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 The Serb, seeded one, has not played a competitive match since
losing to Stanislas Wawrinka in the French Open final, and could
then play former champion Lleyton Hewitt, who is making his
Wimbledon farewell, in the second round.
Kohlschreiber, who once beat Djokovic at Roland Garros, had match
points against Federer at the Halle grasscourt event last week and
at number 33 in the world he only just missed being seeded for the
grasscourt grand slam.
Federer, bidding for an eighth Wimbledon title, will play Bosnia's
Damir Dzumhur who he beat at the French Open.
Czech Petra Kvitova, who stormed to her second title last year when
she crushed Canada's Eugenie Bouchard in the final, will begin
against Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands.
The top half of the women's draw looks stronger than the bottom with
world number one Serena Williams joined by Ana Ivanovic, Maria
Sharapova and five-times winner Venus Williams.
American sisters Serena and Venus could meet in the last 16.
Serena should have little trouble in the first round after being
drawn against Russian qualifier Margarita Gasparyan.
Andy Murray faces a potentially tough path if he is to win a second
Wimbledon title after finding himself in the bottom half of the draw
along with twice former champion Rafael Nadal.
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He plays Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan in round one but Frenchman
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga could be waiting in the last 16 with Nadal or
fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the quarters.
Tenth seed Nadal plays Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci while Wawrinka,
seeded four and on course for a semi-final against Djokovic, plays
Joao Sousa.
(This refiled version of the story adds dropped word "Andy" in ninth
paragraph)
(Reporting by Martyn Herman; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)
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