Draper, Djokovic, Gauff, Sinner & More Heat - Tuesday Preview

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Jack Draper looks connected during a believe convention astatine Wimbledon

Wimbledon 2025

Dates: 30 June-13 July Venue: All England Club

Coverage: Live crossed BBC TV, power and online pinch extended sum connected BBC iPlayer, Red Button, Connected TVs and mobile app. Full sum guide.

Another 9 British players return to nan Wimbledon courts connected Tuesday arsenic nan 2nd time of nan tourney gets nether way.

Seven Britons won connected nan first time of their location championships, including Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter and qualifier Oliver Tarvet.

British number 1 Jack Draper has been handed a reliable tie astatine his location Grand Slam.

It is group to beryllium different basking 1 successful south-west London, pinch temperatures forecast to scope 32C again.

Monday saw nan hottest opening time of nan championships connected record, pinch temperatures reaching 32.3C.

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Defending women's champion Barbora Krejcikova opens play connected Centre Court astatine 13:30 BST.

The Czech - who suffered an wounded scare astatine Eastbourne successful nan lead-up to Wimbledon - will look world number 56 Alexandra Eala of nan Philippines.

Novak Djokovic, nan seven-time champion bidding for a standalone grounds 25th Grand Slam title, originates his run against Alexandre Muller of France, followed by French Open champion Coco Gauff against Dayana Yastremska.

World number 1 Jannik Sinner is first connected Court One from 13:00 BST, taking connected Italian compatriot Luca Nardi, earlier two-time champion Petra Kvitova begins her last Wimbledon run against 10th seed Emma Navarro.

Draper, astatine 4th nan highest-ranked location subordinate astatine SW19 since Sir Andy Murray was nan number 1 seed successful 2017, rounds disconnected play against Argentina's Sebastian Baez.

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Draper is 1 of 9 British players successful action connected time two.

Dan Evans has had an affectional summertime truthful far, beating 2 top-20 players arsenic he bids to regain his champion form. He is 2nd connected tribunal 12 against chap Briton Jay Clarke, consecutive aft Heather Watson takes connected Denmark's Clara Tauson successful nan opening lucifer (11:00).

Jodie Burrage missed past year's Wimbledon done injury. She returns arsenic a wildcard this twelvemonth and is 3rd connected tribunal 18 against American Caty McNally.

Another British wildcard, Johannus Monday, faces a reliable task against 13th seed and erstwhile Queen's champion Tommy Paul of nan US, while George Loffhagen plays Spain's Pedro Martinez.

There are besides 2 Britons playing connected tribunal 17. Francesca Jones is 3rd connected against Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva, followed by Jack Pinnington Jones against Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina.

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Bad Homburg champion Jessica Pegula and runner-up Iga Swiatek begin their SW19 campaigns against Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Polina Kudermetova respectively.

American Pegula reached nan quarter-finals astatine Wimbledon 2 years ago, while Poland's Swiatek is simply a erstwhile inferior champion.

Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina, nan 2022 champion, faces Elina Avanesyan of Armenia, while Russian sixth seed Mirra Andreeva plays Egypt's Mayar Sherif.

In nan men's draw, past year's semi-finalist Lorenzo Musetti of Italy gets going against Georgia's Nikoloz Basilashvili, while American 10th seed Ben Shelton faces Australian qualifier Alex Bolt.