Alcaraz-Fognini, Gauff-Yastremska among top Wimbledon openers - ESPN

Carlos Alcaraz will begin his quest for a third straight Wimbledon title and put his career-best 18-match winning streak on the line against dangerous Italian Fabio Fognini, and women's top seed Aryna Sabalenka will open her campaign versus Canadian qualifier Carson Branstine.

Friday's draw conducted at the All England Club produced its usual intrigue with some eye-catching first-round clashes.

Men's top seed Jannik Sinner, beaten by Alcaraz in the French Open final, meets fellow Italian Luca Nardi, and sixth seed Novak Djokovic, seeking to tie Roger Federer's record of eight Wimbledon singles titles, has a tricky opener against world No. 40 Alexandre Muller.

Defending women's champion Barbora Krejcikova, the 17th seed who pulled out of the Eastbourne tournament Thursday with a thigh strain, faces Alexandra Eala of the Philippines.

No. 2 Coco Gauff's first-round opponent is Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska. Third seed Jessica Pegula, Gauff's potential semifinal opponent, plays Italian qualifier Elisabetta Cocciaretto.

Potential men's quarterfinals
No. 1 Jannik Sinner vs. No. 7 Lorenzo Musetti
No. 4 Jack Draper vs. No. 6 Novak Djokovic
No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz vs. No. 8 Holger Rune
No. 3 Alexander Zverev vs. No. 5 Taylor Fritz

Potential women's quarterfinals
No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka vs. No. 6 Madison Keys
No. 4 Jasmine Paolini vs. No. 5 Zheng Qinwen
No. 2 Coco Gauff vs. No. 8 Iga Swiatek
No. 3 Jessica Pegula vs. No. 7 Mirra Andreeva

Fourth seed Jasmine Paolini, the runner-up at Wimbledon last year, faces Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia and is seeded to meet Sabalenka in the semifinals.

Britain has 23 players in the singles events, the most for the home nation since 1984, with men's fourth seed Jack Draper carrying the weight of