Radwanska beats Rybarikova in Wimbledon 1st round

Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska and Grand Slam champions Sam Stosur and Li Na won in three sets Sunday to advance to the second round of Wimbledon in a dry opening day of the All England Club

Radwanska, who has twice reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon, defeated Magdalena Rybarikova 6-3 to Slovakia 6-3 in the first game of the day at camp 2.

The Polish player may face the next five times champion Venus Williams, who was playing Elena Vesnina.

Rybarikova has a waiting time after the injury to his left leg gave way and fell behind the baseline, while the final 2-1 for the second set. After treatment, the game is back with his leg wrapped in heavy and does not seem concerned that the rest of the way.

The Stosur, preclasificada fifth, won the 2011 U.S. Open, cruising to a 6-1, 6-3 over Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain. The strong Australian has traditionally struggled in the grass of Wimbledon, losing in the first round the past two years and never progressed beyond the third, but was always in command on Monday.

We, the champion of the 2011 French Open, is seeded number 11, went next to Ksenia Pervak ​​of Russia 6-3, 6-1. No. 15 Sabine Lisicki of Germany, semifinalist last year, beat Petra Martic of Croatia 6-4, 6-2.

The first seed was eliminated No. 16 Flavia Pennetta, who fell 6-4, 6-3 his Italian compatriot Giorgi Camila.
Play began promptly at 11.30 in the fields outside under cloudy skies but no threat of rain has wet parts of London and Britain for most of last week. The temperature reached 72 degrees.

First on the Centre Court was the highest ranked defending champion Novak Djokovic, who was ahead of former number one Juan Carlos Ferrero.

The six-times champion Roger Federer would play Albert Ramos of Spain in the field 1 - the first time since 2003 that has not been assigned to the center court of the opening round.

The second preclassificat Rafael Nadal, who has been winning his seventh title at the French Open registration opens on Tuesday against No. 80 in the ranking of Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil. Nadal, No. 4

Andy Murray in the half board and could meet Federer or Djokovic in the final.
Or would renew a rivalry clash. Nadal Federer is 18-10, and played in a record eight major finals, with Nadal won six.

But Christmas is not going to proclaim the favorite to win Wimbledon for the third time.
"I am very happy the way things have gone the last couple of months,'' he said." But the idea of ​​winning another title at Wimbledon is arrogant and foolish. This is something that you can not think, no?''