After the Draw, the anticipation. Five 'popcorn' matches to look forward to in the ladies' singles.

Venus Williams vs Elina Svitolina

Forty-three years old and ranked the wrong side of 500, Venus Williams isn't quite ready to "evolve away from tennis", to borrow her younger sister Serena's phrase.

She was once so dominant on these lawns that people used to say that the trophy, the Venus Rosewater Dish, must have been named after her. No one expects Williams to add to her five Wimbledon titles this summer.

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That's not what this is about. This is about the thrill of competing at the All England Club. The joy she experienced as a teenager probably isn't that different to how she feels in her forties.

And, as she discovered the other day at a tournament in Edgbaston, she is still capable of serving at 120mph. That's the kind of power that could make Elina Svitolina very uncomfortable.

Any first round match involving Williams would have been worth watching but there's a good story on either side of the net in this meeting of wild cards.

Svitolina, a semi-finalist here in 2019, is playing her first Championships since returning from maternity leave. The Ukrainian was a quarter-finalist at this year's Roland-Garros.

Coco Gauff vs Sofia Kenin

You don't have to tell Coco Gauff that qualifiers - the 16 women in the draw who are there to tear down the tennis hierarchy - can be irreverent first round opponents.

Four years ago, aged 15, she was the one with a Q against her name after becoming the youngest player in history to qualify.

She would beat Venus Williams, a result that would introduce her to a global audience. Four years on and still a teenager, Gauff has established herself as an elite force and the No.7 seed finds herself playing not just a qualifier, but someone doubly dangerous: a fellow American who has accomplished something she hasn't, winning a Grand Slam.

Kenin's victory at the 2020 Australian Open made her the youngest American Grand Slam singles champion since Serena Williams in 1999.

Mirra Andreeva vs Xiyu Wang

The night before the Draw, Mirra Andreeva hadn't even stepped inside the Grounds of the All England Club. A few days ago, the 16-year-old had never competed on grass.

But after winning three matches at Qualifying, she has earned a place in the main draw. Is the teenager about to put a run together, as she did after qualifying for Roland-Garros?

Andreeva was the youngest woman in almost 20 years to make the last 32 in Paris and then took Coco Gauff to three sets. None of the other 127 players in the draw would have wanted to have been paired with Andreeva. She starts against China's Xiyu Wang.

Anett Kontaveit vs Lucrezia Stefanini

With Anett Kontaveit retiring after Wimbledon, because of lumbar disc degeneration in her back that "does not allow for full-scale training or continued competition", this could end up being the last competitive appearance for the former world No 2. The Estonian plays Italian qualifier Lucrezia Stefanini.

Katie Boulter vs Daria Saville

Andy Murray used to find the build-up to The Championships so stressful that he would get mouth ulcers. In the absence of the recuperating Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter is the British woman who has been under greatest scrutiny in recent weeks.

This summer grass court swing has been mixed for Boulter, who landed her first Tour title in Nottingham, but who then lost her first match at her next two tournaments, in Edgbaston and Eastbourne.

If Boulter plays as she did in Nottingham, she will like her chances against Australia's Daria Saville.