Wimbledon 2019: Andy Murray and Serena Williams to play Andreas Mies and Alexa Guarachi in mixed doubles

The Wimbledon superstars have this year joined forces for the Mixed Doubles at The Championships

Andy Murray and Serena Williams will play Andreas Mies of Germany and Alexa Guarachi of Chile in the first round of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon.

Should Murray and Williams win, they could meet top seeds Bruno Soares and Nicole Melichar in the second round.

Rumours of a partnership between the two Wimbledon superstars first began to circulate on Saturday, before being confirmed on Tuesday evening ahead of the deadline for entries at 11am on Wednesday.

Speaking to STV ahead of the draw, Murray said: “It'll be great. I'm just happy to be fit and healthy again.

“With what's happened the last year or so, you never know what's round the corner, so it's a great opportunity. I'll look forward to it.”

Murray's mother Judy feels the fledgling partnership could be the “perfect match”.

“It looks like a really strong partnership,” she said.

“It's always difficult to tell in mixed doubles because you only have them in the grand slams, so nobody gets the chance to specialise in it or play it a lot.

“But they've both got form in singles and doubles, so hopefully they can be the perfect match.”

Jamie Murray and Bethanie Mattek-Sands are meanwhile on the opposite side of the draw and will face Joe Salisbury and Katy Dunne in their first round match.

Williams’ sister Venus is also playing, with fellow American Frances Tiafoe, while 20-year-old British player Jay Clarke is partnering teenage sensation Cori Gauff.

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Wimbledon Mixed Doubles

First-round draw (excludes byes)

MOLCHANOV, Denys (UKR) / VOSKOBOEVA, Galina (KAZ) vs MELZER, Jurgen (AUT) / PAVLYUCHENKOVA, Anastasia (RUS)

MURRAY, Andy (GBR) / WILLIAMS, Serena (USA) vs MIES, Andreas (GER) / GUARACHI, Alexa (CHI)

O'MARA, Jonny (GBR) / BROADY, Naomi (GBR) vs MIDDELKOOP, Matwe (NED) / YANG, Zhaoxuan (CHN)

KYRGIOS, Nick (AUS) / KRAWCZYK, Desirae (USA) vs DANIELL, Marcus (NZL) / BRADY, Jennifer (USA)

DEMOLINER, Marcelo (BRA) / SPEARS, Abigail (USA) vs KONTINEN, Henri (FIN) / WATSON, Heather (GBR)

LINDSTEDT, Robert (SWE) / OSTAPENKO, Jelena (LAT) vs CLARKE, Jay (GBR) / GAUFF, Cori (USA)

CLAYTON, Scott (GBR) / GREY, Sarah Beth (GBR) vs 28. TIAFOE, Frances (USA) / WILLIAMS, Venus (USA)

RUNGKAT, Christopher (INA) / AOYAMA, Shuko (JPN) vs MAHUT, Nicolas (FRA) / CORNET, Alize (FRA)

KRAWIETZ, Kevin (GER) / SANTAMARIA, Sabrina (USA) vs KRAJICEK, Austin (USA) / SANCHEZ, Maria (USA)

GONZALEZ, Santiago (MEX) / HAN, Xinyun (CHN) vs QURESHI, Aisam-Ul-Haq (PAK) / KICHENOK, Nadiia (UKR)

SITAK, Artem (NZL) / SIEGEMUND, Laura (GER) vs SKUPSKI, Ken (GBR) / JURAK, Darija (CRO)

MURRAY, Jamie (GBR) / MATTEK-SANDS, Bethanie (USA) vs SALISBURY, Joe (GBR) / DUNNE, Katy (GBR)

MCLACHLAN, Ben (JPN) / KATO, Miyu (JPN) vs HSIEH, Cheng-Peng (TPE) / HSIEH, Su-Wei (TPE)

RAM, Rajeev (USA) / RISKE, Alison (USA) vs BAMBRIDGE, Luke (GBR) / MUHAMMAD, Asia (USA)

PAES, Leander (IND) / STOSUR, Samantha (AUS) vs HOYT, Evan (GBR) / SILVA, Eden (GBR)

NIELSEN, Frederik (DEN) / CHRISTIAN, Kaitlyn (USA) vs VLIEGEN, Joran (BEL) / ZHENG, Saisai (CHN)