The top seeds survived the first day of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships largely intact. Men’s No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic cruised to a straight-set victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber from the main court, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Women’s top seed Serena Williams downed Margarita Gasparyan in similar fashion, 6-4, 6-1.
2015 Wimbledon scores and results: Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams advance in opening round
Most of the top-ranked players advanced on Monday, including No. 1 seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams.
Djokovic is coming off a disappointing performance in the French Open, in which he came very close to earning his first title at Roland Garros, but ultimately fell short against Stan Wawrinka in the finals. Williams also made it to the finals in the French Open, but there she bested her opponent to win her 20th Grand Slam. and is obviously the favorite in this one.
Maria Sharapova, the No. 4 seed for the women, handled opponent Johanna Konta in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. Men’s No. 7 seed Milos Raonic needed four sets to get past his opening round opponent, Daniel Gimeno-Traver, winning 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4). Men’s No. 5 seed Kei Nishikori struggled the most, needing all five sets to take down unseeded Simone Bolelli of Italy, 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
The biggest upset of the day was when Jelena Ostapenko downed women’s No. 9 seed Carla Suarez Navarro, 6-2, 6-0. Navarro was the highest seed to fall on the first day. We almost saw a more significant upset when Alison Riske nearly eliminated No. 6 seed Lucie Safarova, but Safarova held on, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Safarova made it all the way to the finals of the French Open before losing to Williams.
The No. 2 and No. 3 seeds in both brackets will be in action on Tuesday. That includes Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Petra Kvitova and Simona Halep. Below, we've got the results from the opening day's seeded matchups (updated as they finish). For full results, go to the official Wimbledon website here.
Men’s Singles
No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 Stan Wawrinka def. Joao Sousa, 6-2, 7-5, 7-6(3)
No. 5 Kei Nishikori def. Simone Bolelli, 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
No. 7 Milos Raonic def. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4)
No. 9 Marin Cilic def. Hiroki Moriya, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(4)
No. 11 Grigor Dimitrov def. Federico Delbonis, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4
No. 14 Kevin Anderson def. Lucas Pouille, 6-2, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
No. 16 David Goffin def. Horacio Zeballos, 7-6(4), 6-1, 6-1
No. 17 John Isner def. Go Soeda, 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4
John Millman def. No. 19 Tommy Robredo, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
No. 24 Leonardo Mayer def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, 7-6(7), 7-6(3), 6-4
No. 26 Nick Kyrgios def. Diego Schwartzman, 6-0, 6-2, 7-6(6)
No. 27 Bernard Tomic def. Jan-Lennard Struff, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
Denis Kudia def. No. 28 Pablo Cuevas, 6-7(4), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
No. 32 Dominic Thiem def. Dudi Sela, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Women’s Singles
No. 1 Serena Williams def. Margarita Gasparyan, 6-4, 6-1
No. 4 Maria Sharapova def. Johanna Konta, 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 Lucie Safarova def. Alison Riske, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
No. 7 Ana Ivanovic def. Yi-Fan Xu, 6-1, 6-1
Jelena Ostapenko def. No. 9 Carla Suarez Navarro, 6-2, 6-0
No. 11 Karolina Pliskova def. Irina Falconi, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
No. 14 Andrea Petkovic def. Shelby Rogers, 6-0, 6-0
No. 16 Venus Williams def. Madison Brengle, 6-0, 6-0
No. 19 Sara Errani def. Francesca Schiavone, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
No. 22 Samantha Stosur def. Danka Kovinic, 6-4, 6-4
No. 23 Victoria Azarenka def. Anett Kontaveit, 6-2, 6-1
Zarina Diyas def. No. 24 Flavia Pennetta, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Sloane Stephens def. No. 27 Barbora Strycova, 6-4, 6-2
No. 29 Irina-Camelia Begu def. Daria Gavrilova, 7-6(6), 6-1
No. 30 Belinda Bencic def. Tsvetana Pironkova, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
No. 32 Carolina Garcia vs. Heather Watson (to finish) 1-6, 6-3
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