Wimbledon—London, England
Defending champion Novak Djokovic got off to a scintillating start the 2023 Wimbledon Championships on Monday, defeating unheralded Argentine Pedro Cachin 6-3, 6-3, 7-6(4).
The seven-time champion will next face Jordan Thompson, who dismissed Brandan Nakashima in five sets.
Elsewhere, No. 7 seed Andrey Rublev and No. 14 seed Lorenzo Musetti reached the second-round with straight set victories.
No. 17 seed Hubert Hurkacz also reached the round of 64, and will next face Jan Choinski or Dusan Lajovic.
On the women’s side, top seed Iga Swiatek breezed into the second round after dispatching Zhu Lin 6-1, 6-3. The world No. 1 will next face Martina Trevisan or Sara Sorribes Tormo.
Other women’s winners on the day included No. 4 seed Jessica Pegula, No. 5 Caroline Garcia, No. 12 Veronika Kudermetova, No. 15 Liudmila Samsonova, No. 19 seed Victoria Azarenka, and No. 30 Petra Martic.
Five-time former champion Venus Williams was ousted by Elina Svitolina 6-4,6-3.
Tuesday’s action at SW19 will include defending women’s champion Elena Rybakina, men’s top seed Carlos Alcaraz and two-time former winner and home-country hero Andy Murray.
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First-round results:
(2) Novak Djokovic Defeats Pedro Cachin 63 63 76(4)
(4) Casper Ruud Defeats Laurent Lokoli 61 57 64 63
(7) Andrey Rublev Defeats Max Purcell 63 75 64
Michael Mmoh Defeats(11) Felix Auger-Aliassime 76(4) 67(4) 76(4) 64
(14) Lorenzo Musetti Defeats Juan Pablo Varillas 63 61 75
Aslan Karatsev Defeats Luca Van Assche 67(4) 64 62 64
(17) Hubert Hurkacz Defeats Albert Ramos-Vinolas 61 64 64
Tomas Barrios Vera Defeats Sebastian Baez 76(7) 36 63 76(2)
David Goffin Defeats Fabian Marozsan 62 57 62 60
Aslan Karatsev Defeats Luca Van Assche 674 64 62 64
Maximilian Marterer Defeats Borna Gojo 75 67(8) 63 64
Jordan Thompson Defeats Brandon Nakashima 26 26 64 76(4) 63
Tomas Barrios Vera Defeats Sebastian Baez 76(7) 36 63 76(2)
Liam Broady Defeats Constant Lestienne 61 63 75
Corentin Moutet Defeats Richard Gasquet 63 75 75
Jaume Munar Defeats John Isner 46 63 64 64
Oscar Otte Defeats Dominik Koepfer 75 63 76(9)
J.J. Wolf Defeats Enzo Couacaud 75 63 76(4)
Mikael Ymer Defeats Alex Molcan 63 63 64
