Sloane Stephens, Elina Svitolina upset on Wimbledon Day 1; Serena Williams advances

While many of the top players made it through the first day of Wimbledon unscathed — Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Caroline Wozniacki and others — there were a couple high profile upsets on Monday. The first saw women’s fourth seed Sloane Stephens bounced in straight sets by Donna Vekic, 6-1, 6-3.

Stephens was one of the favorites for the tournament after winning the US Open in 2017 and making it to the final at Roland Garros before the start of the grass court season.

“Obviously (I had) a bit of confidence coming off a French Open final, as any player would,” Stephens said. “But yeah, just today was unfortunate, unlucky. I played a good player on grass. That’s tough. Sometimes that happens.’’

Another favorite in fifth seed Elina Svitolina was taken down as well, in three sets by Tatjana Maria, 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-1. CoCo Vandeweghe, another American woman like Stephens, was also upset on Monday, at the hands of Katerina Siniakova.

Williams, the 25th seed, looked in fine form in a win over Arantxa Rus, 7-5, 6-3.

“I don’t know if I’m relieved or more motivated, I’d say, but I’m happy to get through that,” Williams said after the match. “She played unbelievable today. I’d never seen her play like that. You’ve got to be ready for everything. I didn’t play my best but I’ll get there, I’ll just take it one match at a time.”

Her sister, Venus Williams, needed three sets but advanced past Johanna Larsson, 7-6(3), 6-2, 6-1. Another top-seeded American, No. 10 Madison Keys, made it through Alja Tomljanovic in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2.

Venus will face Alexandra Dulgheru, while Serena will take on Viktoriya Tomova in the second round.

Federer, the top seed and defending champion for the men, made short work of his opening opponent, Dusan Lajovic. Federer looked fresh in the 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 win, and now the big question is whether or not he can maintain it as he did a year ago. Federer skipped the clay court season to keep himself fresh for Wimbledon, so hopefully that pays off for him.

In the men’s bracket, the only top seed to fall on the day was the sixth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov, who was dropped by the former top three player, Stan Wawrinka. Wawrinka needed four sets, but beat Dimitrov, 1-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(5), 6-4. Marin Cilic, the third seed, made it through Yoshihito Nishioka in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.

You can find a full schedule and results, updated daily, for the men’s bracket here and women’s bracket here. Below is the list of singles results from Day 1 of Wimbledon.

No. 1 Roger Federer def. Dusan Lajovic 6-1, 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 Marin Cilic def. Yoshihito Nishioka, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Stan Wawrinka def. No. 6 Grigor Dimitrov 1-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(5), 6-4
No. 8 Kevin Anderson def. Norbert Gombos, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
No. 9 John Isner def. Yannick Maden, 6-2, 7-6(4), 7-5
No. 11 Sam Querrey def. Jordan Thompson, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
No. 13 Milos Raonic def. Liam Broady, 7-5, 6-0, 6-1
Daniil Medvedv def. No. 16 Borna Coric, 7-6(6), 6-2, 6-2
No. 17 Lucas Pouille def. Denis Kudla, 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
No. 22 Adrian Mannarino def. Christian Garin, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-2
Gael Monfils def. No. 23 Richard Gasquet, 7-6(6), 7-5, 6-4
Nicolas Jarry def. No. 28 Filip Krajinovic, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
No. 31 Stefanos Tsitsipas def. Gregoire Barrere, 6-3, 6-4, 6(3)-7, 7-5
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez def. Gastao Elias, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Jared Donaldson def. Malek Jaziri, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1
Dennis Novak def. Peter Polansky, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6(7)
Andreas Seppi def. John-Patrick Smith, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
John Millman def. Stefano Travaglia, 6-7(6), 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
Gilles Muller def. Michael Mmoh, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(7), 3-6, 6-1
Ryan Harrison def. Roberto Carballes Baena, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
Thomas Fabbiano def. Yuki Bhambri, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
Radu Albot vs. Pablo Carreno Busta, to finish: 3-6, 6-0, 6-7(5), 6-2, 3-1
Sergiy Stakhovsky def. Joao Sousa, 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 1-6, 6-4
Lukas Lacko def. Benjamin Bonzi, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(5), 6-4
Guido Pella def. Jason Kubler, 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(3)
Paolo Lorenzi def. Laslo Djere, 7-6(1), 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-4
Jen-Lennard Struff def. Leonardo Mayer, 3-6, 6(5)-7, 7-6(5), 6-1
Robert Bemelmans def. Steve Johnson, 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7(0), 8-6
Philipp Kohlschreiber def. Evgeny Donskoy, 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
Mackenzie McDonald def. Ricardas Berankis, 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3, 7-6(6)
Ivo Karlovic def. Mikhail Youzhny, 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(7), 6-3

No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki def. Varvara Lepchenko, 6-0, 6-3
Donna Vekic def. No. 4 Sloane Stephens, 6-1, 6-3
Tatjana Maria def. No. 5 Elina Svitolina, 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-1
No. 7 Karolina Pliskova def. Harriet Dart, 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-1
No. 9 Venus Williams def. Johanna Larsson, 7-6(3), 6-2, 6-1
No. 10 Madison Keys def. Alja Tomljanovic, 6-4, 6-2
No. 13 Julia Goerges def. Monica Puig, 6-4, 7-6(7)
Katerina Siniakova def. No. 16 CoCo Vandeweghe, 6-7(3), 6-3, 8-6
Sorana Cirstea def. No. 19 Magdalena Rybarikova, 7-5, 6-3
No. 20 Kiki Bertens def. Barbora Stefkova, 6-3, 6-2
Camila Giorgi def. No. 21 Anastasija Sevastova, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4
No. 23 Barbora Strycova def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, 7-6(6), 7-5
No. 25 Serena Williams def. Arantxa Rus, 7-5, 6-3
No. 29 Mihaela Buzarnescu def. Aryna Sabalenka, 6-7(3), 6-1, 6-4
Andrea Petkovic def. No. 31 Shuai Zhang, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
No. 32 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Elena-Gabriela Ruse, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
Victoria Azarenka def. Ekaterina Alexandrova, 7-6(4), 6-3
Evgeniya Rodina def. Antonia Lottner, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
Viktoriya Tomova def. Tereza Smitkova, 7-6(3), 6-1
Luksika Kumkhum def. Bernarda Pera, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Lesia Tsurenko def. Timea Babos, 7-5, 6-2
Alexandra Dulgheru def. Kristyna Pliskova, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
Ekaterina Makarova def. Petra Martic, 7-6(0), 2-6, 6-3
Vera Lapko vs. Christina McHale, to finish: 5-7, 7-5, 3-2
Madison Brengle def. Aleksandra Krunic, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Ons Jabeur def. Viktorija Golubic, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Yanina Wickmayer def .Mona Barthel, 7-5, 6-4
Anna Blinkova def. Yafan Wang, 6(4)-7, 6-4, 6-4
Katie Swan def. Irina-Camelia Begu, 6-2, 6-2
Rebecca Peterson def. Viktoria Kuzmova, 7-6(3), 7-6(9)
Kristina Mladenovic def. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
Lucie Safarova def. Kateryna Bondarenko, 6-4, 6-4