Both Roger Federer and Serena Williams will be in action for the opening day of the 2018 Wimbledon Grand Slam on Monday. Federer, the top seed for the men, will be facing Dusan Lajovic, while Williams, the 25th seed, will face Arantxa Rus.
Wimbledon 2018: Time, TV/live stream info, and match schedule for Monday
Serena Williams, Roger Federer, and other big names will be in action for the first day of Wimbledon on Monday.
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Play on the day will begin at 7 a.m. ET and will be broadcast on ESPN in the United States. Live streaming of the action can be had via WatchESPN and the ESPN App, and that includes some courts that are not a simulcast of the television coverage. However, some courts, unlike previous years, will be locked behind the recently launched subscription-based ESPN+.
Federer, as he did in 2017, skipped the clay court season to concentrate on the grass courts. He won the grass tournament in Stuttgart, but fell to Borna Coric in the finals at Halle. Still, he looks in great form and is one of the favorites to pick up yet another Wimbledon trophy for his collection.
Williams is playing in her second Grand Slam since returning from her pregnancy, the birth of her child, and the ensuing problems the occurred as a result of it. She’s looked better and better every time she’s seen the court and many are eager to see if she gets fully back to form for Wimbledon.
Williams had to pull out of her Round of 16 matchup against Maria Sharapova at Roland Garros, and Monday’s match will be her first WTA competition since then.
In addition to those players, the women’s second seed, Caroline Wozniacki, will also be in action on Monday. She is set to face Varvara Lepchenko. Three top-10-seeded American women will all be in action as fourth seed Sloane Stephens faces Donna Vekic, ninth seed Venus Williams takes on Johanna Larsson, and 10th seed Madison Keys faces Alja Tomljanovic.
Below is all you need to know to watch the action, as well as a full list of singles matches for the day. Schedules are subject to change depending on the weather, time and other circumstances.
All Times Eastern
How to watch Wimbledon Day 1
Date: Monday, July 2
Location: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, UK
Time: 7 a.m.
TV: ESPN
Women’s Singles
No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki vs. Varvara Lepchenko
No. 4 Sloane Stephens vs. Donna Vekic
No. 5 Elina Svitolina vs. Tatjana Maria
No. 7 Karolina Pliskova vs. Harriet Dart
No. 9 Venus Williams vs. Johanna Larsson
No. 10 Madison Keys vs. Alja Tomljanovic
No. 13 Julia Goerges vs. Monica Puig
No. 16 CoCo Vandeweghe vs. Katerina Siniakova
No. 19 Magdalena Rybarikova vs. Sorana Cirstea
No. 20 Kiki Bertens vs. Barbora Stefkova
No. 21 Anastasija Sevastova vs. Camila Giorgi
No. 23 Barbora Strycova vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova
No. 25 Serena Williams vs. Arantxa Rus
No. 31 Shuai Zhang vs. Andrea Petkovic
No. 32 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Victoria Azarenka
Evgeniya Rodina vs. Antonia Lottner
Tereza Smitkova vs. Viktoriya Tomova
Luksika Kumkhum vs. Bernarda Pera
Lesia Tsurenko vs. Timea Babos
Alexandra Dulgheru vs. Kristyna Pliskova
Petra Martic vs. Ekaterina Makarova
Vera Lapko vs. Christina McHale
Aleksandra Krunic vs. Madison Brengle
Viktorija Golubic vs. Ons Jabeur
Mona Barthel vs. Yanina Wickmayer
Yafan Wang vs. Anna Blinkova
Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Katie Swan
Viktoria Kuzmova vs. Rebecca Peterson
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Kristina Mladenovic
Aryna Sabalenka vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu
Kateryna Bondarenko vs. Lucie Safarova
Men’s Singles
No. 1 Roger Federer vs. Dusan Lajovic
No. 3 Marin Cilic vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
No. 6 Grigor Dimitrov vs. Stan Wawrinka
No. 8 Kevin Anderson vs. Norbert Gombos
No. 9 John Isner vs. Yannick Maden
No. 11 Sam Querrey vs. Jordan Thompson
No. 13 Milos Raonic vs. Liam Broady
No. 16 Borna Coric vs. Daniil Medvedv
No. 17 Lucas Pouille vs. Denis Kudla
No. 22 Adrian Mannarino vs. Christian Garin
No. 23 Richard Gasquet vs. Gael Monfils
No. 28 Filip Krajinovic vs. Nicolas Jarry
No. 31 Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Gregoire Barrere
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez vs. Gastao Elias
Malek Jaziri vs. Jared Donaldson
Peter Polansky vs. Dennis Novak
John-Patrick Smith vs. Andreas Seppi
John Millman vs. Stefano Travaglia
Gilles Muller vs. Michael Mmoh
Ryan Harrison vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
Yuki Bhambri vs. Thomas Fabbiano
Radu Albot vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
Sergiy Stakhovsky vs. Joao Sousa
Lukas Lacko vs. Benjamin Bonzi
Jason Kubler vs. Guido Pella
Laslo Djere vs. Paolo Lorenzi
Jen-Lennard Struff vs. Leonardo Mayer
Steve Johnson vs. Robert Bemelmans
Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. Evgeny Donskoy
Ricardas Berankis vs. Mackenzie McDonald
Ivo Karlovic vs. Mikhail Youzhny
Aljaz Bedene vs. Cameron Norrie
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