THE crowd-pleasing partnership of Jamie Murray and Venus Williams headline the mixed doubles draw at Wimbledon, while Kyle Edmund makes his long-awaited return to tennis.
After Andy Murray and Serena Williams’ attention-grabbing run to the third round in 2019, this time it is the turn of their siblings.
Venus, who is now 42, had said she would not be playing at Wimbledon this year but decided to follow her sister across the Atlantic and will bid to claim a first mixed doubles title at a grand slam for 24 years.
Jamie Murray has won five slam mixed doubles titles, including two at Wimbledon – in 2007 with Jelena Jankovic and Martina Hingis in 2017.
They will take on New Zealand’s Michael Venus and Pole Alicja Rosolska in round one while former British number one Edmund partners fellow home player Olivia Nicholls against American duo Coco Gauff and Jack Sock.
Edmund has been sidelined since October 2020 with a knee problem that has proved stubbornly difficult to fix.
But this is an indication he is at last nearing full fitness ahead of a hopeful return to singles action later this summer.
Britain’s Neal Skupski and American Desirae Krawczyk, the defending champions, are the second seeds behind Ena Shibahara of Japan and Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer.
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