Wimbledon men’s singles draw 2023 has been completed with Andy Murray taking on Ryan Peniston in the first round and Novak Djokovic starting his title defence against Pedro Cachin.
Two-time champion Andy Murray will have it tough at the Wimbledon 2023. This will be the Scottish star’s 15th presence at the All-England’s Club, which starts on July 3. He won the title in Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016.
Although playing with a metal hip after a career-threatening hip injury, Murray has made known his intention to carry on playing to end his career on his own terms.
Andy Murray will battle fellow Brit Ryan Peniston in the first round of Wimbledon on Tuesday. Nevertheless, the unseeded two-time champion then faces a tough second-round clash with world No 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas or 2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem in the second round.
Wildcard Peniston, 27, is a cancer survivor who reached the second round on his Wimbledon debut last year.
Murray and Peniston are on the same side of the draw as British No 1 Cam Norrie who will face Czech qualifier and world No 107 Tomas Machac in his opening contest, express.co.uk reports.
Worthnoting are two other high-profile matches for British wildcards. Arthur Fery will take on No 3 seed Daniil Medvedev while George Loffhagen is up against No 6 seed Holger Rune.
Wimbledon 2023 tournament’s No 1 seed, Carlos Alcaraz, faces a tricky opener against experienced London-based Frenchman Jeremy Chardy.
However, on the other side of the draw, Novak Djokovic opens his title defence against Argentine world No 67 Pedro Cachin. British No 2 Dan Evans also faces French world No 76 Quentin Halys while last year’s runner-up Nick Kyrgios, who has been suffering from a knee injury, is in the draw to play wildcard David Goffin.
Seven-time SW19 champion Djokovic is looking to win a fifth successive title to draw level with the great Roger Federer on eight overall and move to an incredible 24 career Grand Slams. And he will be heavily backed after his draw.
He has a winnable second-round match against Jordan Thompson or Brandon Nakashima, and could take on Tomas Martin Etcheverry or Stan Wawrinka after that.
The Serb could face Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals if he gets past an opponent likely to be Lorenzo Musetti or Hubert Hurkacz in round four, with a potential showdown in the final against world No 1 Alcaraz.
