Serena Williams, Roger Federer, John Isner, Andy Roddick and
Kim Clijsters all won their first round matches in the singles competition of the London Olympics at Wimbledon today. Serena beat
Jelena Jankovic 6-3 6-1
while World #1
Roger Federer took 3 sets to defeat
Alejandro Falla after failing to convert a match point in the second set. Isner and Roddick won their singles match but then lost their doubles match to a veteran Brazilian doubles team. The Bryan Twins defeated another Brazilian doubles team of
Tomaz Belluci and
Andre Sa in 3 sets.
Other winners on the first day of competition included
Petra Kvitova, Caroline Wozniacki, Juan Martin del Potro, Janko Tipsarevic and
Ana Ivanovic.
Li Na was upset by
Daniela Hantuchova and
Sam Stosur was upset by
Carla Suarez Navarro.
Tomas Berdych lost in the biggest upset on the men's side to
Steve Darcis.
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