Wimbledon: 5 key talking points as 2022 championships get under way

The 2022 edition of Wimbledon gets under way on Monday morning with a star-studded line-up.

Reigning men’s singles champion Novak Djokovic starts proceedings on Centre Court and will be followed by home hopes Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray on the opening day.

Here, the PA news agency picks out five talking points ahead of this year’s tournament.

Things will be a little bit different for Raducanu at Wimbledon this year, 12 months on from her historic run to the second week of her debut grand slam.

The teenager, fresh from completing her A-Levels, became the youngest British player to make it to the fourth round at SW19 and things only got better from there as two months later she incredibly won the US Open.

She achieved all that success without having established herself on the regular tour and it has been tough since as injuries, defeats and a raft of coaching changes have made it a difficult introduction to life as a professional.

And the 19-year-old has played just 33 minutes of action on the grass after sustaining a side strain in her first warm-up match at Nottingham ahead of facing the tricky Alison Van Uytvanck.

Murray skipped all-but one tournament in the clay-court season in order to prepare for Wimbledon and it looked like a wise decision as he made the final of an ATP Tour event in Stuttgart.

He suffered an injury in that defeat to 2021 SW19 runner-up Matteo Berrettini, but having said his recovery had “gone well”, the former world number one will have eyes on his best run at a grand slam since his hip injury derailed his career in 2016.

The two-time Wimbledon singles champion has only been past the second round once in eight attempts as tough draws and poor performances have hindered him.

But this is his happy