Scouting Report: Sinner, Djokovic Alcaraz continue Wimbledon push

pThe 2024 edition of The Championships are underway, with stars including defending champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a, seven-time a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a titlist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a, the No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings, through to the second round on the London grass./p pATPTour.com looks at five storylines to watch over the rest of the fortnight./p [ATP APP] pstrong1) Can Sinner Triumph amp; Extend No. 1 Lead?/strong The Italian has not yet triumphed at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, but he will be keen to add the historic trophy to his collection. Sinner, who won his first-round match against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/yannick-hanfmann/h997/overview'Yannick Hanfmann/a in four sets, reached the semi-finals last year at SW19 and carries momentum after claiming his maiden grass-court title in Halle. He will face a stern test in the second round against 2021 finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-berrettini/bk40/overview'Matteo Berrettini/a. With Alcaraz dropping 2,000 points and Djokovic 1,200 points compared to Sinnerrsquo;s 720, it is also an opportunity for the Italian to pad his World No. 1 lead./p pstrong2) Djokovic Seeks A Statement: /strongThere were questions whether Djokovic would compete at The All England Club after suffering a torn meniscus. Not only did he look sharp in his opener against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/vit-kopriva/ki82/overview'Vit Kopriva/a, he only lost five games. The 24-time major champion has regularly displayed an ability to find his best tennis at the biggest tournaments and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a has been no different. The Serbian owns a 93-11 record at the tournament and is pursuing his record-tying eighth trophy./p blockquote class="twitter-tweet" p lang="und" dir="ltr"???? a href="https://twitter.com/DjokerNole?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@DjokerNole/a a href="https://twitter.com/a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"@Wimbledon/a | a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a?src=hashamp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"#Wimbledon/a a href="https://t.co/IqplKyZyR3"pic.twitter.com/IqplKyZyR3/a/p mdash; ATP Tour (@atptour) a href="https://twitter.com/atptour/status/1808142819925639430?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"July 2, 2024/a/blockquote script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"/script pstrong3) Alcarazrsquo;s Momentum: /strongThe Spanish star is fresh off earning his third major crown at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a. Alcaraz is also the defending champion at SW19, where he defeated Djokovic in a thrilling five-set final one year ago. He is still relatively new to grass, but is 18-3 on the surface and will try to battle to his fourth major title./p [ATP APP] pstrong4) Murray Doubling Up On Doubles:/strong It was a difficult moment for a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview'Andy Murray/a on Tuesday when he withdrew from singles at The Championships, but he is still keen to compete alongside brother a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jamie-murray/mc81/overview'Jamie Murray/a, the former No. 1 in the PIF ATP Doubles Rankings. It is the first time the brothers will compete together at a Slam. The top seeds in doubles are a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marcel-granollers/g710/overview'Marcel Granollers/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/horacio-zeballos/z184/overview'Horacio Zeballos/a./p pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview'Andy Murray/a has also accepted a a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.atptour.com/en/news/murray-raducanu-wimbledon-2024-mixed-doubles-wild-card" target="_blank"wild card into mixed doubles with Emma Raducanu/a./p pstrong5) Early Memorable Moments:/strong Several rising stars have made their mark already at this edition of the grass-court major. Lucky loser a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/giovanni-mpetshi-perricard/m0gz/overview'Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard/a delivered 51 aces in a memorable performance against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/sebastian-korda/k0ah/overview'Sebastian Korda/a and #NextGenATP Shang Juncheng became the first Chinese man in the Open Era to earn a main draw win at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a. He is only 19. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/otto-virtanen/v0am/overview'Otto Virtanen/a, who had never won a main draw match at a Slam before his arrival, rushed home to Finland for his grandfatherrsquo;s funeral before returning to a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a to reach the second round./p p[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p