stay healthy and to be able to compete against these monsters, because for me I played in the past against other monsters, but after the 30s it was so important for me to stay fresh and healthy, just to challenge these animals, because they are very—the level overall is getting higher and higher in the last decade.”

Lopez moves on to face another monster in the second round in Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro. Win or lose, he’s already made an indelible mark on Wimbledon 2018, and that mark could last forever.

Roger Federer and the Williams sisters are back in action on Day 3 at Wimbledon. Order of play for Day 3, Wimbledon

CENTRE COURT – SHOW COURT – 13:00 START

Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [7] vs Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
Roger Federer (SUI) [1] vs Lukas Lacko (SVK)
Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) vs Serena Williams (USA) [25]

No.1 COURT – SHOW COURT – 13:00 START

Alexandra Dulgheru (ROU) vs Venus Williams (USA) [9]
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) vs Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [2]
Marin Cilic (CRO) [3] vs Guido Pella (ARG)

No.2 COURT – SHOW COURT – 11:30 START

John Millman (AUS) vs Milos Raonic (CAN) [13]
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [32] vs Lucie Safarova (CZE)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) vs Kevin Anderson (RSA) [8]
Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) vs Barbora Strycova (CZE) [23]

No.3 COURT – SHOW COURT – 11:30 START

Katie Swan (GBR) vs Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) [29]
Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) vs Gael Monfils (FRA)
Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) vs Stan Wawrinka (SUI)
Tatjana Maria (GER) vs Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)

COURT 12 – SHOW COURT – 11:30 START

Luksika Kumkhum (THA) vs Madison Keys (USA) [10]
Sam Querrey (USA) [11] vs Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR)
John Isner (USA) [9] vs Ruben Bemelmans (BEL)
Katerina Siniakova (CZE) vs Ons Jabeur (TUN)

COURT 18 – SHOW COURT – 11:30 START

Lucas Pouille (FRA) [17] vs Dennis Novak (AUT)
Kiki Bertens (NED) [20] vs Anna Blinkova (RUS)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) [31] vs Jared Donaldson (USA)

COURT 5 – 11:30 START

Ana Bogdan (ROU) / Kaitlyn Christian (USA) vs Yingying Duan (CHN) / Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR)
Taro Daniel (JPN) / Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) vs Antonio Sancic (CRO) / Andrei Vasilevski (BLR)
Dominic Inglot (GBR) / Franko Skugor (CRO) [15] vs Marton Fucsovics (HUN) / Mischa Zverev (GER)

COURT 6 – 11:30 START

Mirza Basic (BIH) / Dusan Lajovic (SRB) vs Fabrice Martin (FRA) / Purav Raja (IND)
Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Jennifer Brady (USA) vs Darija Jurak (CRO) / Qiang Wang (CHN)
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA) [4] vs Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) / Marco Cecchinato (ITA)
Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Yifan Xu (CHN) [6] vs Alison Riske (USA) / Olga Savchuk (UKR)

COURT 7 – 11:30 START

Anett Kontaveit (EST) / Monica Puig (PUR) vs Nicole Melichar (USA) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) [12]
Matteo Berrettini (ITA) / Maximilian Marterer (GER) vs Roman Jebavy (CZE) / Andres Molteni (ARG)
Maria Irigoyen (ARG) / Carina Witthoeft (GER) vs Kaia Kanepi (EST) / Andrea Petkovic (GER)
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) [9] vs David Ferrer (ESP) / Marc Lopez (ESP)

COURT 8 – 11:30 START

Rebecca Peterson (SWE) vs Donna Vekic (CRO)
Mackenzie McDonald (USA) vs Nicolas Jarry (CHI)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) [25] vs Gilles Muller (LUX)

COURT 9 – 11:30 START

Andre Begemann (GER) / Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) vs Pablo Cuevas (URU) / Marcel Granollers (ESP) [11]
Christina McHale (USA) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) vs Naomi Broady (GBR) / Asia Muhammad (USA)
Katie Boulter (GBR) / Katie Swan (GBR) vs Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) [14]
Elise Mertens (BEL) / Demi Schuurs (NED) [8] vs Sorana Cirstea (ROU) / Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP)

COURT 10 – 11:30 START

Robin Haase (NED) / Robert Lindstedt (SWE) vs Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Rajeev Ram (USA) [10]
Sofia Kenin (USA) / Sachia Vickery (USA) vs Nicola Geuer (GER) / Viktorija Golubic (SUI)
Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) / Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) vs Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) [13]
Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Philipp Oswald (AUT) [16] vs Julio Peralta (CHI) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

COURT 11 – 11:30 START

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) vs Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) / Anastasia Rodionova (AUS)
Liam Broady (GBR) / Scott Clayton (GBR) vs Frances Tiafoe (USA) / Jackson Withrow (USA)
Matthew Ebden (AUS) / Taylor Fritz (USA) vs Peter Gojowczyk (GER) / Benoit Paire (FRA)
Maria Sakkari (GRE) / Donna Vekic (CRO) vs Xinyun Han (CHN) / Luksika Kumkhum (THA)

COURT 14 – 11:30 START

Sorana Cirstea (ROU) vs Evgeniya Rodina (RUS)
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) [22] vs Ryan Harrison (USA)
Julia Goerges (GER) [13] vs Vera Lapko (BLR)
Jay Clarke (GBR) / Cameron Norrie (GBR) vs Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI)

COURT 15 – 11:30 START

Jonathan Erlich (ISR) / Marcin Matkowski (POL) vs Jonathan Eysseric (FRA) / Hugo Nys (FRA)
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) vs Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)
Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) / Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) vs Danielle Collins (USA) / Jessica Moore (AUS)

COURT 16 – 11:30 START

Ken Skupski (GBR) / Neal Skupski (GBR) vs Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) / Damir Dzumhur (BIH)
Aljaz Bedene (SLO) vs Radu Albot (MDA)
Belinda Bencic (SUI) / Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) vs Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP)

COURT 17 – 11:30 START

Andrea Petkovic (GER) vs Yanina Wickmayer (BEL)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) vs Daniil Medvedev (RUS)
Madison Brengle (USA) vs Camila Giorgi (ITA)
Alex Bolt (AUS) / Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) vs Raven Klaasen (RSA) / Michael Venus (NZL) [13]

MATCHES TO BE ARRANGED

NOT BEFORE 17.00

Raquel Atawo (USA) / Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) [11] vs Xenia Knoll (SUI) / Anna Smith (GBR)
Luke Bambridge (GBR) / Jonny O'Mara (GBR) vs Lukasz Kubot (POL) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) [2]
Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL) / Bibiane Schoofs (NED) vs Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) [7]

The Spaniard needed something incredible to win the point. He found it.

Ok #Nadal is on fire #Wimbledon
(GIF @ashishtvslams) pic.twitter.com/ABIyKZY6Sm

— We Are Tennis (@WeAreTennis) July 3, 2018

File under: things that make your jaw drop.

Also: how did he do that?

And: can this guy win Wimbledon?

Check out this amazing, athletic over-the-shoulder smash from Rafael Nadal during the second set of his first-round match with Dudi Sela of Israel on Day 2 of the Championships. It’s just a gentle reminder that while many like to label Nadal a “grinder” and a “baseliner” he is one of the greatest shotmakers to ever live.

Just look at how he snaps this ball while in full flight like a flying lawnmower tossed about in a storm but still resolutely focused on trimming Wimbledon’s lawns.

Top half of the women's draw and bottom half of the men's on Tuesday at SW19. The full schedule for Day 2 of the Championships…

CENTRE COURT – SHOW COURT – 13:00 START 1

Garbine Muguruza (ESP) [3] vs Naomi Broady (GBR)
Dudi Sela (ISR) vs Rafael Nadal (ESP)
[2] Simona Halep (ROU) [1] vs Kurumi Nara (JPN)

No.1 COURT – SHOW COURT – 13:00 START

Kyle Edmund (GBR) [21] vs Alex Bolt (AUS)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) vs Petra Kvitova (CZE) [8]
Tennys Sandgren (USA) vs Novak Djokovic (SRB) [12]

No.2 COURT – SHOW COURT – 11:30 START

Johanna Konta (GBR) [22] vs Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS)
James Duckworth (AUS) vs Alexander Zverev (GER)
[4] Dominic Thiem (AUT) [7] vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) vs Maria Sharapova (RUS) [24]

No.3 COURT – SHOW COURT – 11:30 START

Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [5] vs Peter Gojowczyk (GER)
Angelique Kerber (GER) [11] vs Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs David Goffin (BEL) [10]
Belinda Bencic (SUI) vs Caroline Garcia (FRA) [6]

COURT 12 – SHOW COURT – 11:30 START

Ashleigh Barty (AUS) [17] vs Stefanie Voegele (SUI)
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) [15] vs Denis Istomin (UZB)
Jack Sock (USA) [18] vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA)
Heather Watson (GBR) vs Kirsten Flipkens (BEL)

COURT 18 – SHOW COURT – 11:30 START

Ernests Gulbis (LAT) vs Jay Clarke (GBR)
Taro Daniel (JPN) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) [19]
Monica Niculescu (ROU) vs Naomi Osaka (JPN) [18]
Jana Fett (CRO) vs Daria Kasatkina (RUS) [14]

COURT 4 – 11:30 START

Ana Bogdan (ROU) vs Lara Arruabarrena (ESP)
Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) vs Polona Hercog (SLO)
Vasek Pospisil (CAN) vs Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)
Benoit Paire (FRA) vs Jason Jung (TPE)

COURT 5 – 11:30 START

Alize Cornet (FRA) vs Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)
Marius Copil (ROU) vs Robin Haase (NED)
Julien Benneteau (FRA) vs Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) vs Sachia Vickery (USA)

COURT 6 – 11:30 START

Damir Dzumhur (BIH) [27] vs Maximilian Marterer (GER)
Jennifer Brady (USA) vs Kateryna Kozlova (UKR)
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) vs Mischa Zverev (GER)
Magda Linette (POL) vs Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)

COURT 7 – 11:30 START

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) vs Federico Delbonis (ARG)
Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) vs Taylor Fritz (USA)
Pauline Parmentier (FRA) vs Taylor Townsend (USA)
Alison Riske (USA) vs Mariana Duque-Marino (COL)

COURT 8 – 11:30 START

Daria Gavrilova (AUS) [26] vs Zarina Diyas (KAZ)
Diego Schwartzman (ARG) [14] vs Mirza Basic (BIH)
David Ferrer (ESP) vs Karen Khachanov (RUS)
Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) vs Kaia Kanepi (EST)

COURT 9 – 11:30 START

Jiri Vesely (CZE) vs Florian Mayer (GER)
Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) vs Stephane Robert (FRA)
Sofia Kenin (USA) vs Maria Sakkari (GRE)
Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) [27] vs Carina Witthoeft (GER)

COURT 11 – 11:30 START

Ana Konjuh (CRO) vs Claire Liu (USA)
Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP) [30]
Gilles Simon (FRA) vs Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO)

COURT 14 – 11:30 START

Christian Harrison (USA) vs Kei Nishikori (JPN) [24]
Gabriella Taylor (GBR) vs Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)
Katie Boulter (GBR) vs Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR)

COURT 15 – 11:30 START

Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [30]
Pablo Cuevas (URU) vs Simone Bolelli (ITA)
Guido Andreozzi (ARG) vs Horacio Zeballos (ARG)

COURT 16 – 11:30 START

Shuai Peng (CHN) vs Samantha Stosur (AUS)
Yuichi Sugita (JPN) vs Bradley Klahn (USA)
Saisai Zheng (CHN) vs Qiang Wang (CHN) 

COURT 17 – 11:30 START

Bernard Tomic (AUS) vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
Denisa Allertova (CZE) vs Anett Kontaveit (EST)
[28] Marco Cecchinato (ITA) [29] vs Alex De Minaur (AUS)

NOT BEFORE 18.00

Danielle Collins (USA) vs Elise Mertens (BEL) [15]

MATCHES TO BE ARRANGED NOT BEFORE

17.00 Jeremy Chardy (FRA) vs Denis Shapovalov (CAN) [26]
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) [12] vs Katy Dunne (GBR)

The Swiss knows that it isn't easy to keep a clean sport.

Think Serena Williams has it bad? Don’t tell Roger Federer that. The Swiss told reporters on Sunday in his pre-Wimbledon press conference that he has been tested by tennis doping control seven times in the last month alone.

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“I've had a lot of testing the last month,” Federer said. “I think I've had seven tests. It's been quite heavy. Also blood and urine. Two in Stuttgart, in Halle. In the village I live in in Switzerland, the tester lives in the same village, so it's very convenient. It's very convenient. If he's bored at home, he probably just says, ‘Let me check in on Roger to see if he's having a good time.’"

Federer says the tests don’t bother him, but anti-doping’s lack of consistency with regard to how many tests they carry out on each player, and where they administer those tests, does.

“I've been tested quite a bit, quite frequently out of competition,” he said. “I mentioned many times in Dubai I've hardly ever been tested, which has been quite disappointing. To be honest, in the 15 years I've been there, it's been one test.”

Federer believes that funding may be the cause of the discrepancies at times, and called for more funding on Sunday.

“I think it varies from place to place that you spend your time in,” he said. “Maybe that's the part I don't like so much: the inconsistency of the places where they test. I understand it probably also has something to do with the budget of WADA, like flying somebody there just for that one test, I understand. Yet that should not be an excuse. That's why I think after all we still need more funding. I hope that's going to happen.”

The Swiss, who will open his bid to become a nine-time Wimbledon champion on Monday when he faces Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic, says tennis can never have enough testing, even if it is annoying at times.

“I don't believe there's ever going to be enough testing,” he said. “What's important is these people are professional, they know what they're doing, they treat you like humans, not like criminals. Then it's okay. But I understand the frustration sometimes. I have it, too.”