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Wimbledon 2024 day four: Miyazaki, Swiatek, Djokovic in action, Murray in doubles – live

S.Wright13 hr ago
Preamble Hello! Yes, yes it's a big day for Britain – but not just in the political stakes. As Rishi Sunak attempts to defy predictions, Jacob Fearnley will also be seeking to defy all odds against Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon . There again Djokovic is defying medical science by playing here, only weeks after knee surgery.

Fearnley, the British No 13 who is ranked No 277 in the world, will have to pull off one of the greatest Wimbledon shocks to beat the seven-times champion and reach the third round – but after the 2021 version of Emma Raducanu went through yesterday , along with Sonay Kartal, we're guaranteed two more home winners today, because the British No 1 takes on the British No 2 in both the men's and women's draws. Cue the first of countless "Battle of the Brits" mentions.

Jack Draper faces Cameron Norrie – Norrie will have a point to prove after being overtaken in the rankings by his compatriot recently – while Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart play each other for the second time in less than a month, after Boulter won their tense three-hour tussle in Nottingham en route to successfully defending her title.

And if that's not enough, Andy Murray will begin his men's doubles campaign alongside his brother Jamie – but even if they lose it won't be the final goodbye in his Wimbledon farewell, after he signed up yesterday to play alongside Raducanu in the mixed doubles . And the Tokyo-born Brit Lily Miyazaki plays her delayed second-round match.

It's not all about Britain today, though, because we've got Iga Swiatek, Elena Rybakina, Ons Jabeur, Elina Svitolina, Jessica Pegula, Caroline Wozniacki, Alex Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alex de Minaur, Grigor Dimitrov, Taylor Fritz and Hubert Hurkacz in action, along with the conclusion of Gael Monfils v Stan Wawrinka. Oh and we'll also be keeping on eye on Jessica Bouzas Maneiro after she took out the defending champion Marketa Vondrousova in the first round. Perhaps we'll be talking about someone else being deposed not far from Wimbledon by tomorrow morning.

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