The first day of Wimbledon happened earlier this morning. French Open winner Ana Ivanovic won her first match today, defeating Rossana De los rios in straight sets, 6-1 and 6-2. Ivanovic, the top seed, will face Nathalie Dechy in the second round.
Fourth seeded Svetslana Kuznetsova won her first round match today as she defeated unseeded French player Mathilde Johannson in three sets, 6-7 (7-5), 7-5 and 6-3. She'll now face Ukrainian player Kateryna Bondarenko in the second round.
Among the other winners today were 6-seed Serena Williams, 8-seed Anna Chakvetadze 11-seed Marion Bartoli.
12-seed Patti Schnyder and 19-seed Maria Kirilenko were among those who were knocked out in the first round.
Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Nadia Petrova, Elena Dementieva and Jelena Jankovic are among the top seeds taking part in day two.
For more on the event go to Wimbledon.org
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