LONDON: All the things went same way as expected on the opening day of Wimbledon on Monday as the defensing title Murray set up with remarkable first-round victory .He defeated Novak Djokovic last July to become the first home men´s singles champion at the All England Club since Fred Perry in 1936. Back surgery, a breach with coach Ivan Lendl and up-and-down form meant there were a few question left ahead of the fortnight of his year, but he answered them with an emphatic 6-1 6-4 7-5 victory.
His grandparents were also watching and supporting him in the Royal Box with new coach Amelie Mauresmo, Murray played prevalent against a lightweight opponent who played the supporting role to excellence.
The Spaniard had led Murray by two sets in the quarter-finals here last year before giving way, but he was buckled out in four sets by Australian Marinko Matosevic on Monday.
There was an early fear, too, for men´s sixth seed Tomas Berdych, but he arouse from a set down to beat Romania´s Victor Hanescu while Latvian Ernests Gulbis, a surprise semi-finalist at the French Open this month, won three tough sets against Estonia´s Jurgen Zopp.
Later on Monday men´s top seed Novak Djokovic, sticking around for a second Wimbledon title and his first gran slam since last year´s Australian Open, opens his grasscourt season against Andrey Golubev after women´s second seed Li Na takes on Paula Kania.
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