With Djokovic expected to miss essentially Wimbledon after knee medical procedure, unexpectedly this isn't simply a contention in men's tennis, yet in addition the competition in men's tennis. They are by a wide margin the two best (fit) players, with Delinquent set to be blessed world number 1 in a couple of days and Alcaraz closely following the stricken Djokovic, prepared to surpass him as world number 2. This is one of those tennis idiosyncrasies: the match that feels like a last, however isn't, as a result of how the draw was made. On the opposite side of the draw, Casper Ruud faces Alexander Zverev - Ruud, double cross finalist of the French Open and Zverev, the structure player of late months - yet Miscreant and Alcaraz have been working at an alternate level throughout the last year or somewhere in the vicinity (longer, on account of Alcaraz).