The Wimbledon 2018 draw: Serena Williams faces a glove; Federer and Nadal could meet in semifinal

In section 3, defending champion Garbine Muguruza a parenthesis with Eugénie Bouchard and Daria Kasatkina. Muguruza lost to Halep in the semifinals of Roland-Garros. If she passes through her section, she will face the winner of Section 4, which includes the French Caroline Garcia and the German Angelique Kerber. Kerber was another player defeated by Halep at the French Open, qualifying for the quarter-finals before being rebounded in three sets.

Karolina Pliskova and Venus Williams are the two key players in Section 5. Williams tries to bounce back after the first consecutive round-out – the first time in his career that has happened. His first match will be against Johanna Larsson. In Section 6, No. 4 Sloane Stephens starts his tournament against Donna Vekic after losing to Halep in the final of the French Open. Julia Gorges sits in front of her on the stand. If the two Williams sisters pass between the two parentheses, they will have a quarterfinal match, but that's a difficult path to get there.

Indeed, Serena Williams has one of the hardest sections of the tournament. From the No. 25 seed, Williams will see number 5 Elina Svitolina in the third round if she does it there. Madison Keys is the player to beat in the lower half of the section, and may well see Williams or Svitolina. Williams' potential will depend in part on his recovery from a pectoral injury that forced him to retreat against Maria Sharapova. Finally, Caroline Wozniacki and CoCo Vandeweghe are leading the Wozniacki section. Wozniacki won her first place at the beginning of the year at the Australian Open, but experienced a disappointing exit from the competition. Open of France when Kasatkina eliminated it in 16e.

See you in the semi-finals to get the match against Sharapova that the fans wanted to see at Roland Garros. It's a tough road to get there, and his health could play a big part in this tournament.

Men's Shoulder

Roger Federer should be the No. 1 seed in men. The defending champion took the rest of the season on clay after winning the Australian Open, and the 36-year-old is back in action. He shares a section with Borna Coric, a young Croatian star who just played Federer last Sunday at the Halle Open, losing to Federer in the final in three sets (in the best of three).

Sam Querrey and Kyle Anderson of South Africa share a section. The Frenchman Richard Gasquet will be a black horse in Section 2, while he is looking to improve in two consecutive Rounds of 32. The draw of Gasquet will not make it easier because he thinks that Querrey could face a quarterfinal, but he will have to go through his compatriot Gael Monfils

Grigor Dimitrov has a tough opening match against Stan Wawrinka after a tough series of 32 defeats at Roland Garros Dimitrov has only played in the Queen's Club Championships since the Open, so he's trying to bounce back. He lost at the Novak Djokovic Championships. American John Isner, Wimbledon's top ranked American, will face Pablo Carreno-Busta in a third-round match. Canadian Milos Raonic will have a tough match against Marin Cilic # 3 if section 4 becomes chalk. Raonic has been making waves since his first appearance at the Australian Open, reaching at least the knockout stages of all tournaments since. He did not play at the French Open, but he hopes that his return to play will give better results.

Novak Djokovic has a tough draw, with a possible third-round match with British number one Kyle Edmund. If he had to survive, he would have an appointment with Dominic Thiem. Djokovic is back in form since a bad end of the season in 2017. He was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Open de France by Marco Cecchinato, and he qualified for the round of 16 of the World Cup. Open from Australia. In both major tournaments this year, he is just facing hot players. He will seek to reverse his luck in England, but he must first get through the controversial Tennys Sandgren. Nick Kyrgios and Alex Zverev are the names to follow in section 6. Kyrgios, always polarizing, is looking for his first appearance in the semi-finals on a major, and Zverev is likely to be the biggest hurdle to get there. Kyrgios is known to have lost in matches that he should not lose, so he will try to reverse this trend

Section 7 is interesting because it houses the return of the British star and former world No. 1 Andy Murray. Murray has not played since Wimbledon last year, when he lost to Querrey in the quarterfinals. Murray's status is not certain yet, because he will only play if he is "competitive". He lost in the first round of the Queen's Club championships against Kyrgios, but his win over Stan Wawrinka at Eastbourne International. is an encouraging sign. He is part of a band with Jack Sock, David Goffin and Juan Martin del Potro. He has a chance to get out of it, but everyone has played tennis hard.

Finally, Rafael Nadal is at the head of section 8, which counts on French star Roland Cecchinato and Diego Schwartzman. Nadal beat Schwartzman en route to a new victory at Roland Garros, so Schwartzman may have another shot on player # 2.

All of this builds a Nadal-Federer semifinal, but as always, it's not the same. is a long way to go There. We will see what upheavals could begin to happen when the tournament starts on Monday.