Wimbledon 2016: Friday Schedule and Predictions for London Bracket

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Published: June 30, 2016

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Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic, the defending tournament champions and the top seeds in their respective draws, are set to headline Friday's action at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.

It's another star-studded slate at the All England Club as organizers try to get everything back on track after two straight days with weather delays created a scheduling logjam. Unfortunately, the AccuWeather forecast notes there's a chance for more rain and potentially even thunderstorms Friday.

With that in mind, let's check out all of the matches on tap for Day 5. That's followed by a trio of picks for the day's most intriguing matches.

 

Friday's Singles Schedule

 

Predictions for Top Matches Stan Wawrinka vs. Juan Martin del Potro

It's hard to believe this year's U.S. Open will mark seven years since Del Potro claimed his only Grand Slam title. At that time, the Argentine looked like one of the sport's future superstars with a powerful game capable of challenging anybody on tour.

Alas, a series of wrist injuries have derailed his promising career to the point where it wasn't clear whether he'd ever make it back. He admitted after his first-round win over Stephane Robert that he was "close" to quitting last year, but he's finally sensing progress, per Dan Imhoff of Wimbledon.com.

"This is my comeback after three years," Del Potro said. "I'm expecting to be better in the future, but for this year my biggest challenge could be to finish healthy and ready to make a good preparation for the next year."

Facing off with the No. 4 seed will be a terrific litmus test to see how much progress he's made. He hasn't looked all the way back to full strength quite yet, but his numbers in the first round were encouraging as he tallied 30 winners with just 18 unforced errors.

Wawrinka doesn't have a great track record at Wimbledon. It's the only major...
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