Serb Novak Djokovic and Spaniard Rafael Nadal top the list of contenders for the title of English Wimbledon, the third tennis Grand Slam tournament that eight-time champion Roger Federer is missing and the distribution of his points has been suspended due to a ban. Russian and Belarusian players due to the invasion of Ukraine.

Djokovic is looking for a seventh title on the green lawn of the All England Club, equaling American great Pete Sampras.

He starts his title defense campaign against South Korea’s Kwon Sung-woo and is likely to face rising Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals.

As for Nadal, who was excited about his record at Roland Garros by winning his fourteenth dirt league title, thus increasing his number of major titles to 23, he is half way to winning four titles in one year. for the first time in over half a century.

Nadal will have to beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in the quarter-finals, knowing the Canadian has pulled him into five sets in the Roland Garros quarter-finals this year.

For the first time since its founding in 1999, aside from the canceled 2020 championship due to the coronavirus, the 40-year-old Federer will miss the prestigious championship due to recovery from knee surgery.

German runner-up Alexander Zverev is also out after suffering a serious ankle ligament injury during the Roland Garros semi-final against Nadal.