Monday 20th June 2011 - Murray makes it to the second round … but it wasn’t plain sailing.

The rain poured down, the roof came on and everyone was looking forward to see a sterling performance by British No.1 Murray on Centre Court.

After his impressive display at Queens and at the French Open this year there are high hopes resting on Murrays shoulders. Murray’s opposition was Daniel Gimeno-Traver, the Spanish No.59, and the Spaniard was serving superbly which made it difficult for Murray. Gimeno-Traver took his chance of a break and sealed the first set 6-4. It was time to see what Murray could bring to the court and Murray slowly came into his own, finally breaking the Spaniard and he raced on, winning 15 games in a row. The Scot began to dominate and powered to victory 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-0. Murray will now go on to face Slovenian Blaz Kavcic or Germany's Tobias Kamke on Wednesday.

In the other men's games today Rafael Nadal christened Centre Court with a straight sets victory over American Michael Russell. Nadal started slowly before building up to a 6-4 6-2 6-2 win, once he got into his stride he seemed unstoppable. Nadal will now face another American Ryan Sweeting in the second round.

Other players to make it through the first round included World No.10 Mardy Fish, Frenchmen Richard Gasquet and Gael Monfils, Tomas Berdych and Stanislas Wawrinka.

In the Women’s draw sixth seed Francesca Schiavone beat Jelena Dokic after the match was interrupted by the closing of the Centre Court roof. The former French Open Champion struggled in the second set but battled back to win 6-4 1-6 6-3. Second seed Vera Zvonareva had to battle through to the second round too, eventually she beat Alison Riske 6-0 3-6 6-3. Five time champions Venus Williams turned heads in a very interesting playsuit on Court Number 1. She broke past Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova to win in two sets.

British No.4 Katie O'Brien became the first player to lose at Wimbledon 2011. She bowed out with a defeat at the hands of Japan's Kimiko Date-Krumm in the opening match on the new Court Three.

Other female players to make it into the second round include Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova and No.19 seed Yanina Wickmayer.

Tomorrow sees the big names of Serena Williams, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic grace Centre Court whilst Andy Roddick, Caroline Wozniacki and Robin Soderling entertain Court No.1. Last year’s epic matchup between Mahut and Isner will be repeated tomorrow, will it take over 11 hours this year? James Ward will also start his Wimbledon campaign tomorrow, after his impressive performance at Queens Ward too carries hope for the British fans.

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