Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray delighted the Centre Court crowd at Wimbledon with impressive day one wins while defending champion Novak Djokovic set another record in his first-round success.
Two suspensions of play occurred at the All England Club due to brief showers but it failed to dampen spirits on the opening day.
Tweet of the day
1st Brit win at @Wimbledon 2022
? @cam_norrie ?#BackTheBrits ?? | #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/a39BRy5UQO
— LTA (@the_LTA) June 27, 2022
Quote of the day
Stat of the day
80 – Novak #Djokovic is the first male player in the Open Era with 80+ main draw wins in all four Grand Slam tournaments (85 at the Roland Garros, 82 at the Australian Open, 81 at the US Open and 80 in #Wimbledon). Boundless. pic.twitter.com/tUCgAmPnBm
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) June 27, 2022
Flying the flag for Ukraine
“This is the main thing that I would wish to happen, that we get a lot of heavy weapons,” Tsurenko said. “We just want to remind that Ukraine is in trouble and we need help.”
