Draw a tree of traps for Alcaraz at Wimbledon, using Djokovic’s shadow

Carlos Alcaraz will meet this Friday (11 Spanish peninsular time) andThe way he defended his Wimbledon title. The Murcian will be one of the main protagonists of a draw with plenty of incentives… and plenty of pitfalls.

The number of expert grass players with low rankings This means there could be high-voltage duels from the first round.

Rivals of the stature of Matteo Berrettini, Jan-Lennard Struff and Denis Shapovalov have become serious threats for the always complicated debut at the All England Club which, in the case of Alcaraz, is on Monday, July 1 at 2:30 pm

In the third round comes the time to meet seeds from 17 to 32, where there are players as dangerous as Jack Draper, Stuttgart champion and recent executioner of Alcaraz at Queen’sFrances Tiafoe, Sebastina Korda, Alejandro Tabilo or the always unpredictable Alexander Bublik.

In the second round the main threat is Tommy Paul, Queen’s champion, Taylor Fritz, Ben SheltonGrigor Dimitrov and Alex de Miñaur, while among the possible rivals in the quarterfinals we can see Hubert Hurkacz, Andrey Rublev or Daniil Medvedev.

All this is conditional on the presence or absence of Novak Djokovic.. The Serbian has been training well for several days in London after undergoing surgery on his meniscus after being forced to retire from Roland Garros.

Although his departure was considered certain, now it seems more likely that he will try to participate in one of his favorite tournaments.

If he ends up playing, Alcaraz will be seeded third, and will be forced into a hypothetical semi-final against him or Jannik Sinner.while if Djokovic can’t play, the Spaniard will be seeded second, so he can avoid Sinner until the final and his theoretical semifinal match will be with Alexander Zverev or Daniil Medvedev, whom he defeated in the semifinals last year.

Alejandro Davidovich, Pedro Martínez, Jaume Munar, Roberto Carballés, Roberto Bautista and Pablo Carreño They complete the list of Spanish players in the tournament.

In the women’s draw, this edition of Wimbledon broke the duopoly of Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka. This time the Belarusian came as the third seed, behind Coco Gauff (2), to meet the world number 1 in the semifinals.

Regarding the Spanish representation, there is no part as seededso that both Paula Badosa and Sara Sorribes, Cristina Bucsa, Jessica Bouzas and Rebeka Masarova face any top player from the first round.

Wimbledon 2024 seedings

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1. Jannik Sinner
2. Novak Djokovic
3. Carlos Alcaraz
4. Alexander Zverev
5. Danii Medvedev
6. Andrey Rublev
7. Hubert Hurkacz
8. Casper Ruud
9. Alex de Minaur
10. Grigor Dimitrov
11. Stefanos Tsitsipas
12. Tommy Paul
13. Taylor Fritz
14. Ben Shelton
15. Holger Rune
16. Ugo Humbert
17. Felix Auger-Aliassime
18. Sebastian Baez
19. Nicholas Jarry
20. Sebastian Korda
21. Karen Khachanov
22. Adrian Mannarino
23. Alexander Bublik
24. Alejandro Tabilo
25. Lorenzo Musetti
26. Francisco Cerundolo
27. Tallon Griekspoor
28. Jack Draper
29. Frances Tiafoe
30. Tomas Martín Etcheverry
31. Mariano Navone
32. Zhizhen Zhang

Wimbledon 2024 seedings

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1. Iga Swiatek
2. Cori Gauff
3. Aryna Sabalenka
4. Elena Rybakina
5. Jessica Pegula
6. Marketa Vondrousova
7. Jasmine Paolini
8. Qinwen Zheng
9. Maria Sakkari
10. Ounce Jabeur
11. Danielle Collins
12. Madison Keys
13. Jelena Ostapenko
14. Daria Kasatkina
15. Lyudmila Samsonova
16. Victoria Azarenka
17. Anna Kalinskaya
18. Marta Kostyuk
19. Emma Navarro
20. Beatriz Haddad-Maia
21. Elina Svitolina
22. Ekaterina Alexandrova
23. Caroline Garcia
24. Mirra Andreeva
25. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
26. Linda Noskova
27. Katerina Siniakova
28. Dayana Yastremska
29. Sorana Cirstea
30. Leylah Fernandez
31. Barbora Krejcikova
32. Katie Boulter