Preparations for Wimbledon 2024 are officially underway, as the Queen’s ATP 500 draw has also been made. The tournament starts on Monday the 17th of June and will finish on the 23rd of June. Players
worldwide will participate to prepare for the third Grand Slam of
the year.
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz will again begin the
competition as a firm favourite. In the round of 32, he will face Francisco Cerundolo. The 21-year-old hopes to continue his impressive
form, especially after winning the French Open recently. He defeated Germany’s Alexander
Zverev in the final in a five-set thriller with a score of 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-1,
6-2.
Alcaraz won the competition last year after beating
Australia’s Alex de Minaur in the final in straight sets with a score of 6-4,
6-4. It will be a second meeting between the two. Interestingly, in
the only previous meeting, it was Cerundolo who came out on top against the
current world number two with a score of 6-2, 6-4.
Last year’s runner-up, De Minaur, will face Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti in the round of 32. It will be the second meeting between the two. In
the previous meeting, which was in the first round of the Australian Open back in
2022, it was De Minaur who came out on top with a score of 3-6 6-3 6-0 6-3.
Former world number one Andy Murray has been drawn to face a
player from the qualifiers. Britain’s tennis star will participate in
the mega-event for the first time since 2021. He has a fabulous record in the tournament, winning it five
times. The last of those victories came in 2016, when he defeated Canada’s Milos
Raonic in the final with a score of 6-7, 6-4, 6-3.
America’s Ben Shelton will also face a player from the
qualifying round in the round of 32 clash, whereas Denmark’s Holger Rune will face Australia’s Jordan Thompson in the tournament opener.
Carlos Alcaraz has recently won the French Open after beating Alexander Zverev in the final.
| Carlos Alcaraz (1) | Francisco Cerundolo |
| Mariano Navone | Jack Draper |
| Alejandro Tabilo | Alejandro Davidovich Fokina |
| Sebastian Baez | Tommy Paul (5) |
| Grigor Dimitrov (3) | Adrian Mannarino |
| Sebastian Korda | Karen Khachanov |
| Qualifier | Frances Tiafoe |
| Matteo Arnaldi | Ugo Humbert (8) |
| Holger Rune (7) | Jordan Thompson |
| Andy Murray (WC) | Qualifier |
| Milos Raonic (PR) | Cameron Norrie |
| Qualifier | Taylor Fritz (4) |
| Ben Shelton (6) | Qualifier |
| Tomas Martin Etcheverry | Billy Harris (WC) |
| Daniel Evans (WC) | Brandon Nakashima (SE) |
| Lorenzo Musetti | Alex De Minaur (2) |
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