{"id":90668,"date":"2021-06-25T09:51:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T09:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=90668"},"modified":"2021-06-25T09:56:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T09:56:59","slug":"kyrgios-handed-thrilling-rematch-at-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=90668","title":{"rendered":"Kyrgios handed thrilling rematch at Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/nick-kyrgios\" title=\"Nick Kyrgios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Kyrgios<\/a> will face France&#x27;s Ugo Humbert in the opening round of Wimbledon in a rematch of one of the most exciting matches in February&#x27;s Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>Kyrgios will play in his first Grand Slam outside Australia since the 2019 US Open when he takes to the court to face Humbert after also sitting out last month&#x27;s Roland-Garros.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old is in the same section of the draw as Canada&#x27;s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alexander Zverev.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/live-scores\/australian-open-2021\/11622\/438433\" title=\"Kyrgios and Humbert faced off in the second round of this year&#x27;s Australian Open\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyrgios and Humbert faced off in the second round of this year&#x27;s Australian Open<\/a>, where the Australian prevailed in a thrilling five-setter.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"43e7dce0-188f-4a0e-a1bd-56ba3074e641\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/43e7dce0-188f-4a0e-a1bd-56ba3074e641\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"2289\" data-height=\"1526\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Australia&#x27;s top-ranked player in the men&#x27;s singles draw, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/alex-de-minaur\" title=\"Alex de Minaur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex de Minaur<\/a>, will face Sebastian Korda in the opening round and could face Roland-Garros finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas in the fourth round.<\/p>\n<p>Tsitsipas, the No.3 seed, will face a tough first-round opponent in America&#x27;s Frances Tiafoe.<\/p>\n<p>The first-round will also feature a match-up of two of tennis&#x27; ultimate warriors, with Australia&#x27;s <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/john-millman\" title=\"John Millman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Millman<\/a> drawn against Spain&#x27;s Roberto Bautista-Agut.<\/p>\n<p>With Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem sitting out of Wimbledon this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/roger-federer\" title=\"Roger Federer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roger Federer<\/a> received a favourable draw, avoiding No.1 seed <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/novak-djokovic\" title=\"Novak Djokovic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Novak Djokovic<\/a> until the final.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"8c9434b8-7d72-481b-8439-0543fa99f320\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/8c9434b8-7d72-481b-8439-0543fa99f320\" alt=\"Roger Federer\" data-width=\"5472\" data-height=\"3077\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Djokovic, who will be aiming to make it three Grand Slams in three attempts this year, will face British teenager Jack Draper in the opening round.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Murray&#x27;s Wimbledon comeback will see him face off against 24th seed Nikoloz Basilashvili in the opening round, while Australian Open finalist Daniil Medvedev will face Jan-Lennard Struff in his opening match.<\/p>\n<p>In the women&#x27;s singles draw, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/ashleigh-barty\" title=\"No.1 seed Ash Barty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No.1 seed Ash Barty<\/a> was drawn against Spain&#x27;s Carla Suarez Navarro in the opening round, and she could face hometown hero Johanna Konta in a potential third-round clash.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/serena-williams\" title=\"Serena Williams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Serena Williams<\/a> will continue her quest for a 24th career Grand Slam title when she opens her Wimbledon campaign against Alexandra Sasnovich.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Nick Kyrgios will face France&#x27;s Ugo Humbert in the opening round of Wimbledon in a rematch of one of the most exciting matches in February&#x27;s <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=90668\" title=\"Kyrgios handed thrilling rematch at Wimbledon\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90668"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90670,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90668\/revisions\/90670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}