here since 2017. following him will be last year s overnight sensation emma raducanu, who went on to win the us open. she is optimistic about her chances, despite her recent injury. but it won t be easy today. she has got a very good first round opponent. and then andy murray is last on the centre court. nine british players in action today. laura, thank you. that takes asunder a look at the weather with susan powell. we saw the rain messing with the cricket. i d say odds on we will see the covers at wimbledon within the next hour. the showers are merging their way across central england at their way across central england at the moment. not great news for haymakers. the grass still standing nicely behind in herefordshire. showers clearing eastwards in the last error. but through this week that the challenge of those showers sweeping their way through is going to stay with us. you can see a band of them here on the radar. some of them are turning to be quite heavy and thunder
spells in the east. it will be a little warmer. with lighter winds where we get the showers, they little warmer. with lighter winds where we get the showers, they could drag their heels. susan, thank you. that s all from the bbc news at 0ne, so it s goodbye from me, good afternoon, it s 1.30pm and here s your latest sports news. wimbledon has begun but the start on the outside courts has been interrupted by rain. chetan pathak is at the all england club for us. novak the all england club for us. djokovic is opening up centre novak djokovic is opening up on centre court for us, isn t he? he is, and the centre court for us, isn t he? he: is, and the sun has come out especially for him. we had a rain hampering play here early but it s all under way on these beautiful outside courts as you can see and on
there s been some controversy about the organisers decision to ban players from russia and belarus, because of the invasion of ukraine. let s cross to sw19 and our sports news correspondent, laura scott. hi, laura. hi,jane. wimbledon hi, laura. hi, jane. wimbledon is backin hi, laura. hi, jane. wimbledon is back in full force this year. many fans that means the return of one of the highlights of the championships, the highlights of the championships, the queue, where they can camp overnight to get their hands on tickets to one of the main chords. there is a stellar line up of players this year, including serena williams and rafael nadal. there is no world number one, daniil medvedev, because of the ban on russian and belarusian players, and no ranking points either. instead, the top seed in the men s draw will be novak djokovic, who will shortly be novak djokovic, who will shortly be opening centre coordinates its centenary year. he is the defending champion. he has not been beaten
centre court at the moment we can take you there now, celebrating its 100th yearjust seeing who will serve first at the moment as this is one of the handful of asian players in the top ten in the world. 2a years old and has won a title before and reach the semifinals of eastbourne last year and one the south korea master singer but novak djokovic is the clear favourites and is looking for 21 grand slams, his seventh wimbledon title and you wouldn t bet against him, potentially with the covid situation, this could be his last grand slam until the french open next year. he really wants to narrow the gap to rafael nadal who is on 22 grand slams. this gets under way shortly and let me tell you what s happening in terms of the british players because we are spoilt for choice and the british number one
is to fight back. is to fight back. we have some british major is to fight back. we have some british major winners - is to fight back. we have some british major winners on - is to fight back. we have some| british major winners on centre is to fight back. we have some - british major winners on centre port to look forward to, don t we. yes. to look forward to, don t we. yes, and emma to look forward to, don t we. yes, and emma raducanu to look forward to, don t we. yes, and emma raducanu will- to look forward to, don t we. yes, and emma raducanu will be - to look forward to, don t we. was and emma raducanu will be up after the novak djokovic match and there were questions about the abdominal issue that only allowed her to play seven games in the end at nottingham which is where the grass court season ended for her until today and she will be playing the belgian player who has got good pedigree on grass and has won a grass court title coming into these championships, unlike emm