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Nadal is due to be at Center Court against Cerundolo by approximately 3 p.m. from Argentina
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Williams the last game at Center on day two, following the Spaniard
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GB’s Peniston faces Laaksonen on Court 12; Jubb takes on Kyrgios on Court 3
Almost a year to the day since Serena Williams left Center Court injured in tears, the 23-time grand slam champion is back at Wimbledon.
Elsewhere today a large number of British players are in action on the pitch. We’ll keep you updated on Ryan Peniston, Katie Swan and Paul Jubb before turning our attention to Williams and Rafael Nadal this afternoon.
Our team of reporters from the All England Club will be covering everything that happens.
Follow the latest Wimbledon updates below.
11:09 am
Breaking: Matteo Berrettini from Wimbledon
Last year’s finalist had to withdraw from the tournament after testing positive for Covid-19.
10:58 am
Time for some tennis
I’m going to Court 12 for Peniston’s first Wimbledon match. Can he maintain his impressive lawn form?
10:51 am
Weather forecast
It’s cloudy and a little chilly. Not quite t-shirts and shorts again, but we shouldn’t be disturbed by the rain today.
Classic Wimbledon weather you might say!
10:37 am
Nadal warms up as the crowd pours in
I just walked over to Court 5, where Nadal is warming up before his match against Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo.
Wimbledon stewards have closed off access to the pitch as it is already packed with spectators taking photos and videos.
10:22 a.m.
Break…
Jamie Murray will partner Venus Williams for mixed doubles.
In 2019, their siblings Andy and Serena teamed up.
10:04 am
Playing order for Tuesday continued
Court 8
11:00: Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland) v Andrea Petkovic (Dui), Xin Yu Wang (Chn) v (20) Amanda Anisimova (USA), Roberto Carballes Baena (Spa) v Jordan Thompson (Aus), Daniel Elahi Galan (Kol ) against Dominik Koepfer (Ger)
Court 9
11:00: Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) v Lin Zhu (Chn), Madison Brengle (USA) v Lauren Davis (USA), Alexei Popyrin (Aus) v Hugo Gaston (Fra), Attila Balazs (Hun) v (17) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa)
Court 10
11:00: Alize Cornet (Fra) v (27) Yulia Putintseva (Kaz), Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) v (29) Jenson Brooksby (USA), (27) Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) v Denis Kudla (USA), Kristina Kucova (SVK) v Laura Pigossi (BH)
Court 11
11:00: Taro Daniel (Jpn) v (31) Sebastian Baez (Arg), (14) Nuno Borges (Por) v MacKenzie McDonald (USA), (32) Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa) v Christina McHale (US), Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v (17) Elena Rybakina (Kaz)
Court 12
11:00: Ryan Peniston (Gbr) v Henri Laaksonen (Switzerland), (4) Paula Badosa Gibert (Spa) v Louisa Chirico (USA), Zizou Bergs (Bel) v Jack Draper (Gbr), Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) v (11) Taylor Harry Fritz (US)
Court 14
11:00: David Goffin (Bel) v Radu Albot (Mol), (18) Jil Belen Teichmann (Switzerland) v Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus), Ana Bogdan (Rom) v Dayana Yastremska (Ukr), Alastiar Gray (Gbr) v Chun Hsin Tseng (Tpe), Emina Bektas (USA) v Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Can)
Court 15
11:00: (33) Shuai Zhang (Chn) v Misaki Doi (Jpn), Joao Sousa (Por) v Richard Gasquet (Fra), Emil Ruusuvuori (Fin) v Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn), Qinwen Zheng (Chn) v Sloane Stephens (US)
Court 16
11:00: Catherine Harrison (USA) v Arantxa Rus (Ned), Sonay Kartal (Gbr) v Danka Kovinic (Mne), Bernabe Zapata Miralles (Spa) v Jack Sock (USA), (13) Denis Shapovalov (Can) v Arthur Rinderknech (Fr)
Court 17
11:00: Oceane Dodin (Fra) v (12) Jelena Ostapenko (Lat), Maryna Zanevska (Bel) v (13) Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic), (24) Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune (Den) v Marcos Giron (USA) , Liam Broady (Gbr) v Lukas Klein (Svk)
Court 18
11:00: Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) v Katie Swan (Gbr), (19) Alex De Minaur (Aus) v Hugo Dellien (Bol), Stefan Kozlov (USA) v (12) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg), Clara Burel (Fra) v Katie Boulter (Gbr)
09:55 o’clock
Playing order for Tuesday
Center Court
13:30: (1) Iga Swiatek (Pol) v Jana Fett (Cro), Francisco Cerundolo (Arg) v (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa), Serena Williams (USA) v Harmony Tan (Fra)
Court 1
13:00: (8) Matteo Berrettini (Ita) v Christian Garin (Chi), Karolina Muchova (Cze) v (16) Simona Halep (Rom), Alexander Ritschard (Switzerland) v (4) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre)
Court 2
11:00: Steve Johnson (USA) v (18) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul), (11) Cori Gauff (USA) v Elena Gabriela Ruse (Rom), Jasmine Paolini (Ita) v (25) Petra Kvitova (Cze), Jason Kubler (Aus) v (28) Daniel Evans (GB)
Court 3
11:00: (5) Maria Sakkari (Gre) v Zoe Hives (Aus), Paul Jubb (Gbr) v Nick Kyrgios (Aus), (6) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) v Maxime Cressy (US), (9 ) Garbine Muguruza (Spa) v Greet Minnen (Bel), Tereza Martincova (Czech Republic) v (6) Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)
Court 4
11:00: Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) v Nastasja Schunk (Ger), Pedro Martinez Portero (Spa) v Alex Molcan (Svk), Feliciano Lopez (Spa) v (21) Botic Van de Zandschulp (Ned), (21) Camila Giorgi (Ita) v Magdalena Frech (Poland)
Court 5
11:00: Claire Liu (USA) v Nuria Parrizas-Diaz (Spa), Sam Querrey (USA) v Ricardas Berankis (Lit), (26) Filip Krajinovic (Ser) v Jiri Lehecka (Cze), Rebecca Peterson (Swe) v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk)
Court 6
11:00: Daria Saville (Aus) v Viktoriya Tomova (Bul), Zdenek Kolar (Cze) v Benjamin Bonzi (Fra), Irina Bara (Rom) v Chloe Paquet (Fra), Dennis Novak (Aut) v Facundo Bagnis (Arg )
Court 7
11:00: Marc-Andrea Huesler (Switzerland) v Hugo Grenier (Fra), Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) v Jaimee Fourlis (Aus), Brandon Nakashima (USA) v Nicola Kuhn (Ger), (30) Shelby Rogers (USA) v Petra Martic (Cro)
09:46 o’clock
Something for your ears
The Tennis Podcast team has everything you need to know from day one and more.
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09:31 o’clock
Ready for some more tennis?
Hello and welcome to day two of the Wimbledon Championships.
Monday was an exciting start to the tournament with shocking results, five set wins, rain delays and an inevitable late finish under the roof of the Center Court with Andy Murray.
Today it’s the turn of the 22 and 23-time Grand Slam champions, as Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams begin their campaigns at Centre.
However, it is French Open champion Iga Swiatek who starts the proceedings on the main show court. The world No. 1 has won her last 35 matches, starting against Croatian qualifier Jana Fett, ranked 254. And Swiatek admits she still needs to get used to playing on grass.
“Honestly, I still feel like I have to pick grass. Last year it was definitely one of those tournaments where I didn’t know what to expect,” Swiatek told reporters on Saturday.
“That’s when I realized, match by match, that maybe I can do more and more. Still, I only played ten days on grass this year, so it’s not much. I didn’t have much time to prepare.”
“But I’m just trying to stay open-minded and take positives out of the situation and realize that I can play without expectations.”
Elsewhere, there are plenty of Brits in action and we start the day from Court 12, where wildcard Ryan Peniston makes his Wimbledon debut against 95th-placed Swiss Henri Laaksonen.
Peniston has climbed more than 200 places in the rankings to a current career high of 147 in a year, marking his first forays on the ATP Tour by reaching the quarter-finals at both Queen’s Club and Eastbourne.
The southpaw hopes to maintain that strong form against Laaksonen in the first round, as close friend and future housemate Alastair Gray takes on former Wimbledon junior champion Tseng Chun-hsin.
The 24-year-old Londoner, in 283rd place, is following in the footsteps of Cameron Norrie who overlapped for a year with the British number one at Texas Christian University in the United States before turning pro last spring.