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Ugo Carabelli vs Mérida — two clay men squinting at the grass
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Ruud vs Hurkacz — the seed against the grass specialist
Preview · Wimbledon 2026 · Round 1 · 29 June 2026 This is the pick of the six on paper: a seeded Casper Ruud against Hubert Hurkacz, a former Wimbledon semi-finalist who is unseeded only because of where the rankings sit, not because of what he can do on grass. Ruud leads
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Medjedovic vs Ofner — the young gun against the Austrian grinder
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Landaluce vs Kwon — the young Spaniard against the veteran qualifier
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Tsitsipas vs Gaston — the seed against the grass disruptor
Preview · Wimbledon 2026 · Round 1 · 29 June 2026 On paper this is a routine assignment for Stefanos Tsitsipas, the seeded Greek facing France's Hugo Gaston in the first round. On grass, paper means rather less. Tsitsipas has never looked entirely at home on the surface, and Gaston — a
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Borges vs Boyer — Portugal's No. 1 meets a rising American
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Norrie vs Zheng — the seed against the student qualifier
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Rinderknech vs Tarvet — a grass-court giant-killer meets the home qualifier
Preview · Wimbledon 2026 · Round 1 · 29 June 2026 Few first-round names carry more grass-court intrigue than Arthur Rinderknech, the seeded Frenchman who stunned Alexander Zverev here a year ago. He opens against Oliver Tarvet, the British qualifier whose own Wimbledon story already includes a Centre Court date with
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Paul vs Muller — a seeded grass threat with a point to prove
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Brooksby vs Vukic — a rematch one week in the making
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Fucsovics vs van Assche — grass pedigree meets a rising form player
Preview · Wimbledon 2026 · Round 1 · 29 June 2026 This is a quietly fascinating opener: a Hungarian with genuine grass-court pedigree but a difficult season, against a young Frenchman riding a wave of form but with little grass to show for it. Marton Fucsovics and Luca van Assche meet for