Tennis-Wimbledon day one

Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 1, 2024 General view of spectators and the order of play board before the start of play /Hannah Mckay

LONDON - Highlights of the first day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Monday (times GMT):

1329 KASATKINA DEFEATS ZHANG

Former quarter-finalist and Russian 14th seed Daria Kasatkina breezed past Zhang Shuai 6-3 6-0.

1323 TIAFOE BEATS ARNALDI

American 29th seed Frances Tiafoe reached the second round, beating Italy's Matteo Arnaldi 6-7(5) 2-6 6-1 6-3 6-3.

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Confident Gauff ready to put last year's Wimbledon setback

behind her

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Confident Raducanu happy to be back on Wimbledon grass

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1309 KOSTYUK CRUISES PAST SRAMKOVA

Ukrainian 18th seed Marta Kostyuk beat Slovakia's Rebecca Sramkova 6-3 6-2 to reach the second round.

1223 RUUD BEATS BOLT

Norwegian eighth seed Casper Ruud eased past Australian qualifier Alex Bolt 7-6(2) 6-4 6-4.

1210 SHAPOVALOV DEFEATS JARRY

Canadian former semi-finalist Denis Shapovalov beat Chilean 19th seed Nicolas Jarry 6-1 7-5 6-4.

1206 SABALENKA PULLS OUT DUE TO INJURY

Third seed Aryna Sabalenka pulled out shortly before her opening match against Emina Bektas due to a shoulder injury.

1200 DIMITROV BEATS LAJOVIC

Former semi-finalist and Bulgarian 10th seed Grigor Dimitrov beat Serbia's Dusan Lajovic 6-3 6-4 7-5 to reach the second round.

1143 YASTREMSKA DEFEATS PODOROSKA

Australian Open semi-finalist and Ukrainian 28th seed Dayana Yastremska beat Argentina's Nadia Podoroska 6-1 7-6(1) to reach the Wimbledon's second round for the first time since 2019.

1140 PAVLYUCHENKOVA BEATS TOWNSEND

Former quarter-finalist and 25th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Taylor Townsend 7-6(4) 6-1 in the first round.

1116 SAKKARI BREEZES PAST KESSLER

Greek ninth seed Maria Sakkari served five aces as she brushed aside American qualifier McCartney Kessler 6-3 6-1 to reach the second round.

1012 PLAY UNDER WAY

Play began under cloudy skies with the temperature hovering around 17 degrees Celsius (62 degrees Fahrenheit).

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov started his first-round match against Serbian Dusan Lajovic on Court Two.

0936 RADUCANU TO FACE ZARAZUA AFTER ALEXANDROVA WITHDRAWS

Ekaterina Alexandrova, the 22nd seed who was scheduled to play Britain's Emma Raducanu in the first round on Monday, has withdrawn due to illness. She has been replaced in the draw by lucky loser Renata Zarazua.

DAY 1: ORDER OF PLAY

Order of play on the main showcourts on the first day of the Wimbledon championships on Monday (prefix number denotes seeding):

CENTRE COURT (1230 GMT)

3-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) v Mark Lajal (Estonia)

Renata Zarazua (Mexico) v Emma Raducanu (Britain)

Caroline Dolehide (U.S.) v 2-Coco Gauff (U.S.)

COURT ONE (1200 GMT)

Aleksandar Kovacevic (U.S.) v 5-Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

Martina Trevisan (Italy) v 12-Madison Keys (U.S.)

1-Jannik Sinner (Italy) v Yannick Hanfmann (Germany)

COURT TWO (1000 GMT)

10-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) v Dusan Lajovic (Serbia)

Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) v Charles Broom (Britain)

Naomi Osaka (Japan) v Diane Parry (France)

Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) v Sloane Stephens (U.S.)