Roger Federer: What time does he play at Wimbledon, where can I watch his match and who is Dusan Lajovic?
Everything you need to know ahead of Federer's match against Lajovic
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Your support makes all the difference.Roger Federer will be out to complete unfinished business at Wimbledon on Thursday after he was denied a chance to savour match-point glory in his first-round match.
Seven-times champion Federer takes on Dusan Lajovic in round two, and will be hoping to put on an entertaining show from start to finish after Tuesday's fans were left feeling rather short-changed.
Federer's opponent, Alexandr Dolgopolov, pulled out when trailing 3-6 0-3, to hand Federer an easy route into the second round.
Here’s everything you need to know as Federer attempts to make it into the third round for the fourth successive year.
What time is it?
Federer is last up on Centre Court, after Kyle Edmund’s match against Gael Monfils, and Karolina Pliskova’s against Magdalena Rybarikova.
Expect to see Fed out on court around 5pm.
Where can I watch it?
The match will be live on BBC One.
Who is Dusan Lajovic?
A 27-year-old Slovenia, who excels on clay. He has reached two ATP finals – losing at the Vegeta Croatia Open in 2014 and winning the Istanbul Open a year later – and reached the fourth round of the French Open in 2014.
However, he’s only made it past the first round of Wimbledon once before, in 2014, when he lost to Poland’s Łukasz Kubot in four sets in the second.
What’s the head to head record?
The pair have never player against one another before.
What has Federer been saying?
“The thing what's nice about when you're not playing tournaments is that you're in charge of your daily routines. If you're carrying an injury, well, you don't have to practice. If you don't feel so well, you're sick, whatever, you don't have to play through it. That's nice about it.
“But, of course, at the end I'm a tennis player, I'm a match player, that's why I want to be. Sometimes you have to reset to come back there.
“I just think for me to have this sort of really, like, big distance to actually playing matches and understanding that I won't be around for a long time, really put me in a place where I could really relax and do other things, not think about tennis day-to-day.”
What are the odds?
Roger Federer to win: 1/100
Dusan Lajovic to win: 42/1
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