Wimbledon crowds arrive to see Andy Murray and Roger Federer ahead of the second day
Andy Murray returned to action at Wimbledon with a straight-sets victory over Ryan Peniston under the royal eye of Roger Federer and the Princess of Wales Kate Middelton. Murray raced to a 6-3 6-0 6-1 victory in just over two hours as the eight-time Wimbledon champion Federer made a special guest appearance on Centre Court to mark his retirement from the sport last September.
Murray had too much for his fellow Brit and advances to the second round on Thursday, but he will have to wait to find out if he plays Stefanos Tsitsipas or Dominic Thiem next after all of the action on the outside courts was washed out by rain. It left Dan Evans taking on Quentin Halys in a match that was moved to Centre, but the Brit was unable to overturn a two-set deficit after Cameron Norrie began his campaign with a battling four-set win.
Defending champion Elena Rybakina recovered from a slow start to defeat Shelby Rogers in three sets, while second Aryna Sabalenka returned to Wimbledon with a thumping straight-sets win over Panna Udvardy. Last year’s runner-up Ons Jabeur also advanced while Carlos Alcaraz was far too strong for Jeremy Chardy.
