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Day Five at Wimbledon marks the start of the third round Friday, July 5, and #14 Caroline Wozniacki vs. Shuai Zhang will headline the matches on ESPN+ which will offer 12 courts.  Other matches will include #11 Daniil Medvedev vs. #21 David Goffin and #8 Elina Svitolina vs. #31 Maria Sakkari.  In addition, although not currently slated for a time and court, the debut of the high-powered mixed doubles team of Serena Williams and Andy Murray will be seen on ESPN+.

ESPN is presenting all the Wimbledon action exclusively in the U.S. with ESPN, ESPN+ and ESPN3.  Overall, ESPN+ will stream live matches from 12 courts:  2, 3, 5-8, 10 and 14-18.

Meanwhile, ESPN will present 10.5 hours of coverage, featuring American phenom CoCo Gauff plus top-seeded Novak Djokovic, #7Simona Halep vs. Victoria Azarenka in a battle of former Major champions and 6’11” American youngster Reilly Opelka vs. #15 Milos Raonic.

ESPN & Wimbledon

As in 2018, every match from the 18 courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club will be played in front of cameras.  ESPN’s coverage – first ball to last ball – includes 145 hours on television plus more than 500 matches  all available for fans between ESPN+ and ESPN3 on the ESPN app.  The action will climax with the Ladies’ Championship and the Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Doubles Championships on ESPN on Saturday, July 13, and the Gentlemen’s Championship on Sunday, July 14, followed by the Mixed Doubles Championship.

ESPN+ will stream live the following 14 courts at Wimbledon, Friday, July 5 (player’s ranking in brackets):

Court Matches
Court 2 1 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [14] 113 vs Shuai Zhang (CHN) 119

2 Karen Khachanov (RUS) [10] 49 vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) [23] 56

3 Daniil Medvedev (RUS) [11] 17 vs David Goffin (BEL) [21] 24

Court 3 1 Elina Svitolina (UKR) [8] 65 vs Maria Sakkari (GRE) [31] 72

2 Karolina Muchova (CZE) 83 vs Anett Kontaveit (EST) [20] 88

3 Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 28 vs Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 31

Court 5 Doubles action
Court 6 Doubles action
Court 7 Doubles action
Court 8 Doubles action
Court 10 Doubles action
Court 14 Doubles action
Court 15 Doubles action
Court 16 Doubles action
Court 17 Doubles action
Court 18 1 Benoit Paire (FRA) [28] 57 vs Jiri Vesely (CZE) 63

2 Petra Martic (CRO) [24] 73 vs Danielle Collins (USA) 77

In addition to live matches, throughout Wimbledon ESPN+ also offers:

  • Match Replays – every match that airs live on ESPN+ will be available for the entire tournament
  • Wimbledon Archive Matches – 50 of the great Wimbledon matches of all time
  • Official Wimbledon Films – Up to 30 one-hour films produced by AELTC and IMG.
  • Daily Highlights Show – 52-minute show produced by IMG each day

 

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