Murray drawn against Santoro at Wimbledon
Andy Murray drawn against French veteran Fabrice Santoro in opening round of Wimbledon
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Friday, 20, Jun 2008 10:47
British hope Andy Murray has been drawn against French veteran Fabrice Santoro in the opening round of Wimbledon.
The 12th seed has been drawn in the same section of the men's singles championship as French Open winner Rafael Nadal, who opens his SW19 campaign against German qualifier Andreas Beck.
Also on Murray's half of the draw are Andy Roddick (6), who plays Argentina's Eduward Schwank, and Nikolay Davydenko (4), who has been paired with German Benjamin Becker.
On the other side of the draw, Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia will share the limelight with defending champion Roger Federer on Centre Court on day one.
Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic, seeded third at the All England Club, is in Federer's half of the draw, with the Serbian beginning the Championships with a match against Michael Berrer of Germany.
David Ferrer (5) and David Nalbandian (7) are also on Djokovic and Federer's half of the draw.
Jamie Baker and Alex Bogdanovic, the British number two and number three respectively, have been handed first round matches with two Italians; Stefano Galvani and Simone Bolelli.
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