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Wimbledon 2023: Day three sees Jodie Burrage, Iga Swiatek and Novak Djokovic on Centre Court

An umbrella at Wimbledon

None of the matches on the outside courts were completed on Tuesday because of the poor weather
Venue: All England Club Dates: 3-16 July
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Wimbledon will be playing catch-up on Wednesday after rain delays saw only eight matches completed on Tuesday.

A mixture of first- and second-round singles matches will take place, with the doubles tournaments pushed back a day and not starting until Thursday.

Britain’s Jodie Burrage begins play at 13:30 BST on Centre Court, against 11th seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia.

They are followed by women’s world number one Iga Swiatek and then seven-time men’s champion Novak Djokovic.

Organisers, who cancelled 69 matches on Tuesday, will be relieved the weather conditions on Wednesday are expected to be much better.

There was less than 90 minutes’ action on each of the outside courts after rain stopped play just after midday, while four matches were completed on both Centre Court and Court One, the two courts with a roof.

Centre Court graphic - Daria Kasatkina v Jodie Burrage, Iga Swiatek v Sara Sorribes Tormo, Novak Djokovic v Jordan Thompson

Play begins on Court One at 13:00 BST, with British wildcard Arthur Fery in first-round action against Russian third seed Daniil Medvedev, before Britain’s Heather Watson, who reached the fourth round in 2022, takes on 10th seed Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic.

The last match on Court One is the second-round tie between Italian eighth seed Jannik Sinner and Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman.

Elsewhere, British wildcard George Loffhagen will look to finish his first-round match against sixth seed Holger Rune, with the Dane holding a one-set advantage having taking the opening set tie-break 7-4.

Katie Boulter is another Briton who was frustrated by the rain and the British number one will resume trailing 6-5 against Australia’s Daria Seville near the end of the opening set.

Britain’s Jan Choinski, playing in his first Grand Slam after being given a wildcard, is in the second round with a tricky test against Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz, the 17th seed and a Wimbledon semi-finalist two years ago.

Men’s fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece has work to do in his meeting with former US Open champion Dominic Thiem.

The winner will play Britain’s Andy Murray in round two and Austrian Thiem holds a 6-3 3-4 advantage.

Britain’s Sonay Kartal will begin her tournament against Eastbourne champion Madison Keys, of the United States.

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