Tough first week in store for Djokovic


  • Tennis
  • Friday, 26 Jun 2015

Tennis - Boodles Tennis Challenge - Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire - 25/6/15 Serbia's Novak Djokovic in action Action Images via Reuters / Paul Childs Livepic

LONDON (Reuters) - Defending champion Novak Djokovic will have to hit the ground running at Wimbledon next week after being given a tricky route into the second week of the grasscourt grand slam.

The Serbian top seed opens play on Monday on Centre Court against Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber, could face former champion Lleyton Hewitt in round two and Australia's Bernard Tomic in the third round.

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