Wimbledon 2019 - day one coverage: Gauff beats Venus Williams, Osaka knocked out, Djokovic and Halep through
Re-live all the action from the opening day of the Championships
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow the latest updates live from day one at Wimbledon as the third Grand Slam of the year gets underway in glorious sunshine at the All-England Club.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic gets proceedings on Centre Court underway as he takes on Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber, before second seen Naomi Osaka begins her account against Yulia Putintseva. Britain’s Kyle Edmund wraps up proceedings on Centre Court as he faces Spain’s Jaume Munar.
Elsewhere, Simona Halep faces Aliaksandra Sasnovich on No 1 Court with Alexander Zverev taking on Jiri Vesely, and an intriguing contest late in the day will see 10-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams face 15-year-old Cori Gauff, the youngest player in this year’s Wimbledom main draws. Follow the live action below.
What time does Wimbledon start?
Action begins on Monday 1 July from 11am, with Centre Court and No 1 Court matches starting at 1pm.
Where can I watch it?
Live coverage will be shown across BBC One, BBC Two and the BBC Red Button as well as on the BBC website from 10:30am. Highlights will be shown on Today at Wimbledon at 8:30pm on BBC Two.
Order of play
Centre Court: 13:00 start
(1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) v Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger), Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) v (2) Naomi Osaka (Jpn), (30) Kyle Edmund (Gbr) v Jaume Munar (Spa)
Court 1: 13:00 start
(7) Simona Halep (Rom) v Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr), Jiri Vesely (Cze) v (6) Alexander Zverev (Ger), Venus Williams (USA) v Cori Gauff (USA)
Court 2: 11:00 start
(22) Stan Wawrinka (Swi) v Ruben Bemelmans (Bel), Lin Zhu (Chn) v (3) Karolina Pliskova (Cze), Thomas Fabbiano (Ita) v (7) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre), (14) Caroline Wozniacki (Den) v Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa)
Court 3: 11:00 start
(4) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra), Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) v (10) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr), Kristie Ahn (USA) v (12) Anastasija Sevastova (Lat), Ugo Humbert (Fra) v (16) Gael Monfils (Fra)
Court 4: 11:00 start
Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) v (23) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa), Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) v Monica Puig (Pur), Danielle Collins (USA) v Zarina Diyas (Kaz), Lorenzo Sonego (Ita) v Marcel Granollers (Spa)
Court 6: 11:00 start
11:00: Polona Hercog (Slo) v Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk), Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) v Jessica Pegula (USA), Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) v (32) Dusan Lajovic (Ser), Roberto Carballes Baena (Spa) v Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser)
Court 7: 11:00 start
11:00: Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (Ger) v Reilly Opelka (USA), Karolina Muchova (Cze) v Aleksandra Krunic (Ser), Andrea Arnaboldi (Ita) v Ivo Karlovic (Cro), Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) v Kirsten Flipkens (Bel)
Court 8: 11:00 start
Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) v Camila Giorgi (Ita), Ernests Gulbis (Lat) v Leonardo Mayer (Arg), Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) v Alexei Popyrin (Aus)
Court 9: 11:00 start
Marie Bouzkova (Cze) v Mona Barthel (Ger), Steve Darcis (Bel) v Mischa Zverev (Ger), Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) v Ysaline Bonaventure (Bel), Jeremy Chardy (Fra) v Martin Klizan (Svk)
Court 10: 11:00 start
Margarita Gasparyan (Rus) v Anna-Lena Friedsam (Ger), Denis Kudla (USA) v Malek Jaziri (Tun), Anastasia Potapova (Rus) v Jil Belen Teichmann (Swi), Rebecca Peterson (Swe) v Yanina Wickmayer (Bel)
Court 11: 11:00 start
Marcos Giron (USA) v Feliciano Lopez (Spa), Iga Swiatek (Pol) v Viktorija Golubic (Swi), Pablo Cuevas (Uru) v Damir Dzumhur (Bih)
Court 12: 11:00 start
Catherine McNally (USA) v Heather Watson (Gbr), (19) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) v Vasek Pospisil (Can), Prajnesh Gunneswaran (Ind) v (15) Milos Raonic (Can), Alize Cornet (Fra) v Victoria Azarenka (Blr)
Court 14: 11:00 start
(27) Sofia Kenin (USA) v Astra Sharma (Aus), Shelby Rogers (USA) v (20) Anett Kontaveit (Est), Jozef Kovalik (Svk) v Robin Haase (Ned), (28) Benoit Paire (Fra) v Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg)
Court 15: 11:00 start
Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) v Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn), (16) Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) v Madison Brengle (USA), Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) v Corentin Moutet (Fra), Shuai Zhang (Chn) v (23) Caroline Garcia (Fra)
Court 16: 11:00 start
Bernarda Pera (USA) v (31) Maria Sakkari (Gre), Andreas Seppi (Ita) v Nicolas Jarry (Chi), Kamil Majchrzak (Pol) v Fernando Verdasco (Spa), Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) v (29) Daria Kasatkina (Rus)
Court 17: 11:00 start
(17) Madison Keys (USA) v Luksika Kumkhum (Tha), (24) Petra Martic (Cro) v Jennifer Brady (USA), Marius Copil (Rom) v (26) Guido Pella (Arg), Bradley Klahn (USA) v (21) David Goffin (Bel)
Court 18: 11:00 start
(8) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) v Daria Gavrilova (Aus), (10) Karen Khachanov (Rus) v Soon Woo Kwon (Kor), (11) Daniil Medvedev (Rus) v Paolo Lorenzi (Ita), (28) Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) v Jelena Ostapenko (Lat)
OSAKA ONE GAME AWAY FROM DEFEAT!
Second seed Naomi Osaka is currently trailing 7-6, 5-2 against Yulia Putintseva, who is serving for the match!
UPSET! Yulin Putintseva def. Naomi Osaka 7-694) 6-2
THE WORLD NO. 2 IS OUT!
Well, what a shock that was! The second seed has been dumped out of Wimbledon!
Putintseva played very well against an out of sorts Naomi Osaka, and the winner has been speaking to the BBC afterwards:
"I've never played on this court, so the shape was surprising. It was very new and exciting for me, but I think I did a great win out there for me!"
"I just go out there to play my best and do what I can, and today I did a great job!'
CURRENT SCORES
POTENTIAL UPSET ALERT! Court 1 - *Jiri Vesely 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 2-2 Alexander Zverev (6)
POTENTIAL UPSET ALERT! Court 2 - Thomas Fabbiano 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 6-5 Stefanos Tsitsipas (7)*
Court 3 - Ugo Humbert 6-7(6) Gael Monfils (16)*
Court 12 - Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-7(1) 1-2 Milos Raonic (15)*
Court 18 - Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6(2) 1-0 Paolo Lorenzi*
Next on Centre court is Kyle Edmund, who is about to get underway against Jaume Munar of Spain!
Tsitsipas takes the fourth set against Thomas Fabbiano, 10-8 on a tiebreak, and we're into a decider on court no.2!
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