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Samuel Lovett

Wimbledon 2019: Order of play for Friday – day 11 featuring Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic vs Roberto Bautista Agut

The men's singles semi-finals get underway on the 11th day of this year's Wimbledon Championships.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic kicks off proceedings on Centre Court where he takes on Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut.

The Serbian is expected to reach the sixth Wimbledon final of his career.

It's anyone's guess for the second semi-final of the day: Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer. The two men are meeting for the first time here at the All England Club since that iconic 2008 final, won by Nadal.

They both head into their clash in top form, having cruised their way through the Championships.

ORDER OF PLAY - DAY 11

CENTRE COURT - SHOW COURT - 13:00 START

1 Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] 1 vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) [23] 56

2 Rafael Nadal (ESP) [3] 96 vs Roger Federer (SUI) [2] 128

No.1 COURT - SHOW COURT - 13:00 START

1 Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Yifan Xu (CHN) [4] 48 vs Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) [2] 64

2 Timea Babos (HUN) / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) [1] 1 vs Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) / Barbora Strycova (CZE) [3] 17

3 Bruno Soares (BRA) / Nicole Melichar (USA) [1] or Matwe Middelkoop (NED) / Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) 12 vs Robert Lindstedt (SWE) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) or Franko Skugor (CRO) / Raluca Olaru (ROU) [12] 25

No.3 COURT - SHOW COURT - 11:00 START

1 Jamie Delgado (GBR) / Jonathan Marray (GBR) vs Xavier Malisse (BEL) / Max Mirnyi (BLR) (RR)

NOT BEFORE 12.45

2 Jacco Eltingh (NED) / Paul Haarhuis (NED) vs Greg Rusedski (GBR) / Fabrice Santoro (FRA) (OD)

3 Cara Black (ZIM) / Martina Navratilova (USA) vs Iva Majoli (CRO) / Magdalena Maleeva (BUL) (SL)

COURT 12 - SHOW COURT - 11:00 START

1 Marion Bartoli (FRA) / Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) vs Conchita Martinez (ESP) / Barbara Schett (AUT) (SL)

2 Arthur Fery (GBR) / Toby Samuel (GBR) 18 vs Brandon Nakashima (USA) / Valentin Royer (FRA) 23 (BD)

3 Mary Joe Fernandez (USA) / Ai Sugiyama (JPN) vs Anne Keothavong (GBR) / Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (ESP) (SL)

4 Martin Damm (USA) / Toby Kodat (USA) [3] 9 vs Jacob Fearnley (GBR) / Connor Thomson (GBR) 15 (BD)

COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 11:00 START

1 Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) [8] 16 vs Martin Damm (USA) [4] 17 (BS)

2 Carlos Gimeno Valero (ESP) 47 vs Harold Mayot (FRA) [17] 56 (BS)

3 Natsumi Kawaguchi (JPN) / Adrienn Nagy (HUN) [3] or Polina Kudermetova (RUS) / Giulia Morlet (FRA) 11 vs Funa Kozaki (JPN) / Amarissa Kiara Toth (HUN) 13 (GD)

4 Liam Draxl (CAN) / Govind Nanda (USA) [7] 25 vs Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) / Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune (DEN) [2] 32 (BD)

COURT 5 - 11:00 START

1 Emma Navarro (USA) [1] 1 vs Daria Snigur (UKR) 26 (GS)

2 Diane Parry (FRA) [4] 48 vs Alexa Noel (USA) [10] 56 (GS)

3 Kamilla Bartone (LAT) / Oksana Selekhmeteva (RUS) or Robin Montgomery (USA) / Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (COL) 4 vs Holly Fischer (GBR) / Matilda Mutavdzic (GBR) or Chloe Beck (USA) / Emma Navarro (USA) [7] 8 (GD)

COURT 8 - 11:00 START

1 Savannah Broadus (USA) / Abigail Forbes (USA) 26 vs Alina Charaeva (RUS) / Anastasia Tikhonova (RUS) [2] 32 (GD)

2 Jonas Forejtek (CZE) / Jiri Lehecka (CZE) [1] 1 vs Cannon Kingsley (USA) / Alexander Zgirovsky (BLR) or Shunsuke Mitsui (JPN) / Keisuke Saitoh (JPN) [6] 8 (BD)

3 Hurricane Tyra Black (USA) / Shavit Kimchi (ISR) [8] or Aubane Droguet (FRA) / Selena Janicijevic (FRA) 19 vs Joanna Garland (TPE) / Sohyun Park (KOR) [4] 24 (GD)

COURT 14 - 11:00 START

1 Dylan Alcott (AUS) / Andy Lapthorne (GBR) 1 vs Koji Sugeno (JPN) / David Wagner (USA) 2

2 Diede De Groot (NED) [1] 1 vs Kgothatso Montjane (RSA) 3

3 Stephane Houdet (FRA) / Nicolas Peifer (FRA) [1] 1 vs Alfie Hewett (GBR) / Gordon Reid (GBR) 2 (DM)

4 Sabine Ellerbrock (GER) / Kgothatso Montjane (RSA) 3 vs Marjolein Buis (NED) / Giulia Capocci (ITA) [2] 4 (DW)

COURT 15 - 11:00 START

1 Stephane Houdet (FRA) or Nicolas Peifer (FRA) 6 vs Gustavo Fernandez (ARG) [2] 8

COURT 17 - 11:00 START

1 Shingo Kunieda (JPN) [1] 1 vs Stefan Olsson (SWE) 4

2 Aniek Van Koot (NED) 5 vs Yui Kamiji (JPN) [2] 8

3 Gustavo Fernandez (ARG) / Shingo Kunieda (JPN) 3 vs Joachim Gerard (BEL) / Stefan Olsson (SWE) [2] 4 (DM)

4 Diede De Groot (NED) / Aniek Van Koot (NED) [1] 1 vs Yui Kamiji (JPN) / Jordanne Whiley (GBR) 2 (DW)

MATCHES TO BE ARRANGED

NOT BEFORE 17.00

1 Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) [5] 33 vs Ivan Dodig (CRO) / Latisha Chan (TPE) [8] or Evan Hoyt (GBR) / Eden Silva (GBR) 60

2 Colin Fleming (GBR) / Ross Hutchins (GBR) vs Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) / Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) (RR)

Latest updates

2019-07-12T08:35:07.646Z

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of men's semi-finals day at Wimbledon.

2019-07-12T08:58:29.980Z

Today promises to be one of the most memorable days in recent Wimbledon history, and Paul Newman has written quite the preview piece to whet your appetite ahead of the latest Federer vs Nadal clash:

Federer and Nadal meet in Wimbledon clash of contrasts

2019-07-12T11:05:46.000Z

Day 11 is here, and it's a blockbuster day with a matchup between arguably the two greatest players of all time!

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet for the 40th time, and the first time at Wimbledon since their legendary final in 2008, which lasted nearly five hours!

2019-07-12T11:10:34.000Z

Before those two clash though, Novak Djokovic will face Roberto Bautista Agut in the first men's semi-final!

These two have met 10 times, with Djokovic leading the H2H 7-3 . However, Bautista Agut has beaten the world number one twice this year, in Doha and Miami.

The pair will get play underway on Centre Court from 1:00pm!

2019-07-12T11:18:34.000Z

And here is today's order of play in full:

Wimbledon order of play for day 11 featuring Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer

2019-07-12T11:24:46.546Z

In other news, former world No 1 Andy Murray has provided a fresh update on his expected return to singles action:

Andy Murray offers latest update on expected singles return

2019-07-12T11:25:49.000Z

Are you excited? I know I am!

2019-07-12T11:29:47.986Z

Head to Head: Nadal leads 24-15

Last five meetings

2019 Nadal d Federer 6-3 6-4 6-2 (French Open, clay)
2017 Federer d Nadal 6-4 6-3 (Shanghai, hard)
2017 Federer d Nadal 6-3 6-4 (Miami, hard)
2017 Federer d Nadal 6-2 6-3 (Indian Wells, hard)
2017 Federer d Nadal 6-4 3-6 6-1 3-6 6-3 (Australian Open, hard)

2019-07-12T11:40:10.000Z

Wow.

2019-07-12T11:44:19.850Z

It should be a memorable day for Roberto Bautista Agut. The Spaniard had originally pencilled in his stag-do in Ibiza for this weekend but instead finds himself going up against world No 1 Novak Djokovic on Wimbledon's Centre Court.

Agut has taken on the Serbian a total of 10 times. He's beaten him on just three occasions, the most recent coming in Miami earlier this year.

Having never faced each other on grass before, though, today's clash remains something of an unknown entity. Djokovic remains the favourite, for sure, but Agut isn't one to be dismissed so easily.

2019-07-12T11:45:35.000Z

What's more, there is no cricket to distract you today... it's all about the tennis!

2019-07-12T11:50:10.000Z

Appreciate it while it's still here folks.

2019-07-12T11:57:34.000Z

We're less than five minutes from the first semi-final here at Wimbledon!

We'll be bringing you live text commentary from Novak Djokovic vs Roberto Bautista Agut, before the match we've all been waiting for: Rafael Nadal vs Roger Federer.

Don't move a muscle!

2019-07-12T12:01:52.000Z

The legends turn up for men's semi-finals day!

2019-07-12T12:07:03.970Z

Novak Djokovic and Roberto Bautista Agut are out on court warming up!

2019-07-12T12:11:40.060Z

Djokovic will get us underway on serve!

2019-07-12T12:11:48.933Z

2019-07-12T12:14:22.700Z

Djokovic 1-0 Bautista Agut*

A hold to 15 for Djokovic, though Bautista Agut has set his stall out from the off - he won the first point with a blistering return winner off the forehand wing!

A few errors followed though, and Djokovic is on the board first on Centre.

2019-07-12T12:16:50.020Z

Djokovic 1-0 Bautista Agut* (15-40)

TWO BREAK POINTS for Djokovic straight away, as Bautista Agut nets a couple of groundstrokes...

2019-07-12T12:17:48.283Z

*Djokovic 2-0 Bautista Agut

DJOKOVIC BREAKS!

A backhand from the Spaniard sails long and Djokovic breaks straight away to 15!

Bautista Agut has hit two winners, but those are the only points he's won thus far.

Djokovic looks bang on it from the off...