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Wimbledon: Five things to watch out at Wimbledon

London: Martina Hingis is scheduled to make her return to Wimbledon on Wednesday, seven years after a positive test for cocaine during the tournament led to one of her temporary retirements.   The 33-year-old Hingis, a

India TV News Desk Updated on: June 26, 2014 8:16 IST



MURRAY ON COURT 1: After the raucous reception that greeted defending champion Andy Murray at Centre Court on Day 1, he'll move down the way to Court 1 on Day 3 to face left-hander Blaz Rola, a 23-year-old Slovenian ranked 92nd who won the 2013 NCAA singles championship for Ohio State. Rola's first-round victory Monday was only the second of his career in a tour-level tournament.
 


DJOKOVIC VS. STEPANEK: Top-seeded Novak Djokovic is 10-1 head-to-head against 38th-ranked Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic, whose net-charging style would appear to be built for grass. But Stepanek only once has made it as far as the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 11 previous appearances.
 


QUICK RETURNS: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France and Sam Querrey of the U.S. will be playing for a third consecutive day when they meet Wednesday, although it's not as if either expended too much energy Tuesday: Both needed only one game to complete rain-interrupted matches held over from a night earlier. The 14th-seeded Tsonga was a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2011, and the runner-up at the Australian Open in 2008. Querrey has never been past the fourth round at a major. 
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