Match 1 opens at 14.30 Italian time against Kecmanovic. We are also waiting for Djokovic and the queen of the WTA ranking, Sabalenka.
June 28, 2026 (modified at 11:55 p.m.) – MILANO
Wimbledon 2026, that’s it. The third Grand Slam tournament of the season, the most anticipated, begins tomorrow in London on the lawns of Church Road. And immediately, as is tradition, it will be the turn of reigning champion Jannik Sinner to start the game on center court. The Italian will take the field at 14.30 Italian time (13.30 local time) against Miomir Kecmanovic. Sinner won four out of four matches against the Serbian, the last of which was at the championship, in the third round of 2024, losing only seven games. And the 51st racket of the world returned a fair set at the Next Gen final in 2019, but a set of four games. Sinner will play the thirteenth match of his career on Center Court, he has lost only three, two of which to Djokovic. The last defeat here is in 2024, with the signing of Medvedev. Who will be one of the big names participating tomorrow, along with two Italians. Yannick’s second round opponent will be Nuno Borges and Tristan Boyer, with the second match starting at 12:00 on Court 7.
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Tomorrow, in addition to Sinner, two Azzurri will take part in the match. Luciano Darderi, who is in the round of 16 of the world number one, will make his debut on Court 15 against Ethan Quinn. This will be the third match from 12:00 after Jovic-Christian and Lee-Sonmez. They won’t take to the field until 2:30 p.m. Italian time, a time that could obviously change if previous matches run too long. It will be the first meeting between the two, in a match that cannot be underestimated for the No. 14 seed given Quinn’s exciting week in Mallorca, where he lost in the final. Our other representative who will take to the field tomorrow will be Elisabetta Cocciaretto, who here last year only gave up in the third round after also beating Jessica Pegula. He makes his debut on Court 10 against Xinyu Wang as the second match of 12 after Sorribes Tormo-Jimenez Kasintseva. Thus, the world number 44 will play around 13:30: she won the only official precedent against Vanga on a hard court in Merida in 2023. The two have actually already faced each other at Wimbledon, albeit at junior level, in 2018: on that occasion, however, the Chinese won in the round of 16.
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Another great hero of the first day of Wimbledon will be number 7 in the draw Novak Djokovic. The seven-time champion will play his final match of the day on Center Court against Yibing Wu. Following Sinner and the debut of WTA No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka against Teodora Kostovic, the Serbian and Chinese will take to the court around 6:30 p.m. Three matches are scheduled on Court 1 from 2 p.m. The hostess, always the great British hope, Emma Raducanu, opens. The 30th-seeded team will face Antonia Ruzic, followed by the debut of No. 8 Daniil Medvedev. The Russian, a two-time Wimbledon semi-finalist and the last to beat Sinner here, will debut against Marin Cilic, the 2017 finalist. The program will be closed by Roland Garros champion Mirra Andreeva and Magda Linette. On court 2, from 12:00 Pegula-Vidmanova, Zheng-Norrie, Auger-Shevchenko and Gauff-Korpacz. However, the spotlight is also on Court 3, where Raphael Jodard will open in his highly anticipated first career match on grass against Britain’s Felix Gill. Then, around 14:00, one of the most interesting opening rounds took place between Casper Ruud, who has never been at ease on grass, and 2021 semi-finalist Hubert Hurkacz, one of the most dangerous on these courses.
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Sinner’s match, like the entire Wimbledon tournament, will be televised on Sky Sport. The broadcaster will dedicate six channels to the championship, which will also be shown in streaming mode on Now TV.
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