WIMBLEDON, England — Seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams returns to Centre Court on Tuesday to begin her latest bid for a record-tying 24th major title. Seeded No. 6, she'll open against 100th-ranked Aliaksandra Sasnovich. Williams did not play a grass-court tuneup tournament after the French Open, where she lost in the fourth round. She's 77-1 in first-round matches at major tournaments.
Serena Williams, Roger Federer back in action at Wimbledon on Tuesday
Two of the winningest players in tournament history take to Centre Court for first round action.
June 29, 2021 at 5:47AM
Coco Gauff, who reached the fourth round in her Wimbledon debut two years ago at age 15, opens against Francesca Jones. No. 1-seeded Ash Barty will be first on Centre Court to play Carla Suarez Navarro.
On the men's side, eight-time champion Roger Federer faces Adrian Mannarino and has won all six of their previous matches. Daniil Medvedev, seeded No. 2 behind Djokovic, plays Jan-Lennard Struff. Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tournament where Medvedev has never reached the second week.
TUESDAY'S FORECAST
Cloudy with a chance of light rain. High of 66 degrees Fahrenheit (19 Celsius).
TUESDAY'S SHOWCOURT SCHEDULE
CENTRE COURT | 7:30 a.m.
Ash Barty (1) vs. Carla Suarez Navarro
Roger Federer (6) vs. Adrian Mannarino
Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Serena Williams (6)
COURT ONE | 7 a.m.
Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alexander Zverev (4)
Angelique Kerber (25) vs. Nina Stojanovic
Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Daniil Medvedev (2)
COURT TWO | 5 a.m.
Dan Evans (22) vs. Feliciano Lopez
Not before 6:30 a.m.
Diego Schwartzman (9) vs. Benoit Paire
Francesca Jones vs. Coco Gauff (20)
Lucas Pouille vs. Cameron Norrie (29)
Alize Cornet vs. Bianca Andreescu (5)
MONDAY'S WEATHER
Cloudy with some rain. High of 69 degrees Fahrenheit (21 Celsius).
MONDAY'S KEY RESULTS
Women's First Round:
No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka beat Monica Niculescu 6-1, 6-4
No. 11 Garbine Muguruza beat Fiona Ferro 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 Sofia Kenin beat Xinyu Wang 6-4, 6-2
No. 7 Iga Swiatek beat Hsieh Su-wei 6-4, 6-4
Sloane Stephens beat No. 10 Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-4
No. 23 Madison Keys beat Katie Swan 6-3, 6-4.
Men's First Round:
No. 1 Novak Djokovic beat Jack Draper 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
Frances Tiafoe beat No. 3 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
No. 5 Andrey Rublev beat Federico Delbonis 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
No. 8 Roberto Bautista Agut beat John Millman 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
Marton Fucsovics beat No. 19 Jannik Sinner 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3
Andy Murray beat No. 24 Nikoloz Basilashvili, 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
No. 25 Karen Khachanov beat Mackenzie McDonald 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
Dominik Koepfer beat No. 27 Reilly Opelka 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-2
Denis Kudla beat No. 30 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 5-7, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3.
STAT OF THE DAY
21 — Number of singles matches postponed because of rain, including one involving five-time champion Venus Williams, who is playing in her 23rd Wimbledon.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"That guy is special. He's going to do a lot of great things ... but not today." — Frances Tiafoe told the crowd after upsetting Stefanos Tsitsipas.
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