Wild Wimbledon Wednesday Begins After Rain Delay

A bumper Day 3 at Wimbledon has begun after light morning rain delayed the start of play at the All England Club, where 87 matches across the men’s and women’s singles draws are set to be completed Wednesday at the grass-court major.

Play began at approximately 12:45 p.m. local time (BST) on the outside courts in south-west London, where a host of top ATP stars will be in action. On Court 2, ninth seed Taylor Fritz and Yannick Hanfmann will resume their first-round clash that was interrupted by rain on Monday with Fritz leading 3-2 on serve in the fifth set. Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem will then complete their opening-round meeting, which began on Tuesday. Thiem leads the fifth-seeded Tsitsipas 6-3, 3-4.

With Centre Court and Court 1 each fitted with a roof, Daniil Medvedev will begin his campaign at 1:00 p.m. local time regardless of outside conditions. The third seed takes on home wild card Arthur Fery on Court 1, where Jannik Sinner later plays Diego Schwartzman. On Centre Court, where play begins at 1:30 p.m. BST, defending champion Novak Djokovic’s second-round clash against Jordan Thompson is the final match on Wednesday’s schedule.