Andy Murray to face Tomas Machac in possible final Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz to meet qualifiers
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Updated 28/06/2024 at 11:02 GMT
Andy Murray's participation at Wimbledon is still up in the air, as the Briton hopes to recover from injury to make the start line for what could be his final appearance at the event. Should he get there, he will meet Tomas Machac in round one. Elsewhere in the draw, both Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz have been drawn against qualifiers, as has British No. 1 and 28th seed Jack Draper.
Murray withdraws from second-round match at Queen's with injury
Andy Murray will meet Tomas Machac in the first-round of Wimbledon 2024, should the Brit overcome his fitness worries and take his place in the draw.
Murray, ahead of what could be his last appearance at SW19, was forced to undergo surgery on a back problem last week following a retirement from his last-16 match at Queens against Jordan Thompson.
The Briton, a two-time Wimbledon champion, said on Thursday that he would make a "last-minute" decision on whether to play.
“Maybe it’s my ego getting in the way, but I feel that I deserve the opportunity to give it until the very last moment to make that decision," Murray said.
“It’s complicated, and it’s made more complicated because I want to play at Wimbledon one more time, so I’m going to give it as long as I can to see how well I recover.”
Murray, who confirmed he is "not going to play past this summer," added: “Because of what I put into the sport over the last however many years, I would at least like to go out playing a proper match where I’m at least competitive - not what happened at Queen’s.
"So I can’t say for sure that if I wasn’t able to play at Wimbledon, and I didn’t recover in time to play at the Olympics, that I wouldn’t consider trying to play another tournament somewhere.
“But if I’m able to play at Wimbledon and if I’m able to play at the Olympics, that’s most likely going to be it.”
Meanwhile, defending champion Carlos Alcaraz will open against a qualifier - Mark Lajal - as will Novak Djokovic, who takes on Vit Kopriva.
Djokovic has been struggling with his own injury worries, but has practised at SW19 over recent days.
British No. 1 Jack Draper opens against Elias Ymer, another qualifier, while Cameron Norrie will meet Facundo Diaz Acosta.
Selected first-round ties
Jannik Sinner v Yannik Hanfmann
Arthur Fery [WC] v Daniel Altmaier
Stan Wawrinka v Charles Broom [WC]
Carlos Alcaraz [3] v Mark Lajal [Q]
Liam Broady [WC] v Botic van de Zandschulp
Daniel Evans v Alejandro Tabilo
Jack Draper [28] v Elias Ymer [Q]
Cameron Norrie v Facundo Diaz Acosta
Henry Searle [WC] v Marcus Giron
Andy Murray v Tomas Machac
Paul Jubb [WC] v Thiago Seyboth Wild
Billy Harris [WC] v Jaume Munar
Jacob Fearnley [WC] v Alejandro Moro Canas [Q]
Novak Djokovic [2] vs Vit Kopriva [Q]
For the full draw, see here.
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