Wimbledon 2023: Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Andy Murray play on day five

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Novak Djokovic ((left) and Stan Wawrinka

Venue: All England Club Dates: 3-16 July
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Defending champion Novak Djokovic says "it volition beryllium the duel of the veterans of the tour" erstwhile helium faces aged rival Stan Wawrinka astatine Wimbledon connected Friday.

Wawrinka, 38, has doubly beaten Djokovic successful Grand Slam finals but says helium "doesn't truly basal a chance".

Andy Murray, 36, volition decorativeness his second-round lucifer with 24-year-old 5th effect Stefanos Tsitsipas, with the Briton leading by 2 sets to one.

Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur and Cameron Norrie are besides successful action.

One of the highlights of the time could good beryllium the third-round gathering betwixt three-time Grand Slam victor Wawrinka against 36-year-old Djokovic, who clinched his 23rd large astatine the French Open past month.

Two of Wawrinka's Slams person travel against Djokovic - the 2015 French Open last and the 2016 US Open last - and the Serb has not forgotten.

Asked what relation 88th-ranked Wawrinka has played successful his career, a laughing Djokovic, 36, said: "Well, helium took distant 2 Grand Slams from me.

"No, I similar Stan a lot. He's a large idiosyncratic and truly inspirational what he's doing astatine his age. He's astir 40 and helium inactive keeps going strong, that's thing not galore radical tin do.

"We can't hide he's a three-time Grand Slam champion, Davis Cup victor and besides Olympic gold. He's had a fantastic career.

"We haven't faced successful rather immoderate time. It volition beryllium the duel of the veterans of the tour."

Centre Court Carlos Alcaraz v Alexandre Muller, Andy Murray v Stefanos Tsitsipas, Iga Swiatek v Petra Martic, Stan Wawrinka v Novak Djokovic

Wawrinka, who has suffered with galore injuries and needed genu surgeries since his Grand Slam successes, says helium volition relish the lucifer with Djokovic, though expects his tourney to extremity earlier the weekend.

"There's zero accidental to triumph Wimbledon for me," said Wawrinka.

"It's an honour to play Novak here, I was missing that successful my vocation - to play him successful the Grand Slam successful Wimbledon.

"Hopefully I tin marque a competitory match, but if you look astatine caller results, I don't truly basal a chance."

Broady fulfils puerility imagination with Centre Court win

First connected Centre Court astatine 13:30 BST is men's apical effect Alcaraz and helium warmed up for his second-round lucifer against French satellite fig 84 Alexandre Muller with an hour-long signifier league with British fig 1 Norrie.

The decision of the Murray v Tsitsipas match, successful which the Briton leads 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-2) 6-4, volition travel Alcaraz and Muller, not earlier 15:00.

Women's fig 1 Swiatek comes aft Murray. The Polish four-time Grand Slam winner, who has lone dropped six games successful the opening 2 rounds, is successful third-round enactment against 30th effect Petra Martic of Croatia.

Court One Varvara Gracheva v Aryna Sabalenka, Cameron Norrie v Christopher Eubanks, Ons Jabeur v Bai Zhuoxuan

All the matches connected Court One are successful the 2nd circular with the docket backed up due to the fact that of rainfall earlier this week. Women's 2nd effect Aryna Sabalenka opens proceedings astatine 13:00 against Varvara Gracheva of France, earlier Norrie plays American Christopher Eubanks of the United States with Jabeur against China's Bai Zhuoxuan 3rd on.

Britain's Liam Broady, a victor against 4th effect Casper Ruud connected Thursday, volition beryllium looking to scope the past 16 of a Grand Slam for the archetypal clip erstwhile helium faces 26th effect Denis Shapovalov of Canada connected tribunal two.

Elsewhere, Daniil Medvedev, the Russian 3rd seed, needs lone 2 games for triumph against France's Adrian Mannarino. Medvedev led 6-3 6-3 4-4 erstwhile atrocious airy ended play connected tribunal 2 connected Thursday evening.

There are a big of matches successful the men's, women's and mixed doubles.

Among those successful enactment are Britain's Joe Salisbury and American Rajeev Ram, the men's 3rd seeds, all-British pairing Harriet Dart and Heather Watson and the duo of Britain's Neal Skupski and American Desirae Krawczyk, the 2nd seeds successful the mixed doubles.