Rain suspends start of play at Wimbledon

pRain has suspended the start of play on Friday at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a./p

pThe action on the outside courts will not start before 1:00 p.m. with light rain falling in west London. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a is scheduled to take on a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jan-lennard-struff/sl28/overview'Jan-Lennard Struff/a on No. 2 Court, where a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tommy-paul/pl56/overview'Tommy Paul/a will open proceedings against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-bublik/bk92/overview'Alexander Bublik/a when the play starts. /p

pAmerican a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a is scheduled to face Canadian a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/denis-shapovalov/su55/overview'Denis Shapovalov/a in a lefty battle on No. 3 court following the conclusion of a WTA match between Daria Kasatkina and Paula Badosa./p

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pPlay will begin as planned at 1:30 p.m. on Centre Court and 1 p.m. on No. 1 Court, with both stadiums fitted with a retractable roof./p

pDefending champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a opens proceedings on Centre Court against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/frances-tiafoe/td51/overview'Frances Tiafoe/a, with No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a taking on a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/miomir-kecmanovic/ki95/overview'Miomir Kecmanovic/a in the final match of the day. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a faces a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/gael-monfils/mc65/overview'Gael Monfils/a on No. 1 Court. Frenchman Monfils leads the Bulgarian 4-1 in the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head series./p

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