Kokkinakis & Kyrgios Meet Ram & Salisbury At Wimbledon | ATP Tour | Tennis

Australians Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nick Kyrgios will face third seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury in a popcorn first-round doubles conflict at Wimbledon following Friday’s draw.

The fan-favourite pairing gained its residence main final season on the Australian Open and in addition teamed on the US Open and the Nitto ATP Finals. Now they are going to take their high-powered partnership to the London lawns, in search of a second main crown.

Kokkinakis and Kyrgios will face a troublesome opening take a look at in opposition to Ram and Salisbury, who’ve gained three main titles as a group.

Stefanos Tsitsipas and Petros Tsitsipas are teaming. The Greeks open in opposition to #NextGenATP Frenchmen Luca Van Assche and Arthur Son and will play Marcel Granollers and Horace Zeballos or 2019 champions Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah within the second spherical.

The brothers, who’re in search of their first win collectively at a serious, competed on the All England Membership in 2021 and in addition performed in the primary draw of the 2021 Australian Open and the 2022 US Open.

Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell won’t defend their title in London collectively. Each Australians are within the draw however with totally different companions. Ebden groups with India’s Rohan Bopannawhereas Purcell will play with countryman Jordan Thompson. Ebden and Bopanna open in opposition to William Duran and Tomas Martin Etcheverrywhereas Purcell and Thompson meet American wild playing cards John Isner and Jack Sock. Isner and Sock have gained three ATP Masters 1000 crowns collectively.

Wesley Koolhof and Neal Skupskiwho share the No. 1 spot within the Pepperstone ATP Doubles Rankings, begin in opposition to Aslan Karatsev and Daniel Altmaier. The highest seeds may face Frances Tiafoe and Tommy Paul within the second spherical. Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek are the second seeds. The Croatian-American pair performs Luke Saville and Alexander Bublik within the first spherical.

Males’s doubles matches this 12 months at Wimbledon can be three-setters for the primary time, instead of the standard best-of-five format.