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HIGHLIGHTS-Day One at Wimbledon

ByReuters

Published 27/06/2016 at 15:07 GMT

Latest news from the first day of Wimbledon on Monday (all times GMT):

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1430 DIMITROV MOVES INTO SECOND ROUND
Grigor Dimitrov, the 2014 Wimbledon semi-finalist, moved into the second round after beating American Bjorn Fratangelo 6-3 6-4 6-2.
1420 KEYS BEATS SIEGEMUND
American Madison Keys, the women's ninth seed, wasted little time as she beat Germany's Laura Siegemund 6-3 6-1.
1420 ERRANI EASES INTO SECOND ROUND
Women's 20th seed Sara Errani dispatched Patricia Maria Tig of Romania 6-4 6-4.
1415 VENUS OVERCOMES YOUNGSTER VEKIC
American eighth seed Venus Williams, the oldest player in the women's singles draw, beat teenager Donna Vekic 7-6(3) 6-4.
1413 DJOKOVIC BEATS WARD
World number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic made a comfortable start by beating Britain's James Ward 6-0 7-6(3) 6-4 to move into the second round.
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1400 FLIPKENS MOVES INTO SECOND ROUND
Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens, a former semi-finalist, thrashed American Nicole Gibbs 6-3 6-1 in the first round.
1355 IVANOVIC CRASHES OUT IN FIRST ROUND
Women's 23rd seed Ana Ivanovic suffered a surprising first- round exit, losing to Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-2 7-5.
1340 FERRER WINS IN STRAIGHT SETS
Men's 13th seed David Ferrer crushed Israel's Dudi Sela 6-2 6-1 6-1.
1320 KARLOVIC PREVAILS IN ALL-CROATIAN BATTLE
Men's 23rd seed Ivo Karlovic overcame Croatian youngster Borna Coric 7-6(8) 7-6(7) 6-4 to move into the second round.
1245 EDMUND LOSES IN STRAIGHT SETS
Kyle Edmund became the first British player to exit the tournament, losing 6-2 7-5 6-4 to France's Adrian Mannarino.
1240 KOHLSCHREIBER LOSES IN FIRST ROUND
Men's 21st seed Philipp Kohlschreiber was bundled out of the first round by France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert, losing 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-3.
1235 CILIC BEATS BAKER
Men's ninth seed Marin Cilic beat American Brian Baker 6-3 7-5 6-3 in just under two hours.
1217 STAKHOVSKY MOVES INTO SECOND ROUND
Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky, who knocked Roger Federer out of Wimbledon in 2013, powered past Japanese youngster Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-4 6-4 to move into the second round.
1159 STOSUR THROUGH TO SECOND ROUND
Women's 14th seed Samantha Stosur booked her place in the second round by beating Poland's Magda Linette 7-5 6-3.
1150 BEGU BUNDLED OUT BY WITTHOEFT
Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu became the first seeded player to exit the tournament. The women's number 25 seed lost 6-1 6-4 to Germany's Carina Witthoeft.
1144 LISICKI BEATS ROGERS
Sabine Lisicki, a women's singles finalist at Wimbledon in 2013, breezed past American Shelby Rogers 6-1 6-3.
1132 RUSSIA'S KASATKINA EASES PAST AMERICAN DUVAL
Russia's Daria Kasatkina, the women's 29th seed, took 51 minutes to beat American Victoria Duval 6-0 7-5 and win the first match of the championship.
1030 PLAY BEGINS ON MAIN SHOWCOURTS
Play began on the main showcourts on a partly cloudy day at Wimbledon with the temperature at 21 degrees Celsius (69.8 Fahrenheit)
ORDER OF PLAY (PREFIX DENOTES SEEDING)
Centre Court
1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v James Ward (Britain)
Camila Giorgi (Italy) v 2-Garbine Muguruza (Spain)
3-Roger Federer (Switzerland) v Guido Pella (Argentina)
Court One
8-Venus Williams (U.S.) v Donna Vekic (Croatia)
Sam Groth (Australia) v 5-Kei Nishikori (Japan)
Laura Robson (Britain) v 4-Angelique Kerber (Germany)
Court Two (play starts at 1030 GMT)
Kyle Edmund (Britain) v Adrian Mannarino (France)
Laura Siegemund (Germany) v 9-Madison Keys (U.S.)
Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) v 6-Milos Raonic (Canada)
5-Simona Halep (Romania) v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Slovakia) (Compiled by Simon Jennings and Nivedita Shankar in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
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