2019 Wimbledon - Day One Exits

Novak Djokovic began his 2018 Wimbledon title defence with a decisive straight sets victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber. His semi final victim from last year, Kevin Anderson, also opened impressively, brushing Pierre-Hugues Herbert aside for the loss of just nine games. Djokovic and Anderson are drawn to meet again this year in the semis, and their respective tasks have been made significantly easier on Day One.

Stefanos Tsitsipas, seventh seed, and drawn to meet Djokovic in a quarter final, was ousted in five sets by Italian Thomas Fabbiano, and Alexander Zverev, sixth seed, drawn to meet Anderson in the quarters, lost to Jiri Vesely in four sets.

Additionally, Gael Monfils, the sixteenth seed, was forced to retire in his opening match, and he was the scheduled round of sixteen opponent for Djokovic.

Other results for the men’s seeds:

Dusan Lajovic (32) lost to Hubert Hurkacz 

Felix Auger-Aliassime (19) defeated Vasek Pospisil 

Daniil Medvedev (11) defeated Paolo Lorenzi

David Goffin (21) defeated Bradley Klahn 

Kyle Edmund (30) defeated Jaume Munar 

Guido Pella (26) defeated Marius Copil 

Stan Wawrinka (22) defeated Ruben Bemelmans 

Milos Raonic (15) defeated Prajnesh Gunneswaran 

Karen Khachanov (10) defeated Soonwoo Kwon 

Roberto Bautista Agut (23) defeated Peter Gojowczyk 

Benoit Paire (28) defeated Juan Ignacio Londero 

Upsets weren’t limited to the men. The bottom half of the women’s draw was already friendly fodder for the likes of Karolina Pliskova (3) and Simona Halep (7).

With the dramatic first round losses of Naomi Osaka (2) to Yulia Putintseva in straight sets, and Aryna Sabalenka (10) to Magdaléna Rybáriková in just over an hour, finals appear closer now for Pliskova and Halep who defeated Zhu Lin and Aliaksandra Sasnovich respectively.

Roland Garros finalist Marketa Vondrousova (16) found grass more difficult to negotiate than clay and succumbed to Madison Brengle.  The prospective round of sixteen opponent for Pliskova disappeared accordingly.

Other results for the women’s seeds:

Caroline Garcia (23) lost to Zhang Shuai 

Daria Kasatkina (29) lost to Ajla Tomljanovic 

Elena Svitolina (8) defeated Daria Gavrilova

Maria Sakkari (31) defeated Marie Bouzkova 

Petra Martic (24) defeated Anastasia Potapova 

Anastasija Sevastova (12) defeated Kristie Ahn

Anett Kontaveit (20) defeated Shelby Rogers 

Hsieh Su-Wei (28) defeated Jelena Ostapenko 

Madison Keys (17) defeated Luksika Kumkhum 

Caroline Wozniacki (14) defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo 

Sofia Kenin (27) defeated Astra Sharma