Wimbledon day one

Wimbledon day one

The Straits Times - Sports·2025-06-30 21:01

Wimbledon day one

Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - June 30, 2025 Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. REUTERS

UPDATED Jun 30, 2025, 08:17 PM

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LONDON - Highlights of the first day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Monday (times GMT):1205 TIAFOE BEATS MOLLER

American 12th seed Frances Tiafoe eased past Wimbledon debutant Elmer Moller 6-3 6-4 6-2. 1126 FORMER WIMBLEDON FINALIST JABEUR RETIRESTwice Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeur retired from her first-round match against Bulgaria's Viktoriya Tomova trailing 6-7 0-2. 1112 SVITOLINA BREEZES PAST BONDAR TO REACH SECOND ROUND

Ukrainian 14th seed Elina Svitolina cruised past Hungary's Anna Bondar 6-3 6-1 in just over an hour to reach round two.

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Play began under sunny skies at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, with the temperature hovering around 29 degrees Celsius.

Number one seed Aryna Sabalenka faces Carson Branstine in the first match on Court One. Defending men's champion Carlos Alcaraz meets Fabio Fognini on Centre Court.

WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY ON MONDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)

CENTRE COURT (play begins at 1230 GMT)

Fabio Fognini (Italy) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

9-Paula Badosa (Spain) v Katie Boulter (Britain)

Arthur Rinderknech (France) v 3-Alexander Zverev (Germany)

COURT NUMBER ONE (play begins at 1200 GMT)

1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Carson Branstine (Canada)

Jacob Fearnley (Britain) v Joao Fonseca (Brazil)

Emma Raducanu (Britain) v Mingge Xu (Britain)

COURT NUMBER TWO (play begins at 1200 GMT)

Benjamin Bonzi (France) v 9-Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania) v 6-Madison Keys (U.S.)

4-Jasmine Paolini (Italy) v Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia)

5-Taylor Fritz (U.S.) v Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (France) REUTERS

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