On the second day of the Wimbledon tournament, in addition to the expected Novak Djokovic (who will return to the court after knee surgery by challenging the Czech Vit Kopriva on Centre Court around 4.30 pm), ndr) the other 5 Italians present in the two draws will make their debut. Three will open the program, at 12, while the other two will play in the middle of the afternoon. Then there will be a sixth Italian to support: Mattia Bellucci who went into the break surprisingly ahead 2 sets to 1 (6-4, 3-6, 6-3) against the American Ben Shelton, seeded no. The match, suspended on Monday evening due to darkness, will resume, again on court no. 18, around 2:30 pm.
At 12 Musetti, Nardi and Darderi on the field
At 12, the spotlight will immediately be on our top representative, Lorenzo Musetti, seeded no. 25, fresh from the final at Queen’s, who on court no. 7 challenges the French Constant Lestienne, no. 92. At the same time, on court no. 4, Luca Nardi, no. 75, plays, who meets the Argentine Tomas Martin Etcheverry, seeded no. 30, with whom he lost in the second qualifying round at the Trieste 2020 Challenger 6-2, 7-6 (7/3). An open match given that the tennis player from La Plata does not like grass (2 wins and 7 defeats in his career). Also at 12, it is also Luciano Darderi’s turn, no. 37, who on court no. 17 starts off as a clear favorite against the German naturalized British Jan Choinski, no. 174, with whom he has already crossed rackets in the second qualifying round of the 2022 Oeiras Challenger, on clay, winning 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Bronzetti plays at 3pm, Cobolli at 5pm
Immediately after Darderi, still on court 17, around 3 pm, Lucia Bronzetti, no. 81, makes her entrance into the tournament, facing the Canadian Leylah Fernandez, seeded no. 30 but just moved up to no. 25 after reaching the final in Eastbourne. The last Italian to debut, however, will be Flavio Cobolli, no. 48, who around 5 pm on court no. 9, will have to deal with the Australian Rinky Hijikata, no. 77, fresh from the quarterfinals at Queen’s where he beat another Italian, Arnaldi with two tie-breaks.
Debuts also for Zverev, Swiatek and Murray
Among the other matches to follow, always on court no. 1, first (around 4 pm) the debut of Roland Garros finalist Alexander Zverev, no. 4, who faces Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena, no. 64, and then (around 7 pm) that of world no. 1 Iga Swiatek against American Sofia Kenin, no. 49. The English, after Djokovic, will pay particular attention to the match of Andy Murray (around 7 pm) who could play his last singles match at Wimbledon against Czech Tomas Machac, no. 39.
Where to watch the matches on TV and streaming
Wimbledon is broadcast exclusively and live on Sky, which has dedicated 10 channels to the tournament: Sky Sport Uno (channel 201), where the most important matches will be aired, Sky Sport Tennis (channel 203), where the entire Centre Court programme will be broadcast, Sky Sport Arena (channel 204) where the most interesting matches from the other courts will be broadcast, which will be covered in full on Sky Sport channels 252 to 257, renamed Sky Sport Wimbledon 1-6 for the occasion. The matches will be available in streaming on SkyGo and Now.
