Five things to remember from the Wimbledon men’s singles draw: Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner, and Carlos Alcaraz

With the announcement of the Wimbledon men’s singles draw, everyone is focused on what promises to be an exciting two weeks.

It appears that Novak Djokovic will participate in Wimbledon this coming weekend, and he has been given the ideal route to progress through the competition.

Starting his campaign against unheralded qualifier Vit Kopriva, the second seed is heavily favored to advance. His expected opponents in the third and fourth rounds are the 30th-seeded Tomas Martin Etcheverry and the struggling 15th-seeded Holger Rune.

It is difficult to predict who will challenge the seven-time champion before the final eight, where Alex de Minaur or Hubert Hurkacz might pose a serious threat.

However, Djokovic is the favorite to get it to his eleventh SW19 final and would be bet against either.

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner is the top seed in this major for the first time, and his opening round matchup against Yannick Hanfmann is kind of odd.

He might face fellow Italian Matteo Berrettini in the second round, but he won’t be coasting through that one.

Sinner is a multiple grass event winner and past Wimbledon finalist, so this will be a crucial early test of his title credentials.

It appears like he will easily make it to the last four after Bertini, but first he must overcome an extremely dangerous dark horse.

Carlos Alcaraz fell to world No. 3 in the draw after failing to retain his Queen’s title, which put the defending champion in the same half as Djokovic or Sinner.

And just a few weeks after they faced one other in the French Open semifinal, he is now expected to play Sinner, the most significant opponent of his career to date, in the final four.

The Spaniard is expected to play two out-of-form seeds, No. 29 Frances Tiafoe and No. 16 Ugo Humbert, later on, so this is a strong opening section for him. He starts well against Estonian qualifier Mark Lajal.

That probable semi-final matchup with Sinner, though, would prove problematic for him in his title defense.

Alexander Zverev, the fourth seed at Wimbledon, has been playing well this year, but he has only twice advanced to the All England Club’s second round.

It would not be shocking to see the fourth seed fall out of the tournament early given how vulnerable he is in this matchup and who his expected third-round opponent is, 28-year-old Jack Draper.

One issue remains, though: who might win from this portion of the draw?

Although Draper would be optimistic about his prospects of defeating Zverev, players like Sebastian Korda and Taylor Fritz will not be taken lightly.

Whether Andy Murray will play in what appears to be his final Wimbledon campaign is still up in the air.

Murray’s chances of qualifying for SW19 are now uncertain due to his back surgery a week earlier, and he does not have an easy match against Tomas Machac.

The Czech, who has been playing better lately, defeated the British player in Miami, where the former world number one hurt his ankle.

Everyone’s attention will be focused on the British player’s fitness for this Tuesday’s match.

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