There will be plenty of star power hitting the grass courts of Wimbledon 2013 today as the likes of Andy Murray, Roger Federer, and Maria Sharapova will all be playing. Out of the three, no. 2 ranked Murray will hit the courts first against familiar foe and unranked Taiwanese tennis player Lu Yen-hsun at 11am ET in the men’s single events, while no. 3 ranked and defending Wimbledon champion Roger Federer will compete against Ukranian Serhiy Stakhovsky at 1pm ET. No. 3 ranked Sharapova will hit the women’s singles court against Portugal’s Michelle Larcher de Brito at 11:30am ET. Check out our Wimbledon 2013 live stream below.
Murray is coming off a stellar 2012 year, taking the U.S. Open and London Olympic gold while also making it to the finals of the Australian Open this year. His opponent, Lu is no stranger to Wimbledon rising all the way to the quarterfinals in the 2010 tournament. The two will renew an old rivalry stemming from the 2008 Beijing games when Lu shocked the world by upsetting the 6th ranked Murray in straight sets in the first round.
Reigning champ Roger Federer is slated to take on Serhiy Stakhovsky though the two have yet to meet during the regular season. Federer has seven Wimbledon wins, the most out of all his grand slam tournament victories, and boasts a silver medal from the 2012 London games as well as a gold for men’s doubles from 2008’s Beijing games. Serhiy Stakhovsky is a massive underdog an upset win over Federer wil certainly spurn some optimism among the lower ranked players.
Russian born and perennial power Maria Sharapova will look to take her second Wimbledon ever, having last won back in 2004 at the age of 17 over heated rival and two-time defending champ Serena Williams for her first Grand Slam title. She would go on to collect another one of each throughout the years, and an Olympic silver at London last year in the women’s single event. Portuguese competitor Larcher de Brito will look to steamroll through the second round of Wimbledon, something she was unable to do at the 2009 tournament. It’ll be tough, though, as Sharapova has been consistently ranked in the upper-echelon of women’s tennis for nearly a decade.
