3 Players with a tennis affinity by name strike in London. The Canadian Denis Shapovalov can be trusted the most, the US man Denis Kudla and the Günter Bresnik protégé Dennis Novak, the only ÖTV starter in the individual main competitions, are also from the Wiesenpartie. With US man Tennys Sandgren, who already beat Dominic Thiem in Melbourne, a “Tennys player” is missing.
4 participations recorded Austria’s idol Thomas Muster in Wimbledon. And the 54-year-old is the only number one in the world (1996) who couldn’t win a match at Wimbledon. In 1994, Muster won at least two sets against the German Alexander Mronz (you don’t have to know that; note).
5 Grand Slam winner are only at the men’s start this time: Rafael Nadal (22), Novak Djokovic (20), Andy Murray (3), Stan Wawrinka (3) and Marin Cilic (1). Roger Federer (20) is still injured, and a comeback is not expected until September at the Laver Cup (this year in London) at the earliest. Austria’s ace Dominic Thiem (1) put in tough weeks of training, Daniil Medvedev (1) is not allowed to start as a Russian (like Belarusians).
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