Wimbledon 2016: Tuesday Schedule and Predictions for London Bracket
The all-white attire. The famous grass courts. There is nothing quite like Wimbledon.
On Tuesday, the first round of play at Wimbledon is set to continue, with many of the top stars in the world opening their tournament. Here's the day's schedule of play:
| Centre | 8 a.m. | Serena Williams (USA) [1] | Amra Sadikovic (SUI) |
| Centre | To Follow | Liam Broady (GBR) | Andy Murray (GBR) [2] |
| Centre | To Follow | Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) | Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [13] |
| No. 1 | 8 a.m. | Taylor Fritz (USA) | Stan Wawrinka (SUI) [4] |
| No. 1 | To Follow | Monica Puig (PUR) | Johanna Konta (GBR) [16] |
| No. 1 | To Follow | Petra Kvitova (CZE) [10] | Sorana Cirstea (ROU) |
| No. 2 | 6:30 a.m. | Nick Kyrgios (AUS) [15] | Radek Stepanek (CZE) |
| No. 2 | To Follow | Fernando Verdasco (ESP) | Bernard Tomic (AUS) [19] |
| No. 2 | To Follow | Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [3] | Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) |
| No. 2 | To Follow | Heather Watson (GBR) | Annika Beck (GER) |
| No. 3 | 6:30 a.m. | Richard Gasquet (FRA) [7] | Aljaz Bedene (GBR) |
| No. 3 | To Follow | Alison Riske (USA) | Roberta Vinci (ITA) [6] |
| No. 3 | To Follow | Dominic Thiem (AUT) [8] | Florian Mayer (GER) |
| No. 3 | To Follow | Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) [11] | Luksika Kumkhum (THA) |
| Court 12 | 6:30 a.m. | Stephane Robert (FRA) | Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) |
| Court 12 | To Follow | Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) | Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) |
| Court 12 | To Follow | Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) | Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) [31] |
| Court 18 | 6:30 a.m. | Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) [19] | Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) |
| Court 18 | To Follow | Ivan Dodig (CRO) | Tomas Berdych (CZE) [10] |
| Court 18 | To Follow | John Isner (USA) [18] | Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) |
| Court 18 | To Follow | Sloane Stephens (USA) [18] | Shuai Peng (CHN) |
| Court 4 | 6:30 a.m. | John Millman (AUS) | Albert Montanes (ESP) |
| Court 4 | To Follow | Pauline Parmentier (FRA) | Katerina Siniakova (CZE) |
| Court 4 | To Follow | Horacio Zeballos (ARG) | Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) |
| Court 5 | 6:30 a.m. | Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) | Joao Sousa (POR) [31] |
| Court 5 | To Follow | Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [21] |
| Court 5 | To Follow | Lucas Pouille (FRA) [32] | Marius Copil (ROU) |
| Court 6 | 6:30 a.m. | Vasek Pospisil (CAN) | Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) |
| Court 6 | To Follow | Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR) | Caroline Garcia (FRA) [30] |
| Court 6 | To Follow | Donald Young (USA) | Leonardo Mayer (ARG) |
| Court 7 | 6:30 a.m. | Tristan Lamasine (FRA) | Viktor Troicki (SRB) [25] |
| Court 7 | To Follow | Rajeev Ram (USA) | Feliciano Lopez (ESP) [22] |
| Court 7 | To Follow | Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) | Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) |
| Court 8 | 6:30 a.m. | Daria Gavrilova (AUS) | Qiang Wang (CHN) |
| Court 8 | To Follow | Benjamin Becker (GER) | Facundo Bagnis (ARG) |
| Court 8 | To Follow | Tara Moore (GBR) | Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) |
| Court 8 | To Follow | Monica Niculescu (ROU) | Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) |
| Court 9 | 6:30 a.m. | Luke Saville (AUS) | Dennis Novikov (USA) |
| Court 9 | To Follow | Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) [14] | Jordan Thompson (AUS) |
| Court 9 | To Follow | Julia Boserup (USA) | Tatjana Maria (GER) |
| Court 10 | 6:30 a.m. | Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) | Alexander Kudryavtsev (RUS) |
| Court 10 | To Follow | Elena Vesnina (RUS) | Tamira Paszek (AUT) |
| Court 10 | To Follow | Albano Olivetti (FRA) | Matthew Barton (AUS) |
| Court 11 | 6:30 a.m. | Benoit Paire (FRA) [26] | Franko Skugor (CRO) |
| Court 11 | To Follow | Santiago Giraldo (COL) | Gilles Muller (LUX) |
| Court 11 | To Follow | Federico Delbonis (ARG) | Fabio Fognini (ITA) |
| Court 11 | To Follow | Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) | Johanna Larsson (SWE) |
| Court 14 | 6:30 a.m. | Christina McHale (USA) | Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) |
| Court 14 | To Follow | Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) | Marina Melnikova (RUS) |
| Court 14 | To Follow | Jiri Vesely (CZE) | Igor Sijsling (NED) |
| Court 15 | 6:30 a.m. | Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) | Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) |
| Court 15 | To Follow | Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) | Martin Klizan (SVK) |
| Court 15 | To Follow | Karin Knapp (ITA) | Ana Konjuh (CRO) |
| Court 16 | 6:30 a.m. | Dusan Lajovic (SRB) | Dustin Brown (GER) |
| Court 16 | To Follow | Katie Swan (GBR) | Timea Babos (HUN) |
| Court 16 | To Follow | Alexander Zverev (GER) [24] | Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) |
| Court 17 | 6:30 a.m. | Taro Daniel (JPN) | Juan Monaco (ARG) |
| Court 17 | To Follow | Andrea Petkovic (GER) [32] | Nao Hibino (JPN) |
| Court 17 | To Follow | Coco Vandeweghe (USA) [27] | Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) |
| Court 19 | 6:30 a.m. | Marcel Granollers (ESP) | Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) |
| Court 19 | To Follow | Gastao Elias (POR) | Radu Albot (MDA) |
| Court 19 | To Follow | Mandy Minella (LUX) | Anna Tatishvili (USA) |
| TBD | TBD | Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) | Belinda Bencic (SUI) [7] |
| TBD | TBD | Anett Kontaveit (EST) | Barbora Strycova (CZE) [24] |
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Nobody's going to bet against top-seed Serena Williams on Tuesday, even if she's gone from four straight Grand Slams won to three straight Grand Slams without a title.
Yes, she's reached the past two finals. Yes, she's reached the final in every tournament she's played in this year except for the Miami Open, where she bowed out in the fourth round, and she won the Italian Open. But it's hard not to question if perhaps this is the season where Williams finally shows some vulnerability.
Williams is probably tired of hearing those whispers, of course. She certainly was "subdued" and "terse" when speaking to the media on Sunday, per Christopher Clarey of the New York Times:
"Williams’s mood on Sunday could be taken two different ways: One, she is still reeling, or two (and much more likely), she is simmering and much more interested in crushing serves and returns and restoring the tennis universe to its natural order than in the question-and-answer game.
“I’m definitely ready to start playing at this point,” she said. “I’m kind of over practicing every day for two hours, then going to the gym.”
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That's not a Williams that anybody wants to face, let alone poor Amra Sadikovic.
Frankly, you wouldn't expect many upsets on Tuesday. There's 2-seed Andy Murray, looking to win his second title at Wimbledon and end Novak Djokovic's reign of terror over the men's game. One wouldn't tip fellow Brit Liam Broady to pull off the first-round upset.
Or 4-seed Stan Wawrinka, the last man not named Djokovic to win a Grand Slam (2015 French Open). Taylor Fritz of the United States shouldn't give him too many problems.
On the women's side, 10-seed Petra Kvitova is a two-time winner at Wimbledon and has gotten to at least the third round in every Wimbledon since 2009. Meanwhile, 3-seed Agnieszka Radwanska has reached three semifinals and one final in the past four Wimbledons.
Yes, upsets happen. Just ask 23-seed Ana Ivanovic, who fell to Ekaterina Alexandrova on Monday, or 25-seed Irina-Camelia Begu, who lost in straight sets to Carina Witthoeft. On the men's side, 17-seed Gael Monfils and 20-seed Kevin Anderson both fell.
So, who might be an upset victim on Tuesday?
Well, one of the day's most intriguing matchups is former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki facing 13-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova. The pair have played 11 times, with Wozniacki holding the slim 6-5 advantage in the series. The two split two matches in 2015, and Wozniacki has won the only two matchups between the pair on grass.
Wozniacki has reached just one semifinal and two quarterfinals this season, so she hardly hits Wimbledon in strong form. But she's certainly capable of beating Kuznetsova, and she's failed to advance past the first round at the All-England Club just once in her career.
It won't be easy, but look for Wozniacki to turn some heads and pull off the first-round upset.
And 6-seed Roberta Vinci is a huge upset candidate. She's lost in the first round at Wimbledon the past two seasons and three times total in her career. The United States' Alison Riske has a legitimate shot at pulling off this upset, given Vinci's major issues at Wimbledon in the past.
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