ANDY Murray tweeted his congratulations after Liam Broady recorded the finest win of his career to book his place in the Wimbledon second round.
The World No 3 takes his responsibility to the younger generation seriously and he was one of the first to mark the 21-year-old from Stockport's fine victory against Marinko Matosevic on Court No 18. The volatile Australian was two sets to the good until Broady turned the tide, watched by Glaswegian Davis Cup captain Leon Smith he ran out a fine 5-7, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 winner and now faces David Goffin of Belgium.
Reigning champion and World No 1 Novak Djokovic has also booked his place in the SW19 second round. Having to declined to participate in a single grass court event, the Serb negotiated a difficult assignment in his first competitive match since the Roland Garros final, breaking at 5-4 in all three sets to record a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 victory against Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany.
The No 1 seed in the women's draw also took her first strides during the competition. Serena Williams, who is chasing the so-called Serena Slam for the second time in her career, experienced a difficult start to this match against Margarita Gasparyan of Russia, having her service broken in the very first game and tumbling uncomfortably to earth, but she still came through 6-4, 6-1. No 9 seed Carla Suarez Navarro wasn't so lucky, tumbling 6-2, 6-0 to a talented young player from Latvia called Jelena Ostapenko.
Nick Kyrgios, the young Australian who was a quarter finalist here last year, was one of the first men through, taking just 17 minutes to race through the first of three straight sets against Diego Schwartzman of Argentina, but one of the least surprising aspects of the day was the fact that his countryman Lleyton Hewitt was locked in a fifth set battle with his fellow veteran Jarkko Nieminen of Finland on his last appearance at Wimbledon as evening approached.
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