Djokovic could face Federer in Wimbledon semifinals

Andy Murray will start his Wimbledon campaign against fellow Brit Liam Broady, who the Scot will face in the first round. Novak Djokovic poses with trophy.

The third seed had knee surgery after January’s Australian Open, succumbed to illness, and then a back problem led the almost 35-year-old to miss his first grand slam since 1999 at last month’s French Open.

Andy Murray, the 2013 champion, is lined up for a semi-final match against fourth seeded Stan Wawrinka.

Defending champion and six-time victor Serena Williams won’t have an easy path in the top half of the Wimbledon draw announced Friday.

It is his misfortune to be playing at the same time as outperformers like Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, whom he has faced in seven of his ten finals. It will be their first head-to-head meeting.

McEnroe’s first tournament with Raonic came at Queen’s last week as the American watched his pupil lose out to Murray in a tight, three-set final. The Queenslander won Wimbledon four times and is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.

Dominic Thiem, also 22, is having a breakthrough season as well.

He has since suffered semifinal losses on grass at Stuttgart and Halle, the last of which against Alexander Zverev was his first against a teenager in 10 years.

Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver, the world No. 44, will meet No. 36 Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain.

– In the Open Era, only Martina Navratilova (9) & Steffi Graf (7) have won more women’s Wimbledon titles than Serena.

French Open victor and second-seeded Garbine Muguruza is in line to play No. 4 Angelique Kerber in the other half of the draw. He has won 12 grand-slam events in his career and reached the finals in eight of the last nine major events.

Murray is seeded to face Australian’s Nick Kyrgios in the last 16 before a quarter-final against Richard Gasquet who he beat in the French Open quarter-final and memorably from two-sets down at the All England Club in 2008.

Spanish star Muguruza begins against Italy’s Camila Giorgi.

Vinci caused one of the biggest upsets in tennis history when she knocked Williams out of the US Open semi-finals previous year.

“Robson’s draw suggests her recent luck is showing no sign of improvement, while [17th seed Johanna] Konta will have her work cut out to live up to her seeding”, says Fuller. Adil Shamasdin of Pickering, Ont., has received a wild card with Britain’s Jonathan Marray.

With files from The Canadian Press.