Olympiad XXX Day 1: Most Seeds Get Through

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.