ANDY Murray is third on Centre Court today as he opens his Wimbledon campaign with a first-round tie against Germany’s Benjamin Becker.
As tradition dictates, defending champion Roger Federer starts proceedings on the opening day of the tournament as he takes on Victor Hanescu, with women’s third seed Maria Sharapova second on Centre Court for her game against Kristina Mladenovic. Tennis fans with Court One tickets also have a treat in store with women’s second seed Victoria Azarenka opening up against Maria Joao Koehler before two-time Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal faces Steve Darcis and 11th seed Stanislas Wawrinka takes on another former champion in Leyton Hewitt.
Court Two kicks off at the earlier time of 11.30am, compared to 1pm on the two main show courts, with Ana Ivanovic up first against Virginie Razzano of France.
Men’s sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga takes on Belgium’s David Goffin in the third match of the day on Court Two.
Court Three has a British feel to it with Elena Baltacha facing Italian Flavia Pennetta and wild card Kyle Edmund in action against 24th seed Jerzy Janowicz following his promising campaign at Eastbourne. (Eurosport)