The Championships burst into life on Day 1, producing thrills and spills galore across the Grounds of the All England Club. We choose the moments that will stick in the memory as the sun sets on SW19…
Match of the day
Cori Gauff, take a bow. On truly a first day to remember, it was the 15-year-old American’s straight-sets win over her idol and five-time champion Venus Williams that will deservedly grab the headlines.
After blazing her way through qualifying last week, the teenager marked her singles debut at the majors with a performance way beyond her years, holding her nerve on No.1 Court to get past the seven-time Grand Slam champion 6-4, 6-4.
Tweet of the day
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Quote of the day
Despite a painful first round defeat, young Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas still found time to pay tribute to his friend Marcos Baghdatis, who plays his final tournament at Wimbledon this year:
Special mention
Janko Tipsarevic has endured a torrid time thanks to numerous injury problems during recent years and returned at this year’s Australian Open after 16 months out following double hamstring surgery.
Currently ranked No.288 in the world and at The Championships on a protected ranking, the Serb former world No.8 fought his way past Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2 in the fifth set on Court 15 to record his first Grand Slam singles victory since the 2017 US Open.
Shot of the day
You can often count on Uruguay's one-man highlights reel Pablo Cuevas to produce at least one golden moment when he steps on court. He actually threw in a dive volley the very next point after he produced THIS! Sit back and enjoy some grass court magic...
Under the radar
With the big names tumbling on the Show Courts, it was easy to miss French qualifier Corentin Moutet's heroics over on Court 15. The 20-year-old world No.84 came back from two sets to love down to get past former semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov 2-6, 3-6, 7-6, 6-3, 6-1 to set up a second round meeting with Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime.
