and they'll face ukraine after artem dovbyk scored the wonderfully headed winner in extra time against ending. seven—time wimbledon champion serena williams has been forced to retire injured after going over on her ankle in herfirst round match against aliksandra sasnovich of belarus. the 39—year—old who had hopes of winning another grand slam to equal margaret court's record of 2a titles twisted and fell to the ground when leading 3—1 in the first set, and after receiving treatment tried to play on, but to no avail, much to her obvious anguish. eight—time champion roger federer is through to the second round, but only after his opponent withdrew due to injury. the 39—year—old sixth seed was two sets and a break down when france's adrian mannarino, who was celebrating his 33rd birthday today, slipped and injured his knee. the world number ai battled on and lost the fourth set, then retired after one point in the decider. afterwards, federer explained one of the intricacies of the wimbledon courts and why injuries happen. the grass is more slippery, it's more soft, and as the tournament

and they'll face ukraine after artem dovbyk scored the wonderfully headed winner in extra time against grand slam to equal margaret court's record of 2a titles twisted and fell to the ground when leading 3—1 in the first set, and, after receiving treatment tried to play on, but to no avail, much to her obvious anguish. eight—time champion roger federer is through to the second round, but only after his opponent withdrew due to injury. the 39—year—old sixth seed was two sets and a break down when france's adrian mannarino, who was celebrating his 33rd birthday today, slipped and injured his knee. the world number 41 battled on and lost the fourth set, then retired after one point in the decider. afterwards, federer explained one of the intricacies of the wimbledon courts and why injuries happen. for a lot of players, it's super key to get through those first two rounds, because the grass is more slippery, it is more soft, and then, as the tournament progresses, it usually gets harder and easier to move on. but this is obviously terrible that it's back—to—back matches — and serena, as we

artem dovbyk�*s goal was his first for his country. they won 2—1. they won 2-1.'s championships. the all england club insist the courts have been prepared to "exactly the same meticulous standards as in previous years..." but players like serena williams and roger federer�*s opponent have been forced to retire injured after slipping on the grass when playing under the roof on centre court. serena's search for a record—equalling grand slam singles title goes on and former british number one laura robson says her withdrawal is devastating news. she is such a great champion, won the tournament so many times, and we are obviously always looking forward to her trying to reach that 24, so devastating blow to the tournament but hopefully nothing too serious, and the grass is always quite slippy in the first few days of the theremin, just because centre core and court will never get paid for the rest of the year, so it does take a few days for players to find their footing and really unfortunate that it has happened so early on in the tournament for serena. action for da