Wimbledon 2024: Here’s how to watch on TV, betting odds and more you should know

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Get caught up at Wimbledon with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the grass-court Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the betting odds are, what the schedule is and more:

— In the U.S.: Tennis Channel, ESPN.

— Other countries are listed here.

After Aryna Sabalenka’s withdrawal Monday because of a shoulder injury, she was replaced by top-ranked Iga Swiatek as the favorite to win the women’s championship at the All England Club, according to BetMGM Sportsbook. Swiatek — never past the quarterfinals at Wimbledon — is a +350 money-line pick, ahead of 2022 champion Elena Rybakina and No. 2 seed Coco Gauff, who are both listed at +400. Top-seeded Jannik Sinner is listed at +190, ahead of defending champion Carlos Alcaraz (+240) and Novak Djokovic (+400), with a big drop-off to the next choice, No. 7 seed Hubert Hurkacz (+1200).

Marketa Vondrousova will begin play at Centre Court on Day 2 of the tournament, an honor reserved for the returning women’s champion. She plays Jessica Bouzas Madeiro at 1:30 p.m. local time (1230 GMT, 8:30 a.m. EDT). Next in the main stadium is seven-time champion Novak Djokovic, who faces Vit Kopriva in a match that could start at about 3:30 p.m. local time (1430 GMT, 10:30 a.m. EDT), followed by British player Jack Draper against Elias Ymer. Andy Murray had been scheduled to play Tomas Machac in that third slot but Murray, who recently had back surgery, withdrew from singles. The top-seeded woman, Iga Swiatek, meets 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin in Tuesday’s last match at No. 1 Court, which could begin at about 6 p.m. local time (1700 GMT, 1 p.m. EDT). Kenin eliminated Coco Gauff in the first round last year.

Major champions Naomi Osaka, Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu all won first-round matches — for Osaka, it was her first win at the All England Club since 2018 — as did defending champ Carlos Alcaraz, No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev. Frances Tiafoe, a U.S. Open semifinalist in 2022, came all the way back after dropping the first two sets to win in five. Away from the courts, two past top-ranked women who both have won the Australian Open twice — Aryna