Wimbledon 2019 - day one coverage: Gauff beats Venus Williams, Osaka knocked out, Djokovic and Halep through
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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)
On Centre, Kyle Edmund is having a second go at serving for the match against Jaume Munar, who is receiving a medical timeout... it's 5-4 in the third set.
Ten days ago, Cori Gauff didn't even know she was playing Wimbledon, until she was given a wildcard into qualifying!
GAME, SET, MATCH KYLE EDMUND!
Edmund def. Munar 6-4 6-4 6-4
The British No.1 is through to second round, sealing it with an ace!
After Heather Watson's victory earlier this morning, it's 2/2 for the Brits today!
Venus Williams, speaking in her post-match press conference:
Is it any consolation that you lost to a potential future champion?
"I never thought of that..."
"She played so well, even all the shanks went in. I actually didn't play well - it was a contrast."
"I just said to her well done and good luck! The sky's the limit [for her]"
"She did everything well today, she was much better. Moves well, serves well, good match!"
"What's next for me? I guess the US Open series."
An understandably downbeat Venus Williams in her press conference...
SHOCK ALERT! (As if we needed another one...)
What a day for the qualifiers...
Out of 12 qualifiers competing today, six were victorious!
As well as Gauff and Vesely, Corentin Moutet came back from two sets down to beat former semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov! Wins also for Granollers, Popyrin and Wickmayer.
Form on grass is oh so important...
Well, that's your lot from Day 1 at Wimbledon, and what a day it has been!
The most dramatic opening day at SW19 in a very long time...
Join us at 10am tomorrow once again for Day 2. Those in action include Federer, Nadal, Williams, Barty and Kyrgios...
Until then, have a very good evening!
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