Wimbledon: Venus Williams defeated in straight sets, Svitolina moves into second round
After a nasty slip early in the first set, the five-time Wimbledon champion was beaten by Elina Svitolina in straight sets
Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina won against American wildcard Venus Williams 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday.
The 43-year-old Williams started the match strong, breaking to go up 2-0 but suffered a nasty fall in the third game of the first set as she slipped while attempting a volley.
Svitolina, ranked No 76, will play the winner of the match between Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 28 seed, and Slovak qualifier Viktoria Hruncakova next.
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 2.000.000, most recent results first):
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Xiyu Wang
- Panna Udvardy vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Anna Bondar vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Anna Blinkova
- Linda Noskova vs. Dalma Galfi
- Karolina Muchova vs. Jule Niemeier
- Sonay Kartal vs. Madison Keys
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Greet Minnen vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Ons Jabeur vs. Magdalena Frech
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Rebecca Marino
- Heather Watson vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Alison Riske-Amritraj vs. Paula Badosa
- Shelby Rogers vs. Elena Rybakina
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Camila Giorgi
- Maria Sakkari vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Tatjana Maria
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Petra Kvitova
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Carol Zhao vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Natalija Stevanovic
- Nao Hibino vs. Alize Cornet
- Emma Navarro vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Madison Brengle vs. Sara Errani
- Kaja Juvan vs. Margarita Betova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Celine Naef
- Katie Boulter vs. Daria Saville
- Bernarda Pera vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
- Shuai Zhang vs. Donna Vekic
- Camila Osorio vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Anett Kontaveit vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
- Sloane Stephens vs. Rebecca Peterson
- Danielle Collins vs. Julia Grabher
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Simona Waltert
- Sofia Kenin vs. Coco Gauff: monday
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Katerina Siniakova: monday
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Mayar Sherif: monday
- Elise Mertens vs. Viktoria Hruncakova: monday
- Belinda Bencic (14) beat Katie Swan (WC): 7-5, 6-2
- Daria Kasatkina (11) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-1, 6-4
- Xinyu Wang beat Storm Hunter (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Jodie Burrage (WC) beat Catherine McNally: 6-1, 6-3
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Peyton Stearns: 6-2, 7-5
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Martina Trevisan: 6-3, 6-1
- Magda Linette (23) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-3, 6-2
- Leylah Fernandez beat Kateryna Baindl: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Caroline Garcia (5) beat Katie Volynets: 6-4, 6-3
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Claire Liu: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Lin Zhu: 6-1, 6-3
- Veronika Kudermetova (12) beat Kaia Kanepi: 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Jessica Pegula (4) beat Lauren Davis: 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-3
- Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Yue Yuan (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
- Ana Bogdan beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4)
- Alycia Parks beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 6-4, 6-3
- Cristina Bucsa beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (9)
- Nadia Podoroska beat Tereza Martincova: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Barbora Strycova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-1, 7-5
- Petra Martic (30) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 7-5, 6-7 (5), 4-1 ret.
- Diane Parry beat Harriet Dart (WC): 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-4