Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray both were placed in the Wimbledon bracket during Friday's draw despite coming off recent operations.
That's no guarantee either 37-year-old past champion at the All England Club will actually compete at the event that begins Monday. But Djokovic, at least, has looked in practice sessions this week as though he is ready to go, less than a month after having surgery for a torn meniscus in his right knee. He has won seven of his men's-record 24 Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon.
Murray, a two-time trophy winner at the grass-court tournament, made clear on Thursday that he would wait until the last moment to decide whether or not to play and was likelier to do so in doubles -- where he and his older brother, Jamie, were awarded a wild-card entry -- than in singles. He had a cyst removed from his spinal cord last weekend.of the Czech Republic will be scheduled for Tuesday, giving the Scot an extra day to try to be ready.
There was a bit of confusion during the women's draw -- overseen by new tournament referee Denise Parnell -- when several names were placed on the wrong lines and needed to be reshuffled.has never been past the quarterfinals at the All England Club and was given a path that could be filled with past Grand Slam champions.in the first round at Wimbledon a year ago -- less than three months before Gauff would go on to win the US Open.
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