Wimbledon
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Nakashima vs Pinnington Jones — the in-form seed against the home wild card
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Hijikata vs de Jong — the giant-killer against the rising Dutchman
Preview · Wimbledon 2026 · Round 1 · 29 June 2026 A first-round tie with more intrigue than its billing suggests. Rinky Hijikata (AUS), fresh off one of the eye-catching grass-court results of the season, meets Jesper de Jong (NED) in a meeting of two scrappy, competitive players who relish
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Vallejo vs Mejia — two outsiders chasing a Slam first
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Marozsan vs Tirante — the in-form shotmaker against the clay outsider
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Baez vs Struff — the clay grinder against the grass big server
Preview · Wimbledon 2026 · Round 1 · 29 June 2026 A genuine surface clash. Sebastian Baez (ARG), a clay-court specialist by every instinct, meets Jan-Lennard Struff (GER), a big-serving veteran whose game has always been better suited to a quick court than his ranking sometimes suggests. There is no
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Davidovich Fokina vs Cerundolo — clay-court flair on a grass stage
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Medvedev vs Cilic — the seed against the old grass craftsman
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Fonseca vs Bautista Agut — youth on the rise meets a grass-court craftsman
Preview · Wimbledon 2026 · Round 1 · 29 June 2026 This is the kind of first-round tie that sells itself: a teenage seed riding the most exciting wave in men's tennis against a seasoned grass-court craftsman playing out his farewell year. João Fonseca, the young Brazilian who has
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Auger-Aliassime vs Shevchenko — a top seed who knows these lawns
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Prizmić vs Walton — a breakout Croat against a giant-killing Aussie
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Darderi vs Quinn — the seed who hates grass meets the kid who loves it
Preview · Wimbledon 2026 · Round 1 · 29 June 2026 Seeding is supposed to make first-round life easier. For Italy's Luciano Darderi, it may not. The seeded clay specialist opens his Wimbledon against America's Ethan Quinn, a rising young player who has just spent a fortnight proving