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Selekhmeteva vs Kraus — a familiar duel on unfamiliar turf
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Navarro vs Badosa — seed meets fallen contender
Preview · Wimbledon 2026 · Round 1 · 30 June 2026 A first round that feels like a third. Emma Navarro arrives seeded and surging; Paula Badosa arrives unseeded and rebuilding. Two players who have both lived inside the top ten meet on Day 1, and the gap between them is no longer
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Erjavec vs Jeanjean — two qualifiers, one fresh start
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Eala vs Zarazua — the Philippines' seeded trailblazer in form on grass
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Cirstea vs Bejlek — the seeded veteran against a fearless lefty debutante
Preview · Wimbledon 2026 · Round 1 · 30 June 2026 Sorana Cirstea is enjoying one of the strongest stretches of a long career, arriving as the No. 17 seed for what will be her 17th Wimbledon main draw. Across the net stands Sara Bejlek, the tricky young Czech left-hander making her
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Swiatek vs Townsend — the defending champion against grass's great improviser
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Golubic vs Shymanovich — the grass craftswoman against a qualifier
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Haddad Maia vs Timofeeva — the Brazilian lefty against a qualifier
Preview · Wimbledon 2026 · Round 1 · 30 June 2026 On paper this is a gentle-looking opener for Beatriz Haddad Maia, the higher-ranked Brazilian and a proven Grand Slam quarter-finalist, against Maria Timofeeva, who battled through qualifying to reach the main draw. But Haddad Maia is unseeded here, the
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Birrell vs Korneeva — a home hope against a fearless qualifier
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Valentova vs Pliskova — rising Czech meets a former Wimbledon finalist
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Tauson vs Sakkari — the seed against a former top-tenner clawing back
Preview · Wimbledon 2026 · Round 1 · 30 June 2026 There is a tidy symmetry to this opener. Clara Tauson arrives as the No. 24 seed, the young Dane who broke into the top dozen at the end of 2025; Maria Sakkari arrives as the player who used to be in those