The German tennis stars Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber caught grateful starters at Wimbledon. The French Open semi-finalist Zverev, who was in fourth place, got the world number 124 in the first round of the lawn classic. Tallon Griekspoor (Netherlands) to do. Kerber, who won the title on the “holy lawn” in 2018, starts against Nina Stojanovic (WTA-86.) From Serbia.
In the third round, however, Kerber could have a new edition of the final against US superstar Serena Williams three years ago. Zverev could meet secret favorites Matteo Berrettini from Italy in the quarter-finals. A duel with the winning contender Novak Djokovic would only be possible in the final.
Jan-Lennard Struff gets a big chunk in front of him at the start, the Warsteiner meets Daniil Medvedev from Russia, second in the world rankings. Even veteran Philipp Kohlschreiber had a tough start to his 16th Wimbledon participation in the Canadian Denis Shapovalov.
The top seeded French Open winner Djokovic (Serbia) is tackling his title defense against the British Wimbledon debutant Jack Draper. Record champion Roger Federer (Switzerland) has a tricky opening hurdle in the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino. – The first round matches with German participation:
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Alexander Zverev (Hamburg / No. 4) – Tallon Griekspoor (Netherlands)
Jan-Lennard Struff (Warstein) – Daniil Medwedew (Russia / No. 2)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (Augsburg) – Denis Shapovalov (Canada / No. 10)
Dominik Koepfer (Furtwangen) – Reilly Opelka (USA / No. 27)
Yannik Hanfmann (Karlsruhe) – Jiry Vesely (Czech Republic)
Daniel Masur (Bückeburg) – Soonwoo Kwon (South Korea)
Oskar Otte (Cologne) – Arthur Rinderknech (France)
Angelique Kerber (Kiel / No. 25) – Nina Stojanovic (Serbia)
Laura Siegemund (Metzingen) – Jekaterina Alexandrowa (Russia / No. 32)
Andrea Petkovic (Darmstadt) – Jasmine Paolini (Italy)
Mona Barthel (Neumünster) – Zhu Lin (China)
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