Andy Murray through to Wimbledon round two
Defending champion Andy Murray began his Wimbledon campaign in winning style as he came past Belgium’s David Goffin 6-1, 6-3, 7-5 on Monday.
Murray, who was the first British man to win the men’s singles title at Wimbledon title in 77 years when he defeated Novak Djokovic in the 2013 final, opened up proceedings on Centre Court against the world No.105.
World No.5 Murray, who received a standing ovation when he returned to the Centre Court, said: "Yeah, to come to the court and get that reception, yeah, it was very nice to come out. I think the crowd was pretty much full from the start. It was great. Yeah, enjoyed it for the walk to the chair. Then when I sat down, it was time to get on with business."
Murray broke Goffin four times in the match to reach the second round where Slovakian Blaz Rola waits.
Naomi Broady advances past Timea Babos
Naomi Broady became the second Brit of the day after Andy Murray to reach the second round of Wimbledon on Monday.
World No.163 Broady came back from a set down to defeat Hungary’s Timea Babos 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-0.
"It's my first one [win] at Wimbledon." Broady commented. "Third time lucky. It's my first one against Timea, as well, third time lucky. I've lost to her twice previously 7-6 in the third. I was quite determined not to get another loss today. So very, very pleased."
Broady plays either 16th seed Caroline Wozniacki or Shahar Peer in round two.
Jeremy Chardy fights past Dan Cox
Wild card Dan Cox took France’s Jeremy Chardy to four sets as he made his second appearance at SW19 on Monday.
23 year-old Cox, who is at a career high of 215 in the ATP rankings, fell to the world No.42 6-2, 7-6(3), 6-7(6), 6-3.
Cox commented after his match: "At this level of tennis it’s incredibly tough. Just to even get here is an achievement for me. Unless you actually play the game you don’t know how tough it is. Even though I wanted to win today and I am disappointed for sure but playing these tournaments makes me want to play these tournaments day-in day-out and it’s good motivation for me."
Johanna Konta misses out to Shuai Peng
Johanna Konta was the first Briton in action on day one of The Championships, Wimbledon, starting her campaign on court 12 against Shuai Peng, missing out in three sets.
Konta, who moved into the top 100 for the first time on Monday, was defeated 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in two hours and 25 minutes.
"It was a tough match." Konta said after her match. "I think you can tell how the match was from the last two sets. I think in the first set she [Peng] handled the occasion a lot better than I did. I was playing with a lot of nerves and a lot of tension and obviously when you play like that you can’t play at your best level."
Dan Evans edged out by Andrey Kuznetsov
In the final British match of Wimbledon day one, Russian Andrey Kuznetsov edged out Dan Evans in just under two and a half hours.
Evans, who had received a wild card into the main draw, went down 6-1, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(5) on the No.2 Court.
Kyle Edmund out in round one
Kyle Edmund was edged out of the opening round of Wimbledon by Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer.
Edmund, 19, was defeated by the world No.95 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-2.
Speaking after the match, Edmund said: "To lose a tiebreak narrowly, it's just one of those things that happens. He played a good third set. Lots of experience to take from it. Lots of stuff to work on. But obviously the fact that I played Wimbledon, something to take from it as well. It's not all bad."
James Ward defeated by Mikhail Youzhny
British wild card James Ward was beaten in straight sets by Russian Mikhail Youzhny in round one of the men’s singles at Wimbledon.
World No.16 Youzhny came past the 27 year-old Brit 6-2, 6-2, 6-1.
"It was a tough match out there." Ward commented. "I’ll go away and look at the tape and see what happened out there. He played very well and there were times in the match when I had a few half-chances and he came up with the goods and that was the difference.
"Of course it’s disappointing and no one likes loosing but I played a guy who is 17 in the world and there are no easy matches here anyway but definitely not playing a seed first-up. I would have liked to have played a little better today."
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