Serena Williams will be expecting to improve on her 3rd Round exit at last year’s Wimbledon (Getty)
Crack open the Pimms, douse the strawberries in double cream and have your umbrellas at the ready: It’s officially lawn tennis season, and Wimbledon is finally upon us.
128 men and women will take to the grass this week, seven victories away from being crowned the Gentlemen’s or Ladies’ Wimbledon Champion, 2015. In the men’s tournament Novak Djokovic is seeded No.1 and is a heavy favorite to defend his title, though 3rd seed Andy Murray is coming off a strong Queen’s Club tournament and looks to be in a much better mindset than when exiting in the Quarter Finals last year. The Scot has a horrible draw to navigate, however, and could have to see off both Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal (seeded only 10th) if he wants to make his third Wimbledon final.
In the women’s draw, all eyes are on Serena Williams, who has been utterly dominant during the year-to-date, but bombed out of Wimbledon in both 2013 and 2014 during the early rounds. Nevertheless, with victories at the Australian and French Opens this year already, she’s on course to become the first woman to win a calendar year Grand Slam since Steffi Graf in 1988, while a Wimbledon victory would complete a second “Serena Slam” of her career: holding all four Grand Slam titles at the same time.
The BBC has extensive coverage in the UK on BBC One and Two of every day’s play, starting around 11:30am BST on BBC Two and 1:45pm on BBC One each day. In addition to the Beeb’s usual stalwarts such as Sue Barker and Clare Balding, Andy Roddick and Justin Henin will join the team for 2015 to provide commentary and expert analysis. The BBC will be covering multiple matches via the Red Button, and will also have live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live.
In the US, ESPN has live Wimbledon coverage from 7am Eastern all the way through until 4:30pm.
For a full list of the TV providers in your country covering Wimbledon live this year, click here.
Click here for complete details on each day’s Order of Play, which will be updated the evening before.
If you’re unable to get in front of a TV screen over the next two weeks, here’s how to watch online and on mobile:
If you fancy getting down to SW19 in person, here’s how you can still get tickets for the All England Club:
