Wimbledon 2023 men’s draw: Alcaraz vs Rune, Djokovic vs Rublev amongst projected last-eight clashes

Top seed Carlos Alcaraz will face Frenchman Jeremy Chardy within the opening spherical and may very well be up in opposition to Holger Rune within the quarterfinals of this 12 months’s Wimbledon, as per the draw ceremony introduced on Friday.

World No. 6 Rune will tackle native wildcard George Loffhagen within the first spherical.

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Defending champion Novak Djokovic, who’s chasing an all-time record-equalling twenty fourth Major, may meet Russia’s Andrey Rublev within the last-eight fixture. The Serbian will start his title protection in opposition to Argentina’s Pedro Cachin.

The different two projected quarterfinals are – Daniil Medvedev vs Stefanos Tsitsipas and Casper Ruud vs Jannik Sinner.

Fifth-seeded Greek Tsitsipas takes on 2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem in his first round-match with a possible second-round conflict with two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray. Former World No. 1 Murray will start his marketing campaign in opposition to compatriot and wildcard Ryan Peniston.

Medvedev additionally faces an area wildcard in Arthur Fery within the opening spherical whereas French Open runner-up Ruud first takes on French qualifier Laurent Lokoli.

Italy’s Sinner, seeded eighth, faces Argentine Juan Martin Cerundolo first whereas 2021 finalist Matteo Berretini takes on Lorenzo Sonego in an all-Italian first-round conflict.

Last 12 months’s runner-up Nick Kyrgios was drawn to face Belgian David Goffin within the first spherical.