Luxembourg's 32 year-old Gillis Muller, ranked #43 in the world, has been drawn to play France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the tournament's 13th seed and ranked world #12, in the first round of the Wimbledon tennis championships starting on Monday.
Meanwhile, 29 year-old Luxembourg professional tennis player, Mandy Minella, ranked #208, did not make the first round draw for the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon this year, falling at the final qualifying hurdle to Germany's L. Siegemund, 6-4, 6-3. However, in the 2nd qualifying round, the player from the Grand Duchy ranked #205 in the world managed a big win by defeating the (qualifying) top seed, Lourdes Dominguez Lino, 7-6, 6-2. This is the second year in a row that Mandy Minella has not made the first round proper in the singles at Wimbledon.
In the Ladies Doubles, however, Mandy Minella has been playing alongside doubles partner Magda Linette of Portugal, ranked #97 in singles. Together they won their first round match against Dart and Dunner of Britain, 6-1, 6-3, and then their second round match against Cepelova (Slovakia) ad Voegele of Switzerland, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.
