Wimbledon 2019 draw LIVE: Mixed doubles draw to determine Andy Murray and Serena Williams’s fate
Follow day three at Wimbledon as Andy Murray and Serena Williams learn their mixed doubles fate
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow the latest updates live from day three at Wimbledon where the draw for the mixed doubles takes place, with Andy Murray and Serena Williams team up in one of the all-time great ‘dream teams’.
Murray always planned to play in the mixed doubles after coming through his injury return at Queen’s unscathed, but initially struggled to find a partner for his SW19 return. But preliminary talks of an incredible partnership with 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams developed into a genuine proposition, and it was announced on Tuesday that they ill team up in an attempt to win the mixed doubles.
Murray and Williams needed to commit to the tournament by 11am, with the draw getting underway at midday. Follow the live action below.
ORDER OF PLAY
CENTRE COURT – SHOW COURT – 13:00 START
1 Monica Puig (PUR) 94 vs Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [3] 96
2 Kyle Edmund (GBR) [30] 25 vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 28
3 Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] 1 vs Denis Kudla (USA) 3
No.1 COURT – SHOW COURT – 13:00 START
1 Heather Watson (GBR) 86 vs Anett Kontaveit (EST) [20] 88
2 Karen Khachanov (RUS) [10] 49 vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 52
3 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [14] 113 vs Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 115
No.2 COURT – SHOW COURT – 11:00 START
1 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) [22] 41 vs Reilly Opelka (USA) 44
2 Simona Halep (ROU) [7] 97 vs Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) 99
3 Kevin Anderson (RSA) [4] 33 vs Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 35
4 Cori Gauff (USA) 110 vs Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 111
No.3 COURT – SHOW COURT – 11:00 START
1 Elina Svitolina (UKR) [8] 65 vs Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 67
2 Robin Haase (NED) 46 vs Milos Raonic (CAN) [15] 48
3 Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) [19] 9 vs Corentin Moutet (FRA) 12
4 Madison Keys (USA) [17] 105 vs Polona Hercog (SLO) 107
COURT 12 – SHOW COURT – 11:00 START
1 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 102 vs Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 103
2 Daniil Medvedev (RUS) [11] 17 vs Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 20
3 Andreas Seppi (ITA) 37 vs Guido Pella (ARG) [26] 40
NOT BEFORE 18.00
4 Danielle Collins (USA) 77 vs Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) [12] 80
COURT 18 – SHOW COURT – 11:00 START
1 Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) [28] 89 vs Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 92
2 Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 21 vs David Goffin (BEL) [21] 24
3 Sofia Kenin (USA) [27] 121 vs Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 123
COURT 14 – 11:00 START
1 Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 69 vs Maria Sakkari (GRE) [31] 72
2 Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 30 vs Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 31
3 Marcel Granollers (ESP) 14 vs Ugo Humbert (FRA) 15
COURT 15 – 11:00 START
1 Benoit Paire (FRA) [28] 57 vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 60
2 Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 126 vs Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 127
COURT 16 – 11:00 START
1 Pablo Cuevas (URU) 61 vs Jiri Vesely (CZE) 63
2 Steve Darcis (BEL) 53 vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) [23] 56
3 Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 118 vs Shuai Zhang (CHN) 119
NOT BEFORE 18.00
4 Petra Martic (CRO) [24] 73 vs Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 75
COURT 17 – 11:00 START
1 Madison Brengle (USA) 82 vs Karolina Muchova (CZE) 83
2 Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6 vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 7
*Edmund 6-4 6-4 6-7(3) 3-4 Verdasco (15-40)
Two break points for Verdasco, after a couple of errors from Kyle...
Edmund 6-4 6-4 6-7(3) 3-5 Verdasco*
VERDASCO BREAKS!
With a stunning backhand crosscourt winner, Verdasco has a crucial break and will now serve for the fourth set!
Who saw this coming?! The Spaniard is now dominant!
*Edmund 6-4 6-4 6-7(3) 3-6 Verdasco
VERDASCO WINS THE FOURTH SET!
A hold to love! And we're level here on Centre Court!
Verdasco is going in all guns blazing at the moment and it's paying off, whilst for Edmund, time to regroup or he may be heading out earlier then anticipated!
Big deciding set coming up!
*Edmund 6-4 6-4 6-7(3) 3-6 0-0 Verdasco (30-30)
This is going to be a hell of a battle now. Both of them are slugging it out, and Edmund recovers from 0-30 to get to 30-30...
Edmund 6-4 6-4 6-7(3) 3-6 1-0 Verdasco*
Monster hitting from Edmund in those two points, and he holds to 30!
Huge cheer from the crowd after that game, can they lift Kyle's spirits?
Either way, that was a big hold - huge advantage for Edmund that he's serving first in this deciding set.
*Edmund 6-4 6-4 6-7(3) 3-6 1-1 Verdasco
If I were a betting man (which I'm not), I'd fancy Verdasco here...
He holds to 15, and despite the 11-year age gap looks brighter and more energetic moving around the court.
*Edmund 6-4 6-4 6-7(3) 3-6 1-1 Verdasco (0-40)
One-way traffic in this game, a crop of Verdasco winners and a poor missed volley by Edmund... is it slipping away from Kyle Edmund here?
THREE BREAK POINTS!
Edmund 6-4 6-4 6-7(3) 3-6 1-2 Verdasco*
VERDASCO BREAKS!
Edmund saves one but no more, as that backhand lets him down again and drifts long.
Verdasco has the break, any chance of Edmund clawing it back here?
The only hope is that Verdasco, in this match and in his career, has had a reputation of 'bottling' leads and big points... no sign of that since mid-way through the third set, but momentum can change very quickly in this sport.
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