Wimbledon: Pavlyuchenkova beats Townsend to book spot in second round

Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 25 seed, won against American Taylor Townsend 7-6 (4), 6-1 to reach the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 28, will play Chinese Lin Zhu next.

London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):

• Ashlyn Krueger vs. Jessica Pegula
• Xinyu Wang vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Harriet Dart vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Katie Boulter vs. Tatjana Maria
• Magda Linette vs. Elina Svitolina
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Jule Niemeier
• Robin Montgomery vs. Olivia Gadecki
• Ons Jabeur vs. Moyuka Uchijima
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Anhelina Kalinina vs. Elina Avanesyan
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Julia Riera
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Panna Udvardy
• Lucia Bronzetti vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Alycia Parks
• Laura Siegemund vs. Kateryna Baindl
• Elena Rybakina vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Marketa Vondrousova
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Ana Bogdan
• Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Katie Volynets
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Camila Osorio vs. Lauren Davis
• Mayar Sherif vs. Dalma Galfi
• Danielle Collins vs. Clara Tauson
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Oceane Dodin vs. Daria Snigur
• Bernarda Pera vs. Anastasia Potapova
• Caroline Garcia vs. Anna Blinkova
• Marina Stakusic vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Angelique Kerber
• Francesca Jones vs. Petra Martic
• Iga Swiatek vs. Sofia Kenin
• Qiang Wang vs. Emma Navarro
• Paula Badosa vs. Karolina Muchova
• Caroline Dolehide vs. Coco Gauff
• Victoria Azarenka vs. Sloane Stephens
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Brenda Fruhvirtova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Sara Errani vs. Linda Noskova
• Renata Zarazua vs. Emma Raducanu
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Sonay Kartal
• Naomi Osaka vs. Diane Parry
• Emina Bektas vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Donna Vekic vs. Xiyu Wang
• Tamara Korpatsch vs. Yuriko Lily Miyazaki
• Eva Lys vs. Clara Burel
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Diana Shnaider
• Martina Trevisan vs. Madison Keys
• Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Yafan Wang
• Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Yulia Starodubtseva
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Lulu Sun
• Daria Saville vs. Peyton Stearns
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Shuai Zhang
• Arantxa Rus vs. Yue Yuan
• Nao Hibino vs. Elise Mertens
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Rebecca Sramkova
• Olga Danilovic vs. Anca Todoni: monday
• Greet Minnen vs. Heather Watson: monday
• Varvara Gracheva beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-3, 6-1
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Nadia Podoroska: monday
• Maria Sakkari (9) beat McCartney Kessler (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Lin Zhu beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-0, 6-4