Tough road for Big 4 at this year’s Wimbledon

The “Big 4” got a tough draw at Wimbledon.

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, the only four men to win the Wimbledon title during the last 14 years and the top four seeded players this year, all could face difficult opponents in the quarter-finals.

Federer, who is looking for a record eighth title at the All England Club, could meet 2016 finalist Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., in the quarter-finals before facing either Djokovic or Dominic Thiem in the semifinals.

Defending champion Murray could have to beat Stan Wawrinka before possibly facing Nadal. The French Open champion will have to beat Marin Cilic in the quarter-finals.

Raonic, the No. 6 seed, will take on world No. 50 Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany in the first round.

Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver will open against Thiem, the world No. 8 from Austria.

Wild-card entry Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., will make his Grand Slam main draw debut against Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz.

Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Que., will open against Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain.

Montreal’s Françoise Abanda and Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., won their final qualifying matches to earn main draw spots.

Abanda will meet Japan’s Kurumi Nara and Andreescu will take on Slovakia’s Kristina Kucova.

In doubles, the 13th-seeded duo of Toronto’s Daniel Nestor and Fabrice Martin of France will open against Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci and Rogerio Dutra Silva.

Pospisil and Julien Benneteau of France will take on Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman and Nicolas Kicker.

Adil Shamasdin of Pickering, Ont., and Leander Paes of India will open against Austria’s Julian Knowle and Philipp Oswald.

The mixed doubles draw will be released Wednesday.