Rising star Laura Robson of Britain kept the home flag flying in the women’s singles when she upset Russia’s number 10 seed Maria Kirilenko 6-3 6-4 in the first round at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
The unseeded Robson, 19, moved comfortably through the first set and led 4-1 in the second before Kirilenko got a break back as she tried to stage a recovery against the world number 38.
But the Russian, who reached the quarter-finals at the French Open last month, failed to come to terms with Robson’s smooth and powerful groundstrokes and could not sustain her momentum.
Robson, roared to victory by the home fans on No. 1 Court, faces qualifier Mariana Duque ofColombia in the second round.
June 25 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the Wimbledon Women’s Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday
Laura Robson (Britain) beat 10-Maria Kirilenko (Russia) 6-3 6-4
11-Roberta Vinci (Italy) beat Chanelle Scheepers (South Africa) 6-2 6-1
Mariana Duque (Colombia) beat Julia Goerges (Germany) 6-4 6-7(3) 7-5
Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) beat Kristyna Pliskova (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-1
Marina Erakovic (New Zealand) beat Ayumi Morita (Japan) 4-6 6-0 7-5
Alexandra Cadantu (Romania) beat 28-Tamira Paszek (Austria) 6-2 7-5
Simona Halep (Romania) beat Olga Govortsova (Belarus) 6-2 3-6 6-3
24-Peng Shuai (China) beat Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) 6-3 6-2
1-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Mandy Minella (Luxembourg) 6-1 6-3
30-Mona Barthel (Germany) beat Monica Niculescu (Romania) 6-3 4-6 7-5
Caroline Garcia (France) beat Zheng Jie (China) 6-3 6-4
Olga Puchkova (Russia) beat Arantxa Rus (Netherlands) 6-4 6-2
Madison Keys (U.S.) beat Heather Watson (Britain) 6-3 7-5
14-Samantha Stosur (Australia) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Slovakia) 6-1 6-3
6-Li Na (China) beat Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands) 6-1 6-1
Kimiko Date-Krumm (Japan) beat Carina Witthoeft (Germany) 6-0 6-2
Results from the Wimbledon Men's Singles Round 1 matches on Tuesday
26-Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) beat Gastao Elias (Portugal) 6-1 7-6(2) 6-2
1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Florian Mayer (Germany) 6-3 7-5 6-4
28-Jeremy Chardy (France) beat Ryan Harrison (U.S.) 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5 6-2
Bernard Tomic (Australia) beat 21-Sam Querrey (U.S.) 7-6(6) 7-6(3) 3-6 2-6 6-3
13-Tommy Haas (Germany) beat Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) 6-3 7-5 7-5
8-Juan Martin Del Potro (Argentina) beat Albert Ramos (Spain) 6-2 7-5 6-1
Michael Llodra (France) beat Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) 7-6(3) 6-4 6-3
Ivan Dodig (Croatia) beat 16-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany) 4-6 6-7(6) 7-6(3) 6-3 2-1 (Kohlschreiber retired)
Jesse Levine (Canada) beat Guido Pella (Argentina) 6-4 6-2 4-6 3-6 4-3 (Pella retired)
12-Kei Nishikori (Japan) beat Matthew Ebden (Australia) 6-2 6-4 6-3
Denis Kudla (U.S.) beat James Duckworth (Australia) 6-4 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-1
Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) beat Aljaz Bedene (Slovenia) 6-2 6-3 6-4
Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) beat Blaz Kavcic (Slovenia) 6-4 6-1 6-3
Michal Przysiezny (Poland) beat Philipp Petzschner (Germany) 6-3 7-6(6) 6-0
27-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) beat Olivier Rochus (Belgium) 6-4 6-2 6-1
James Blake (U.S.) beat Thiemo de Bakker (Netherlands) 6-1 6-3 6-2
