Wimbledon acca Tips: Casper Ruud and Hubert Hurkacz to terminate British wildcard runs

The weather continues to ravage the best-laid plans of Wimbledon organisers, but the roofed courts have allowed some progress to be made as rain brings out the covers outside.

Here we look at a smattering of the matches tentatively scheduled to take place on Thursday 6 July at the All England Club.

The thinning of the herd could see the home wildcards being eliminated from contention as they face highly-ranked opponents.

Wimbledon men's singles: Alexander Bublik vs JJ Wolf | Pick: Bublik

Wimbledon men's singles: Jan Choinski vs Hubert Hurkacz | Pick: Hurkacz

Wimbledon men's singles: Liam Broady vs Casper Ruud | Pick: Ruud

Wimbledon women's singles: Elise Mertens vs Elina Svitolina | Pick: Svitolina

Wimbledon women's singles: Jessica Pegula vs Cristina Bucsa | Pick: Pegula

Wimbledon women's singles: Leylah Fernandez vs Caroline Garcia | Pick: Garcia

Alexander Bublik is enjoying something of a breakout campaign and has been backed to end a three-match losing streak against JJ Wolf.

Bublik's big serve has always made him a big threat on grass but it wasn't until Halle a few weeks ago that he notched a grass court title.

Wolf has battled through a middling grass court season by contrast, although he dealt with world No 158 Enzo Couacaud with minimum fuss to gain the second round.

Bublik has a reputation for being mercurial, but if he really turns up Wolf might be left huffing and puffing.

British wildcard Jan Choinski will set out to notch his first career top 20 win when he faces Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.

Hurkacz is better than his world No 18 ranking suggests and with his power game will be more than a match for Choinski.

The British herd is likely to thin considerably in the second round given the quality of opponents for the wildcards.

Choinski and Hurkacz have never faced each other on the ATP Tour or at a Grand Slam.

Another British wildcard Liam Broady faces a top five test in the shape of Casper Ruud in the Wimbledon second round.

Ruud is far from a grasscourt expert and Broady has far more matches on the surface under his belt.

Despite not being seasoned on grass, Ruud is a top player and shouldn't slip up against a player outside of the top 100.

Ruud stuttered a little in his opening round match, but it was his first his the French Open so some rust should be expected.

Elina Svitolina has been on fire since her return to the tour just a few months after giving birth.

While Elise Mertens is no mug the form guide suggests that it is Svitolina who has the mercury rising higher.

Svitolina surged into the last eight in the French Open and confidently put away Venus Williams in the first round.

The Ukrainian holds a 3-2 lead in her career head to head with Mertens but they have not faced each other since 2021.

Jessica Pegula has had a disappointing grass court season so far but looked determined as she battled through a three-setter against compatriot Lauren Davis in the first round.

A massive 74 places separate Pegula and 25-year-old Bucsa on the WTA Rankings and the American will be expected to progress with relative ease.

Bucsa will need to be confident in her ability to fight fire with fire when she faces Pegula or she will be quickly overwhelmed.

Pegula might be ripe for an upset, though Bucsa doesn't appear to be the player who will deliver the shock.

Leylah Fernandez has experience of a Grand Slam final but Carolina Garias has the edge when it comes to big titles.

Garcia holds a 2-0 lead in the head-to-head series against Fernandez and the Canadian had to work harder to reach the second round in the form of an extra hour on court.

Fernandez is 2-2 on grass this season while Garcia has won five of her seven matches on the surface.

The two matches they have contested have been close run affairs but Garcia's power edge should be decisive on grass.