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Russian test for Federer
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Published 22/06/2007 at 12:05 GMT+1
Reigning men's champion Roger Federer will open the defence of his Wimbledon title on Centre Court on Monday against Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia.
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Federer's great rival, the second seed and 2006 runner-up Rafael Nadal, has a tricky opener against Mardy Fish of the USA, while the third-seeded Andy Roddick will play Justin Gimelstob in an all-American first round match.
Britain's number one and two have tough openers. Eighth-seeded Andy Murray - yet to confirm his participation in the tournament due to a wrist injury faces Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador.
Lapentti, a former world number six, is currently ranked 63 and is more at home on the slower claycourts, although he did make the quarter-finals in SW19 in 2002.
The Ecuadorian famously beat Greg Rusedski on the grass at Wimbledon in a Davis Cup tie back in 2000.
Meanwhile, the out-of-form Tim Henman drawn against 25th seed Carlos Moya of Spain, a dangerous veteran but another player who favours clay.
British number three Alex Bogdanovic, who was knocked out of the third round of the Artois Championships by Roddick, will meet big-serving Chris Guccione of Australia.
DRAW:
1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) v Teimuraz Gabashvili (Russia)
Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) v Davide Sanguinetti (Italy)
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pakistan) v Lee Childs (Britain)
Rik De Voest (South Africa) v 26-Marat Safin (Russia)
21-Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) v Nicolas Almagro (Spain)
Michael Berrer (Germany) v Albert Montanes (Spain)
Tomas Zib (Czech Republic) v Diego Hartfield (Argentina)
Zack Fleishman (U.S.) v 13-Tommy Haas (Germany)
9-James Blake (U.S.) v Igor Andreev (Russia)
Juan-Pablo Guzman (Argentina) v Andrei Pavel (Romania)
Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) v Oscar Hernandez (Spain)
Jan Hajek (Czech Republic) v 20-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain)
27-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) v Florent Serra (France)
Alexander Peya (Austria) v Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia)
Alejandro Falla (Colombia) v Sam Querrey (U.S.)
Robby Ginepri (U.S.) v 5-Fernando Gonzalez (Chile)
3-Andy Roddick (U.S.) v Justin Gimelstob (U.S)
Danai Udomchoke (Thailand) v Carlos Berlocq (Argentina)
Fernando Verdasco (Spain) v Bobby Reynolds (U.S.)
Andreas Seppi (Italy) v 31-Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia)
17-David Ferrer (Spain) v Sergio Roitman (Argentina)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) v Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic)
Marc Gicquel (France) v Jan Hernych (Czech Republic)
Vincent Spadea (United States) v 15-Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia)
12-Richard Gasquet (France) v Bohdan Ulihrach (Czech Republic)
Arnaud Clement (France) v Nicolas Mahut (France)
Jamie Baker (Britain) v Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France)
Benjamin Becker (Germany) v 24-Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina)
25-Carlos Moya (Spain) v Tim Henman (Britain)
Joshua Goodall (Britain) v Feliciano Lopez (Spain)
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) v Julien Benneteau (France)
Nicolas Lapentti (Ecuador) v 8-Andy Murray (Britain)
6-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) v Evgeny Korolev (Russia)
Alex Bogdanovic (Britain) v Chris Guccione (Australia)
Gael Monfils (France) v Thomas Johansson (Sweden)
Kristof Vliegen (Belgium) v 32-Juan Monaco (Argentina)
23-David Nalbandian (Argentina) v Mischa Zverev (Germany)
Frank Dancevic (Canada) v Stefan Koubek (Austria)
Nicolas Devilder (France) v Mariano Zabaleta (Argentina)
Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) v 10-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus)
16-Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) v Richard Bloomfield (Britain)
Guillermo Garcia-lopez (Spain) v Simone Bolelli (Italy)
Max Mirnyi (Belarus) v Lu Yen-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Ivan Navarro pastor (Spain) v 22-Guillermo Canas (Argentina)
30-Filippo Volandri (Italy) v Nicolas Kiefer (Germany)
Fabrice Santoro (France) v Ivo Karlovic (Croatia)
Amer Delic (U.S.) v Lukas Dlouhy (Czech Republic)
Potito Starace (Italy) v 4-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
7-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) v Nicolas Massu (Chile)
Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) v Michael Llodra (France)
Lee Hyung-taik (South Korea) v Martin Vassallo (Argentina)
Luis Horna (Peru) v 29-Agustin Calleri (Argentina)
19-Jonas Bjorkman (Sweden) v Fernando Vicente (Spain)
Igor Kunitsyn (Russia) v Wang Yeu-tzuoo (Chinese Taipei)
Wayne Arthurs (Australia) v Thiemo De bakker (Netherlands)
Robert Kendrick (U.S.) v 11-Tommy Robredo (Spain)
14-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) v Kristian Pless (Denmark)
Marin Cilic (Croatia) v Gilles Simon (France)
Florian Mayer (Germany) v Sam Warburg (U.S.)
Michael Russell (U.S.) v 18-Jarkko Nieminen (Finland)
28-Robin Soderling (Sweden) v Olivier Rochus (Belgium)
Jonathan Marray (Britain) v Sebastien Grosjean (France)
Werner Eschauer (Austria) v Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spain)
Mardy Fish (U.S.) v 2-Rafael Nadal (Spain)
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