There’s a massive backup of matches at this year’s Wimbledon tournament due to weather raining out a large part of the second day and almost all of the third day. Wednesday saw action almost solely on Centre Court, which has a roof for these occasions. That allowed Roger Federer, Agnieszka Radwanska and Novak Djokovic to get their matches in, but there are many players still waiting to finish first-round matches.
Wimbledon 2016: Time, TV schedule, live streaming for Thursday’s matches
Andy Murray and Garbine Muguruza will be in action as the backlog at Wimbledon continues due to weather delays.
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Thursday should see those players through to the second round, provided the weather cooperates. Thursday’s matches, which will feature Andy Murray, Garbine Muguruza and other top players, will begin at 8 a.m. ET on Centre Court, with play on the outer courts getting started bright and early at 6 a.m. ESPN will carry television coverage of the day’s matches from 7 a.m. through around 4:30 p.m., unless the weather intervenes.
A live stream of all matches will be available at WatchESPN.
Muguruza, the tournament’s No. 2 seed, lost her only match between her recent French Open victory and Wimbledon and then struggled in her opening-round match against Camila Giorgi. There’s a long history of players struggling after winning their first Grand Slam title, and Muguruza is trying to break the trend of the last eight first-time Slam winners failing to make it past the quarterfinals in their following Slam.
Muguruza will be up against Jana Cepelova in her Thursday match. Agnieszka Radwanska, the No. 3 seed who was drawn into the top half of the draw with Serena Williams, will be up against Ana Konjuh. The backlog at The Championships is so significant that seeds two through nine will all be in action for the women. That includes Muguruza, Radwanska, Angelique Kerber, Simona Halep, Roberta Vinci, Belinda Bencic, Venus Williams and Madison Keys.
On the men’s side, Murray is the big name as he looks to make quick work of Yen-Hsun Lu. Murray was pushed to five sets in his first two matches at the French Open and he was clearly tired out by the time he faced Djokovic in the finals. He had roughly five more hours of court time than Djokovic did by that point. Kei Nishikori, Milos Raonic, Richard Gasquet, Dominic Thiem and Marin Cilic are also top-seeded men who will be in action on Thursday.
Coverage for Thursday’s matches at Wimbledon
Events: First- and second-round singles matchups
Location: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, London, UK
Time: 6:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN (7 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Streaming: WatchESPN
Below is a full list of seeded matchups for Thursday, with a full schedule available here.
Men’s Singles
No. 2 Andy Murray vs. Yen-Hsun Lu
No. 5 Kei Nishikori vs. Julien Benneteau
No. 6 Milos Raonic vs. Andreas Seppi
No. 7 Richard Gasquet vs. Marcel Granollers
No. 8 Dominic Thiem vs. Jiri Vesely
No. 9 Marin Cilic vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky
No. 11 David Goffin vs. Edouard Roger-Vasselin
No. 13 David Ferrer vs. Nicolas Mahut, To finish: 1-3
No. 14 Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
No. 16 Gilles Simon vs. Grigor Dimitrov, To finish: 0-1
No. 18 John Isner vs. Marcos Baghdatis, To finish: 7-6(2), 1-3
No. 19 Bernard Tomic vs. Radu Albot
No. 23 Ivo Karlovic vs. Lukas Lacko
No. 25 Viktor Troicki vs. Albert Ramos-Vinolas
No. 27 Jack Sock vs. Robin Haase
No. 28 Sam Querrey vs. Thomaz Bellucci, To finish: 6-4, 5-2
No. 30 Alexandr Dolgopolov vs. Daniel Evans, To finish: 6-6
No. 31 Joao Sousa vs. Dennis Novikov
No. 32 Lucas Pouille vs. Marius Copil, To finish: 6-4, 4-6, 1-0
Women’s Singles
No. 2 Garbine Muguruza vs. Jana Cepelova
No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Ana Konjuh
No. 4 Angelique Kerber vs. Varvara Lepchenko
No. 5 Simona Halep vs. Francesca Schiavone
No. 6 Roberta Vinci vs. Ying-Ying Duan
No. 7 Belinda Bencic vs. Julia Boserup
No. 8 Venus Williams vs. Maria Sakkari
No. 9 Madison Keys vs. Kirsten Flipkens
No. 11 Timea Bacsinszky vs. Luksika Kumkhum
No. 12 Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Denisa Allertova
No. 14 Samantha Stosur vs. Sabine Lisicki
No. 15 Karolina Pliskova vs. Misaki Doi
No. 16 Johanna Konta vs. Eugenie Bouchard
No. 17 Elina Svitolina vs. Yaroslava Shvedova
No. 18 Sloane Stephens vs. Shuai Peng, To finish: 6-6
No. 19 Dominika Cibulkova vs. Daria Gavrilova
No. 20 Sara Errani vs. Alize Cornet
No. 22 Jelena Jankovic vs. Marina Erakovic
No. 24 Barbora Strycova vs. Anett Kontaveit, To finish: 2-3
No. 26 Kiki Bertens vs. Mona Barthel
No. 27 Coco Vandeweghe vs. Timea Babos
No. 28 Lucie Safarova vs. Samantha Crawford
No. 29 Daria Kasatkina vs. Lara Arruabarrena
No. 30 Caroline Garcia vs. Katerina Siniakova
No. 31 Kristina Mladenovic vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich
No. 32 Andrea Petkovic vs. Elena Vesnina
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