Friday, June 18, 2010

Wimbledon 2010 Championship - draw, telecast details

WIMBLEDON 2010 championship is taking place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London from Monday 21 June. The two-week long grass court Grand Slam tournament's schedule draw released on Friday June 18.
Defending men's and women's champions at the Wimbledon championship, Roger Federer and Serena Williams will start their journey against Alejandro Falla of Columbia and Michelle Larcher De Brito of Portugal respectively.
World no. 1 and Wimbledon no. 2 Rafael Nadal will start his journey at All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club against Kei Nishikori of Japan. Third seed Serbian Novak Djokovic will play against Olivier Rochus of Belgium in the first round of the tournament. Fifth seeded American Andy Roddick will meet his country man Rajeev Ram in the opening round of Wimbledon 2010.
In the women's singles, world no. 2 Venus Williams will start her year's third Grand Slam tournament campaign against 35-year-old Rossana De Los Rios of Paraguay. Kim Clijsters will play against Maria Elena Camerin of Italy; whereas fourth seeded Jelena Jankovic will have to clash against Laura Robson. Grass court favorite Russian Maria Sharapova will start her march against Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine.

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