- Follow all the latest news from the opening day at SW19
- Prodigy Cori Gauff, 15, ready to make her Wimbledon mark
- And feel free to email Jacob or tweet him @JacobSteinberg
The USA’s Reilly Opelka will play Stan Wawrinka in the second round. He’s beaten Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-3, 7-6, 6-1 to secure his first ever win at Wimbledon. And did you know the 21-year-old is even taller than Ivo Karlovic at 6ft 11in? Now you do.
At the moment it looks likely Annett Konetatveit will be Heather Watson’s second-round opponent. The 28th seed won the first set 6-0 against Shelby Rogers, though she’s a break down in the second. There’s still time to turn that round and win in two, though. Elsewhere Petra Martic, the 24th seed, is in a spot of bother against the USA’s Jennifer Brady, who took the first set 6-3 n Court 17, while Karolina Pliskova, fresh from winning the Eastbourne title on the weekend, is 3-0 up in the first set against China’s Lin Zhu on Court 1.
Written by Jacob Steinberg at Wimbledon
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2019/jul/01/wimbledon-2019-djokovic-osaka-and-edmund-in-action-on-day-one-live-venus-williams-cori-gauff-halep-wawrinka under the title “Wimbledon 2019: Djokovic v Kohlschreiber, Watson wins on day one – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
