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Wimbledon 2017: Women’s results – Day 1

By Cody Williams

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 03: Venus Williams of the United States plays a backhand during the Ladies Singles first round match against Elise Mertens of Belgium on day one of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 3, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 03: Venus Williams of the United States plays a backhand during the Ladies Singles first round match against Elise Mertens of Belgium on day one of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 3, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) /
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A look at the Wimbledon 2017 women’s results from Day 1 in London with Venus Williams, Madison Keys and more in action on Monday.

With no Serena Williams in the women’s field for Wimbledon 2017, the second grand slam of the year truly feels wide-open as play opened on Monday with Day 1, first-round action. However, someone has to step up in moments such as this, when the best player in the world isn’t on the court. Subsequently, getting off to a good start tournament.

There were a number of players who made sure that happened. Venus Williams was pushed a bit in both of them, but still won in straight-sets. She’ll look to continue that and take up the mantle with her sister not in the field. So too will another American in Madison Keys, the No. 17 seed at Wimbledon. She’s a dark horse, surely, but looked good in her first bit of action.

One of the favorites at Wimbledon 2017 actually isn’t a top-10 seed in the case of Petra Kvitova. However, the 11th seed looked the part of a favorite on Day 1. Additionally, Simona Halep was convincing in a straight-set win for the two-seed in London.

With those matches of course came many more. Catch up on all of the action on Monday with the Day 1 women’s results from Wimbledon 2017:

Ana Bogdan def. Ying-Ying Duan – 6-4, 6-2
Madison Brengle def. Richel Hogenkamp – 6-3, 6-3
(17) Madison Keys def. Nao Hibino – 6-4, 6-2
Aryna Sabalenka def. Irina Khromacheva – 6-3, 6-4
Qiang Wang def. Kai-Chen Chang – 6-3, 6-4
Beatriz Haddad Maia def. Laura Robson – 6-4, 6-2
Camilia Giorgi def. Alize Cornet – 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
(10) Venus Williams def. Elise Mertens – 7-6, 6-4
Francesca Schiavone def. Mandy Minella – 6-1, 6-1
(2) Simona Halep def. Marina Erakovic – 6-4, 6-1
(4) Elina Svitolina def. Ashleigh Barty – 7-5, 7-6
Carina Witthoeft def. (26) Mirjana Lucic-Baroni – 6-3, 5-7, 8-6
Kristyna Pliskova def. (31) Roberta Vinci – 7-6, 6-2
(22) Barbora Strycova def. Veronica Cepede Royg – 6-3, 6-3
Naomi Osaka def. Sara Sorribes Tormo – 6-3, 7-6
(11) Petra Kvitova def. Johanna Larsson – 6-3, 6-4
(8) Dominika Cibulkova def. Andrea Petkovic – 6-3, 3-6, 9-7
Maria Sakkari def. Katerina Siniakova – 6-3, 6-4
(6) Johanna Konta def. Su-Wei Hsieh – 6-2, 6-2
Irina Begu def. Naomi Broady – 6-4, 6-2
(21) Carolina Garcia def. Jana Cepelova – 6-1, 6-1
Jennifer Brady def. Danka Kovinic – 6-3, 6-1
Francoise Abanda def. Kurumi Nara – 6-2, 6-4
(18) Anastasija Sevastova def. Yulia Putintseva – 6-1, 7-6
Heather Watson def. Maryna Zanevska – 6-1, 7-6
Peng Shuai def. Marketa Vondrousova – 6-7, 6-0, 6-4
(27) Ana Konjuh def. Sabine Lisicki – 6-1, 6-4
Victoria Azarenka def. Catherine Bellis – 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
Donna Vekic def. Natalia Vikhlyantseva – 6-7, 6-4, 6-1
(25) Carla Suarez-Navarro def. Eugenie Bouchard – 1-6, 6-1, 6-1
(15) Elena Vesnina def. Anna Blinkova – 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
(13) Jelena Ostapenko def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich – 6-0, 1-6, 6-3

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Again, there was nothing truly shocking that transpired on Day 1 for the women’s bracket. However, that could change in an instant given the feel and outlook of the second grand slam of the year. So while it was mostly chalk on Monday, don’t expect that trend to fully continue.

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