liveUpdated 56s agoFollow live updates from the opening day of The 2026 Championships.The Athletic Live TeamJune 29, 2026 at 4:30 AM EDTWho will reign victorious at Wimbledon this year? GettyWimbledon day 1 — LatestThe 2026 Wimbledon Championships get underway today, with both World No. 1s in action at the All England Club.Jannik Sinner will start his title defence against Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic in the first match on Centre Court, before Aryna Sabalenka takes on another Serb, Teodora Kostovic.Novak Djokovic, a 24-time major champion, is also in action on an opening day that is forecast to be sunny and dry throughout.Time: Play starts 11am BSTWatch: ESPN, BBC, Fubo (try for free)Join the conversation here or by emailing live@theathletic.com Raducanu withdraws with right leg injury USA Today Network Emma Raducanu was the highest-ranked British player in the women’s draw at No. 30, but she had to withdraw yesterday with a leg injury. Our Charlie Eccleshare has the story here on why she won't be in the field.Can anybody stop Sinner? Getty ImagesJannik Sinner is the defending men’s champion and a huge favorite. His main rival, Carlos Alcaraz, is sidelined with a wrist injury. Sinner beat Novak Djokovic on the Wimbledon grass, which is probably Djokovic’s best surface now, in straight sets last year, though his opponent was hampered by a hip injury.But Sinner was also a huge favorite at the recent French Open, where he lost to then-world No. 56 Juan Manuel Cerúndolo, having been four points from victory, thanks to a combination of illness and the 90-degree Paris heat.Temperatures are expected to be more moderate in London, but the loss — and Sinner’s last-16 match against Grigor Dimitrov a year ago, when he was two sets down before the Bulgarian had to retire due to injury — shows just how little pre-tournament status can mean in practice. By the same token, Sinner’s devastatingly precise tennis is capable of rendering any concern moot with a few swishes of his racket.Today’s order of play, courts 10 to 17 Getty ImagesCourt 10Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) vs. Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND)Xinyu Wang (CHN) vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)Adam Walton (AUS) vs. Dino Prizmic (CRO)Jesper de Jong (NED) vs. Rinky Hijikata (AUS)Court 14Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) vs. Max Basing (GBR)Not Before 1:00 PM: Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) vs. Tatjana Maria (GER)Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs. Sebastian Baez (ARG)Katerina Siniakova (CZE) [32] vs. Qinwen Zheng (CHN)Court 15Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) vs. Iva Jovic (USA) [16]Ann Li (USA) [28] vs. Zeynep Sonmez (TUR)Not Before 2:30 PM: Ethan Quinn (USA) vs. Luciano Darderi (ITA) [14]Magdalena Frech (POL) vs. Anna Kalinskaya [19]Court 16Andrey Rublev [12] vs. Roman SafiullinHugo Gaston (FRA) vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)Mimi Xu (GBR) vs. Daria Kasatkina (AUS)Ekaterina Alexandrova [18] vs. Panna Udvardy (HUN)Court 17Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) vs. Learner Tien (USA) [16]Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) vs. Harriet Dart (GBR)Not Before 2:30 PM: Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) [22] vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG)Francesca Jones (GBR) vs. Diane Parry (FRA)Today’s order of play, courts 4 to 9 Getty ImagesCourt 4Emilio Nava (USA) vs. Ignacio Buse (PER) [31]Alycia Parks (USA) vs. Alicia Dudeney (GBR)Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) vs. Fabian Marozsan (HUN)Solana Sierra (ARG) vs. Anna Bondar (HUN)Court 5Marco Trungelliti (ARG) vs. Martin Damm (USA)Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) vs. Martin Landaluce (ESP)Oleksandra Oliynykova (UKR) vs. McCartney Kessler (USA)Dayana Yastremska (UKR) vs. Aoi Ito (JPN)Court 6Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)Bianca Andreescu (CAN) vs. Shuai Zhang (CHN)Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) vs. Nicolas Mejia (COL)Anastasia Gasanova vs. Emiliana Arango (COL)Court 7Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) vs. Botic van De Zandschulp (NED)Nuno Borges (POR) vs. Tristan Boyer (USA)Peyton Stearns (USA) vs. Nikola Bartunkova (CZE)Court 8Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) vs. Jenson Brooksby (USA)Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) vs. Sebastian Ofner (AUT)Lanlana Tararudee (THA) vs. Lilli Tagger (AUT)Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) vs. Anastasia Potapova (AUT) [27]Court 9Luca Van Assche (FRA) vs. Marton Fucsovics (HUN)Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) vs. Daniel Merida (ESP)Claire Liu (USA) vs. Hanne Vandewinkel (BEL)Today’s order of play on the show courts Getty Images(All times BST.)Centre Court - 1.30pmJannik Sinner (ITA) [1] vs. Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)Aryna Sabalenka [1] vs. Teodora Kostovic (SRB)Yibing Wu (CHN) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB) [7]No 1 Court - 1pmAntonia Ruzic (CRO) vs. Emma Raducanu (GBR) [30]Marin Cilic (CRO) vs. Daniil Medvedev [8]Magda Linette (POL) vs. Mirra Andreeva [5]No 2 CourtJessica Pegula (USA) [4] vs. Darja Vidmanova (CZE)Michael Zheng (USA) vs. Cameron Norrie (GBR) [26]Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) [3] vs. Aleksandr Shevchenko (KAZ)Not Before 4:30 PM: Tamara Korpatsch (GER) vs. Coco Gauff (USA) [7]No 3 CourtRafael Jodar (ESP) [23] vs. Felix Gill (GBR)Casper Ruud (NOR) [11] vs. Hubert Hurkacz (POL)Not Before 2:30 PM: Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) vs. Naomi Osaka (JPN) [14]Not Before 4:30 PM: Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) vs. Hannah Klugman (GBR)Court 12Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) vs. Maja Chwalinska (POL) [20]Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) [25] vs. Oliver Tarvet (GBR)Not Before 2:30 PM: Karolina Muchova (CZE) [10] vs. Anastasia ZakharovaBrandon Nakashima (USA) [28] vs. Jack Pinnington Jones (GBR)Court 18Belinda Bencic (SUI) [11] vs. Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR)Alexandre Muller (FRA) vs. Tommy Paul (USA) [21]Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs. Joao Fonseca (BRA) [24]Leylah Fernandez (CAN) [22] vs. Janice Tjen (INA)Where can I watch Wimbledon on TV? Getty ImagesU.S. broadcaster ESPN has announced a significant change to its coverage this year. There will still be plenty of action on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes — but the ability to select individual matches to watch has now been moved to ESPN Unlimited.An ESPN Unlimited subscription, obtained either directly through ESPN or through a pay-TV provider, costs $30 per month.Select round-of-16 matches will continue to be aired on ABC.In the United Kingdom, the situation is far more straightforward. The BBC will once again show all of the action across BBC One, BBC Two, iPlayer and its website.Welcome to our live coverage Getty ImagesHello, and welcome to our live coverage of the 2026 Wimbledon Championships.We have multiple reporters and editors stationed at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club this week to bring you all the latest news from the third Grand Slam of the season.There are more gripping storylines than you could shake a stick at. 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