Wimbledon draw announced

After the 2014 Wimbledon draw was made on Friday afternoon, tennis' top stars will be itching to get their tournaments under way. In the men's draw, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic landed in the same half. Murray beat Djokovic in 2013 to capture Britain's first Wimbledon title in 77 years.

Murray, who has been seeded third, could face top-seeded Djokovic in the last four, while seven-time champion Federer, the fourth seed, is scheduled to renew his rivalry with world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the semifinals.

In the women's draw, top seed Serena Williams, a five-time winner, and Maria Sharapova fall into the same quarter. Sharapova, who beat Williams in the 2004 final to win her first major title, opens against British wild card Samantha Murray, while Williams is up against Anna Tatashvili of Georgia.

In the absence of defending champion Marion Bartoli, who retired after her victory last year, 2013 runner-up Sabine Lisicki will open play on Centre Court on Tuesday against Julia Glushko.

German draw at Wimbledon:

Men

Philipp Kohlschreiber - Igor Sijsling (Netherlands)
Tobias Kamke - Jan Hernych (Czech Republic)
Benjamin Becker - Donald Young (USA)
Dustin Brown - Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus)
Julian Reister - Michael Russell (USA)
Jan-Lennard Struff - Lukasz Kubot (Poland)
Tim Pütz - Teimuras Gabashvili (Russia)

Women

Angelique Kerber - Urszula Radwanska (Poland)
Sabine Lisicki - Julia Glushko (Israel)
Andrea Petkovic - Katarzyna Piter (Poland)
Julia Görges - Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic)
Annika Beck - Zhang Jie (China)
Mona Barthel - Romina Oprandi (Switzerland)
Dinah Pfizenmaier - Lesia Zurenko (Ukraine)
Anna-Lena Friedsam - Kurumi Nara (Japan)

Selected others:

Men

Top half:

Novak Djokovic (Serbia) - Andrej Golubev (Kazakhstan)

Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) - Pablo Cuevas (Uruguay)

Konstantin Kravchuk (Russia) - Gilles Simon (France)

Jürgen Melzer (Austria) - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France)

Victor Hanescu (Romania) - Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic)

Andy Murray (Great Britain) - David Goffin (Belgium)

Pablo Carreño-Busta (Spain) - David Ferrer (Spain)

Bottom half:

Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) - Joao Sousa (Portugal)

Daniel Smethurst (Great Britian) - John Isner (USA)

Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) - Michal Przysiezny (Poland)

Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) - Roger Federer (Switzerland)

Richard Gasquet (France) - James Duckworth (Australia)

Malek Jaziri (Tunisia) - Gael Monfils (France)

Martin Klizan (Slovakia) - Rafael Nadal (Spain)

Women:

Top half:

Serena Williams (USA) - Anna Tatishvili (Georgia)

Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) - Eugenie Bouchard (Canada)

Heather Watson (Great Britain) - Ajla Tomljanovic (Croatia)

Tamira Paszek (Austria) - Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium)

Samantha Murray (Great Britain) - Maria Sharapova (Russia)

Simona Halep (Romania) - Teliana Pereira (Brazil)

Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) - Francesca Schiavone (Italy)

Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) - Jelena Jankovic (Serbia)

Bottom half:

Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) - Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Croatia)

Aleksandra Wozniak (Canada) - Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia)

Sara Errani (Italy) - Caroline Garcia (France)

Andreea Mitu (Romania) - Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland)

Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) - Andrea Hlavackova (Czech Republic)

Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor (Spain) - Venus Williams (USA)

Sloane Stephens (USA) - Maria Kirilenko (Russia)

Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) - Shahar Peer (Israel)

Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium) - Samantha Stosur (Australia)

Paula Kania (Poland) - Li Na (China)

jh/mkg (dpa, sid)