Sinner, Alcaraz headline Wimbledon's Day 1 action

pTop seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a and defending champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a headline Monday’s schedule at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, where a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a will also be in action on Day 1 of main draw play. Seven-time winner a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a will begin his title quest Tuesday./pp

Alcaraz holds the honours of a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a’s tradition — the previous year’s champion kickstarts the tournament. The top half of the draw will play Monday, when third seed Alcaraz faces Estonian qualifier a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mark-lajal/l0gh/overview'Mark Lajal/a. /p[ATP APP]pSinner, who is the top seed at a major for the first time, will start against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yannick-hanfmann/h997/overview'Yannick Hanfmann/a. The Italian is aiming for his second major title after triumphing at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a in January. /pp

Among other matches Monday, Medvedev, World No. 5 in the PIF ATP Rankings, meets American a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/aleksandar-kovacevic/k0az/overview'Aleksandar Kovacevic/a, eighth seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a goes against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-bolt/bi81/overview'Alex Bolt/a and 10th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a faces a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/dusan-lajovic/l987/overview'Dusan Lajovic/a./ppp

Djokovic begins his 19th appearance at the All England Club Tuesday. The Serbian starts against Czech qualifier a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vit-kopriva/ki82/overview'Vit Kopriva/a. Djokovic is aiming to tie a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roger-federer/f324/overview'Roger Federer/a for the most a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a titles (8) and become the oldest champion (37). /pp

a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a will also be in action Tuesday, as will two-time champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview'Andy Murray/a in what is likely his final showing at his home Slam./pp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p