Defending champ Alcaraz top seed Sinner in same half of Wimbledon draw

pDefending champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a and top seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a have landed in the same half of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a draw, with the pair seeded to meet in the semi-finals./p

pAlcaraz, who overcame a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a in five sets in the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a final last year, defeated Sinner in the semi-finals at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a en route to the title earlier this month. The 21-year-old Spaniard leads the 22-year-old Italian 5-4 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series./p

pThird seed Alcaraz is seeded to meet Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ugo-humbert/hh26/overview'Ugo Humbert/a in the fourth round and could play eighth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a or Queenrsquo;s champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tommy-paul/pl56/overview'Tommy Paul/a in the quarter-finals. Alcaraz, who starts against Estonia qualifier a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mark-lajal/l0gh/overview'Mark Lajal/a, is chasing his fourth major./p

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pNo. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings Sinner begins against Germanyrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yannick-hanfmann/h997/overview'Yannick Hanfmann/a and might face 2021 finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-berrettini/bk40/overview'Matteo Berrettini/a in the second round. Sinner could then meet 21-year-old American a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a in the fourth round, with 2023 semi-finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a a potential quarter-final opponent. Medvedev begins against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aleksandar-kovacevic/k0az/overview'Aleksandar Kovacevic/a and could meet a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a in the fourth round./p

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pSeven-time champion Djokovic is the second seed and faces Czech qualifier a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vit-kopriva/ki82/overview'Vit Kopriva/a in the first round. The Serbian could play a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-martin-etcheverry/ea24/overview'Tomas Martin Etcheverry/a in the third round, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/holger-rune/r0dg/overview'Holger Rune/a in the fourth round and is projected to meet seventh seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a in the quarter-finals. Halle finalist Hurkacz beat a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roger-federer/f324/overview'Roger Federer/a en route to the semi-finals in 2021./p

pSeven-time a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a winner Djokovic is seeded to play fourth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a in the semi-finals. Zverev, who has never been beyond the fourth round at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, is projected to meet 13th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a in the fourth round and sixth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a in the quarter-finals. Rublev could play 25th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lorenzo-musetti/m0ej/overview'Lorenzo Musetti/a in the third round and 11th-seeded Greek a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a in the fourth round. British lefty a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a is a potential third-round opponent for Zverev./p

pTwo-time champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview'Andy Murray/a will play Czech a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-machac/m0fh/overview'Tomas Machac/a in the first round on Tuesday, with ninth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a taking on Australian lucky loser a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/james-duckworth/d994/overview'James Duckworth/a in the first round. De Minaur is in the same quarter of the draw as Djokovic./p

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