HIGHLIGHTS-Day One at Wimbledon
ByReuters
Published 27/06/2016 at 11:51 GMT
Latest news from the first day of Wimbledon on Monday (all times GMT):
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.
1126 STOSUR WINS TIGHT FIRST SET
Australia's Samantha Stosur, the women's 14th seed, won a tightly contested first set 7-5 against Poland's Magda Linette.
1110 CILIC TAKES FIRST SET
Men's ninth seed Marin Cilic of Croatia wins the first set 6-3 against America's Brian Baker.
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)
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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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