{"id":33655,"date":"2017-07-03T11:34:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T11:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=33655"},"modified":"2017-07-03T11:34:29","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T11:34:29","slug":"wimbledon-to-start-under-cloudy-sky-murray-williams-on-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/wimbledon-to-start-under-cloudy-sky-murray-williams-on-tap.html","title":{"rendered":"Wimbledon to start under cloudy sky; Murray, Williams on tap"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Wimbledon to start under cloudy sky; Murray, Williams on tap<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The 2017 edition of Wimbledon is set to start under a cloudy sky and with a chill in the air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Defending champion and No. 1-seeded Andy Murray will play in the first match at Centre Court on Monday, facing Alexander Bublik.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">First up on No. 1 Court will be Venus Williams, a five-time champion who faces Elise Mertens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">This is Williams&#8217; first match since she was involved in a car accident in Florida on June. The American is being sued by the estate of a man who died about two weeks after the crash that police say Williams caused.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Other major title winners on the Day 1 schedule include Rafael Nadal, Stan Wawrinka and Petra Kvitova.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The temperature is in the 60s (teens Celsius) about an hour before play begins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/tennis\/2017\/07\/03\/wimbledon-to-start-under-cloudy-sky-murray-williams-on-tap\/103386858\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/wimbledon-to-start-under-cloudy-sky-murray-williams-on-tap.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wimbledon to start under cloudy sky; Murray, Williams on tap The 2017 edition of Wimbledon is set to start under a cloudy sky and with a chill in the air. 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