Wednesday's featured matches at Wimbledon

Venus Williams, seeking her sixth Wimbledon title, faces 40-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm; defending men's champion Rafael Nadal plays his second-round match.

June 21, 2011|By Diane Pucin

Venus Williams will play 40-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm in the second round… (Julian Finney / Getty Images )

Wednesday's featured matches

Seedings in parentheses

CENTRE COURT

(Play begins 5 a.m. PDT)

Five-time champion Venus Williams (23) vs. 40-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm; defending champion Rafael Nadal (1) vs. Ryan Sweeting; three-time runner-up Andy Roddick (8) vs. Victor Hanescu.

COURT 1

(Play begins 5 a.m. PDT)

Last year's runner-up Tomas Berdych (6) vs. Julien Benneteau; Andy Murray (4) vs. Tobias Kamke.

COURT 2

(Play begins 4 a.m. PDT)

Mardy Fish (10), who lives in Beverly Hills, vs. Denis Istomin; Elena Vesnina against 2010 runner-up Vera Zvonareva (2); 2009 U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro (24) vs. Olivier Rochus.

COURT 14

(Play begins at 4 a.m. PDT)

Misaki Doi vs. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (30), the third-highest ranked American woman.

—Diane Pucin

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