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Bernard Tomic (20) v David Goffin 11:30 Court 2
H-to-H 0-0
Tomic is another potential Wimbledon winner which he showed last when he went out in the quarter-final after a great fight against Djokovic. Seeded this year he will account for little known Belgian wild card Goffin
Selection: Tomic

Jurgen Zopp v Malek Jaziri 11:30 Court 6
H-to-H 0-0
First Wimbledon for both players - difficult to choose between the two, the taller Zopp's game better suited by grass and he won through from the qualifiers so is the selection
Selection: Zopp

Alex Bogomolov Jr v Alexandr Dolgopolov (22) 11:30 Court 7
H-to-H 0-0
The match-up of the olovs, the umpire's nightmare, who've never met before with the younger seeded Dolgopolov expected to come through in a close match
Selection: Dolgopolov

Edouard Roger-Vasselin v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 11:30 Court 8
H-to-H 0-0
The male double barrelled match with Roger-Vasselin having the better grass court preparation so is the selection here
Selection: Roger-Vasselin

Jesse Levine v Karol Beck 11:30 Court 9
H-to-H 0-0
Both players did well at the Challenger event at Nottingham this month, with Beck reaching the final and qualifier Levine the semi. A close call with Beck getting the vote
Selection: Beck

Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo v Mardy Fish (10) 11:30 Court 12
H-to-H 0-1
2012 has been a bad year for Fish with poor results persuading him take some time off. Wimbledon is his first tournament for two months and he wait and see if the rest has done him good. On his return he hasn't got the most difficult opponent Ramirez Hidalgo, someone he should beat easily at his best. Even if Fish is feeling his way back and not at his best, he is the selection to get through to the next round.
Selection: Fish

Kei Nishikori (19) v Mikhail Kukushkin 11:30 Court 14
H-to-H 2-0
Kukushkin at least has an easier draw than last year when he met Roger Federer in the 1st round, but still is up against a seed in Nishikori. Should take at least set, but Nishikori to win
Selection: Nishikori

Brian Baker v Rui Machado 11:30 Court 16
H-to-H 0-0
Machado a clay man so go for the lower ranked Baker who reached the Nice final last month
Selection: Baker

Matthew Ebden v Benoit Paire 11:30 Court 17
H-to-H 0-0
Paire has been unfortunate to come up against David Ferrer in his last two tournaments, but last week it was the semi-final in Holland - will be easier today
Selection: Paire

Feliciano Lopez (14) v Jarkko Nieminen 11:30 Court 18
H-to-H 2-5
Two 30-year-old left handers meet for the eighth time - all Nieminen's successes were the earlier meetings and in last two Lopez has had the upper hand and will have again in this match
Selection: Lopez

Kevin Anderson (32) v Grigor Dimitrov 13:30 Court 3
H-to-H 2-2
Dimitrov's two wins against Anderson have both been on grass, two weeks ago at Queen's and last year at Eastbourne so expect a third here and the demise of the bottom seed
Selection: Dimitrov

Andrey Kuznetsov v Florent Serra 13:30 Court 10
H-to-H 1-1
A match between two qualifiers who normally earn their livings on the Challenger tour. They've met twice, both this year within a week on clay and the score is 1-1. Kuznetsov was junior champion at Wimbledon in 2009 so has a grass pedigree which should see him through here.
Selection: Kuznetsov

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (5) v Lleyton Hewitt 14:00 Court 1
H-to-H 2-0
Should be the match of the day with an old Grand Slam champion against a player who surely must win one as soon as he believes. Hewitt will fight all the way as he always does, but Tsonga too young and fit
Selection: Tsonga

Albert Montanes v Marcos Baghdatis 14:00 Court 6
H-to-H 1-1
Baghdatis, always a popular player at Wimbledon and a semi-finalist in 2006, to beat Montanes who has slid down the rankings in the last two years
Selection: Baghdatis

James Ward v Pablo Andujar 14:00 Court 14
H-to-H 0-0
Andujar just out of the seedings and much the better player to beat Brit wild card Ward
Selection: Andujar

Go Soeda v Igor Kunitsyn 14:00 Court 16
H-to-H 0-0
Soeda has better form going into this match and should be good enough to beat Kunitsyn
Selection: Soeda

Philipp Kohlschreiber (27) v Tommy Haas 14:30 Court 19
H-to-H 1-2
At 34 Tommy Haas is having a late-flowering period in his career, surprisingly beating Roger Federer in the Gerry Weber final two weeks ago. And with Kohlschreiber retiring in his quarter-final match last week in Eastbourne Haas should account for the 27th seed.
Selection: Haas

Thomaz Bellucci v Rafael Nadal (2) 15:00 Centre Court
H-to-H 0-2
Tough draw for Bellucci in his first and only round at Wimbledon in 2012.
Selection: Nadal

Robin Haase v Juan Martin Del Potro (9) 16:00 Court 2
H-to-H 0-0
These two have never met before in seven years on the tour. Del Potro on the way back up the rankings is the one of the few players who have the game to worry the top three - could be Murray's quarter-final opponent, something Haase won't prevent
Selection: Del Potro

Lukas Lacko v Adrian Ungur 16:00 Court 5
H-to-H 2-0
Lacko to maintain his Challenger tour superiority over Unger
Selection: Lacko

Lukas Rosol v Ivan Dodig 16:00 Court 7
H-to-H 1-1
Similar rankings should ensure a close game with Dodig winning through an extra round at Queen's. A close call with Dodig the marginal selection to go through to a probable meeting with Nadal in round two
Selection: Dodig

Wayne Odesnik v Bjorn Phau 16:00 Court 9
H-to-H 1-1
Close game between two lesser players - hard to call - Odesnik get the vote - just
Selection: Odesnik

Tatsuma Ito v Lukasz Kubot 16:00 Court 10
H-to-H 0-0
Ito has had the slightly better grass preparation, but Kubot reached the 4th round of Wimbledon last year an will certainly get to the second in 2012
Selection: Kubot

Jurgen Melzer v Stanislas Wawrinka (25) 16:00 Court 12
H-to-H 1-2
Melzer not the force he once was and Wawrinka has had a steady season so go for the seed
Selection: Wawrinka

Marin Cilic (16) v Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 16:30 Court 4
H-to-H 0-0
Cilic won Queen's when Nalbandian was disqualified and should easily justify this seeding here
Selection: Cilic

David Ferrer (7) v Dustin Brown 17:00 Court 3
H-to-H 0-0
Ferrer having won the Hertogenbosch tournament last week for the second time is well attuned to grass and qualifier Brown won't prove a problem
Selection: Ferrer

Ivo Karlovic v Dudi Sela 17:00 Court 19
H-to-H 2-0
Karlovic is not the force he once was, a threat to anyone on grass. However he is still too powerful for Sela
Selection: Karlovic

Nikolay Davydenko v Andy Murray (4) 17:30 Centre Court
H-to-H 4-5
Tough first match for Murray though Davydenko is on the wane - sure Murray will give his supporters a scare, but to win in four sets.
Selection: Murray

Santiago Giraldo v Milos Raonic (21) 18:00 Court 18
H-to-H 1-0
Raonic has the game to win Wimbledon one day, probably when the current triumvirate have retired. Today he can go some way to prove his credentials by beating Giraldo
Selection: Raonic

Jamie Baker v Andy Roddick (30) 18:30 Court 1
H-to-H 0-0
Andy Roddick won at Eastbourne last week, loves Wimbledon and can prove he's ranked too low for this tournament. British wild card Baker should make the most of his moment on a show court
Selection: Roddick

Kenny De Schepper v Matthias Bachinger 18:30 Court 5
H-to-H 0-0
Tall left-hander and qualifier De Schepper has a chance on grass whereas Bachinger prefers clay when he had one semi-final appearance earlier this year
Selection: De Schepper

Vasek Pospisil v Sam Querrey 18:30 Court 17
H-to-H 0-0
After dropping down the rankings through injury Querrey is slowly clawing his way back. He got to semi-final of Queen's and his serving should guarantee him a win against Pospisil
Selection: Querrey

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