Day 1 Wimbledon
Murray Wins Centre Court Opener; Djokovic, Li Na Advance in Straight Sets
British hero Murray delivered a blistering performance in his opener. Photo wimbledon.com AELTC
June 23, 2014 ITS Staff Wimbledon, England - Day one of Wimbledon got underway on Monday with the defending champion Andy Murray of Great Britain opening the two-week festivities at the All England Tennis Club on the pristine Centre Court. By tradition, the returning champion is given the honor of playing the first match.
The British hero was accorded a standing ovation as we walked onto the court and immediately delivered with a blistering performance in defeating Belgium's David Goffin 6-1 6-4 7-5. Murray, who became the first British man since Fred Perry in 1936 to win the title at Wimbledon, recorded his 450th professional match win.
Following Murray on Centre Court, China’s Li Na, the reigning Australian Champion and No.2 seed, overcame a 3-5 first set deficit to defeat Poland’s No. 183 Paula Kania 7-5 6-3.
Last year’s finalist and top-seed Novak Djokovic began his bid for a second Wimbledon title with a punishing exhibition of his all-around skills demolishing Kazakhstan’s Andrey Golubev 6-0 6-1 6-4.
Men's top seed Novak Djokovic, the man Murray beat in spine-tingling fashion last July to become the first home men's singles champion at the All England Club for 77 years, also began in style, crushing Andrey Golubev 6-0 6-1 6-4 in his first grasscourt outing of the year.
Wimbledon Men's Singles First Round Monday June 23
3-Andy Murray beat David Goffin 6-1 6-4 7-5
1-Novak Djokovic beat Andrey Golubev 6-0 6-1 6-4
6-Tomas Berdych beat Victor Hanescu 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4 6-3
7-David Ferrer beat Pablo Carreno 6-0 6-7(3) 6-1 6-1
11-Grigor Dimitrov beat Ryan Harrison 7-6(1) 6-3 6-2
12-Ernests Gulbis beat Juergen Zopp 7-6(7) 7-5 7-6(10)
Marinko Matosevic beat 18-Fernando Verdasco 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2
17-Mikhail Youzhny beat James Ward 6-2 6-2 6-1
20-Kevin Anderson beat Aljaz Bedene 6-3 7-5 6-2
Leonardo Mayer beat 25-Andreas Seppi 6-3 2-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4
26-Marin Cilic beat Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4 6-7(2) 6-2 6-1
27-Roberto Bautista beat Steve Johnson 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 7-5
Robin Haase beat 31-Vasek Pospisil 7-6(6) 4-6 7-5 6-3
Andreas Haider-Maurer beat Kyle Edmund 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2
Luke Saville beat Dominic Thiem 7-5 6-4 3-6 6-4
Jan Hernych beat Tobias Kamke 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 5-7 6-4
Radek Stepanek beat Pablo Cuevas 6-2 6-4 6-4
Tim Puetz beat Teymuraz Gabashvili 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-2
Marcos Baghdatis beat Dustin Brown 6-4 7-5 2-6 7-6(4)
Jeremy Chardy beat Daniel Cox 6-2 7-6(3) 6-7(6) 6-3
Bernard Tomic beat Evgeny Donskoy 6-4 6-3 6-2
Edouard Roger-Vasselin beat Filippo Volandri 7-6(1) 6-2 6-4
Jimmy Wang beat Alejandro Gonzalez 6-3 6-3 6-2
Gilles Simon beat Konstantin Kravchuk 6-2 7-6(4) 7-5
Blaz Rola beat Pablo Andujar 6-3 6-1 6-4
Sergiy Stakhovsky beat Carlos Berlocq 6-3 6-3 6-3
Benjamin Becker beat Donald Young 6-4 6-3 6-4
16-Fabio Fognini beat Alex Kuznetsov 2-6 1-6 6-4 6-1 9-7
21-Alexandr Dolgopolov beat Samuel Groth 7-5 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
Andrey Kuznetsov beat Daniel Evans 6-1 7-5 3-6 7-6(5)
Jan Hernych beat Tobias Kamke 6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 5-7 6-4
"I was pretty nervous. I enjoyed the walk to the chair. To get that reception ... it was great" - @andy_murray pic.twitter.com/Y5UvEFBPdg
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 23, 2014
Wimbledon Women's Singles First Round Monday June 23
2-Li Na beat Paula Kania 7-5 6-2
8-Victoria Azarenka beat Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-3 7-5
6-Petra Kvitova beat Andrea Hlavackova 6-3 6-0
12-Flavia Pennetta beat Jana Cepelova 6-2 6-3
Yanina Wickmayer beat 17-Samantha Stosur 6-3 6-4
Maria Kirilenko beat 18-Sloane Stephens 6-2 7-6(6)
Casey Dellacqua beat Anett Kontaveit 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3
22-Ekaterina Makarova beat Kimiko Date-Krumm 3-6 6-4 7-5
23-Lucie Safarova beat Julia Goerges 7-6(3) 7-6(3)
Coco Vandeweghe beat 27-Garbine Muguruza 6-3 3-6 7-5
30-Venus Williams beat Maria Teresa Torro 6-4 4-6 6-2
32-Elena Vesnina beat Patricia Mayr-Achleitner 6-0 6-4
Alison Van Uytvanck beat Monica Niculescu 7-5 6-3
Tereza Smitkova beat Hsieh Su-Wei 6-3 6-3
Naomi Broady beat Timea Babos 2-6 7-6(7) 6-0
Mona Barthel beat Romina Oprandi 7-5 6-0
Jarmila Gajdosova beat Stefanie Voegele 6-3 7-6(6)
Kurumi Nara beat Anna-Lena Friedsam 6-4 6-4
Yvonne Meusburger beat Vania King 7-5 6-3
Bojana Jovanovski beat Johanna Larsson 7-6(2) 6-0
Lauren Davis beat Alisa Kleybanova 6-1 6-2
Peng Shuai beat Johanna Konta 6-4 3-6 6-4
Ana Konjuh beat Marina Erakovic 6-3 4-6 6-0
Polona Hercog beat Paula Ormaechea 6-4 6-4
Barbora Strycova beat Alla Kudryavtseva 6-2 6-2
Misaki Doi beat Elina Svitolina 6-4 6-1
10-Dominika Cibulkova beat Aleksandra Wozniak 6-1 6-2
2011 #Wimbledon champion @Petra_Kvitova wins through to the second round 6-3
6-0 over Hlavackova pic.twitter.com/EtbtaJ9VBO
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 23, 2014
2011 champion @DjokerNole hits 34 winners in 60 61 64 win over #Golubev at @Wimbledon. Results http://t.co/6JQEhhi4vL pic.twitter.com/XghBeKvd59
— ATP World Tour (@ATPWorldTour) June 23, 2014
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