Wimbledon 2015: Twitter Reacts to Tuesday's Bracket Results, Scores, Winners
Tuesday's Wimbledon action saw plenty of first-round upsets, as the 2015 edition of the tournament is already shaping up to be one full of surprises. Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Petra Kvitova were among the biggest winners on Tuesday, but Eugenie Bouchard and Simona Halep were eliminated at the first hurdle in shocking fashion.
Caroline Wozniacki also booked her spot in the next round, as did Roger Federer, who cruised to an easy win over Damir Dzumhur. Here are the full results from Tuesday's Wimbledon action:
| Men's Singles | |||
| 1 | (2) Roger Federer | Damir Dzumhur | 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1 | (3) Andy Murray | Mikhail Kukushkin | 6-4, 7-6, 6-4 |
| 1 | (6) Tomas Berdych | Jeremy Chardy | 6-2, 6-7, 7-6, 7-6 |
| 1 | (10) Rafael Nadal | Thomaz Bellucci | 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1 | (12) Gilles Simon | Nicolas Almagro | 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1 | (13) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | Gilles Muller | 7-6, 6-7, 6-4 3-6 6-2 |
| 1 | (15) Feliciano Lopez | Steve Darcis | 6-2, 7-6, 6-4 |
| 1 | (18) Gael Monfils | Pablo Carreno Busta | 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1 | (20) Roberto Bautista Agut | Ruben Bemelmans | 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 |
| 1 | (22) Viktor Troicki | Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 |
| 1 | (23) Ivo Karlovic | Elias Ymer | 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 |
| 1 | (25) Andreas Seppi | Brydan Klein | 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1 | Pablo Andujar | (29) Guillermo Garcia-Lopez | 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1 | (30) Fabio Fognini | Tim Smyczek | 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1 | Sam Groth | (31) Jack Sock | 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1 | Alexandr Dolgopolov | Kyle Edmund | 7-6, 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1 | James Ward | Luca Vanni | 6-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1 | Sam Querrey | Igor Sijsling | 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1 | Albert Ramos-Vinolas | Denis Istomin | 6-2, 6-2, 3-2 ret. |
| 1 | Robin Haase | Alejandro Falla | 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1 | Blaz Kavcic | Yuichi Sugita | 7-6, 6-3, 7-6 |
| 1 | Aljaz Bedene | Radek Stepanek | 7-5, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1 | Dustin Brown | Yen-Hsun Lu | 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1 | Adrian Mannarino | Michael Berrer | 6-7, 6-0, 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1 | Borna Coric | Sergiy Stakhovsky | 4-6, 7-6, 6-2, 1-6, 9-7 |
| 1 | Jiri Vesely | Paolo Lorenzi | 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 |
| 1 | Benoit Paire | Mikhail Youzhny | 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1 | Vasek Pospisil | Vincent Millot | 7-6, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 |
| 1 | Nikoloz Basilashvili | Facundo Bagnis | 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 |
| 1 | James Duckworth | Malek Jaziri | 7-6, 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 7-5 |
| 1 | Nicolas Mahut | Filip Krajinovic | 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 |
| 1 | Lukas Rosol | Ernests Gulbis | 7-6, 6-3, 7-6 |
| Women's Singles | |||
| 1 | (2) Petra Kvitova | Kiki Bertens | 6-1, 6-0 |
| 1 | Jana Cepelova | (3) Simona Halep | 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1 | (5) Caroline Wozniacki | Saisai Zheng | 7-5, 6-0 |
| 1 | (8) Ekaterina Makarova | Sachia Vickery | 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1 | (10) Angelique Kerber | Carina Witthoeft | 6-0, 6-0 |
| 1 | Ying-Ying Duan | (12) Eugenie Bouchard | 7-6, 6-4 |
| 1 | (13) Agnieszka Radwanska | Lucie Hradecka | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1 | (15) Timea Bacsinszky | Julia Goerges | 6-2, 7-5 |
| 1 | (17) Elina Svitolina | Misaki Doi | 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1 | (18) Sabine Lisicki | Jarmila Gajdosova | 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1 | (20) Garbine Muguruza | Varvara Lepchenko | 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1 | (25) Alize Cornet | Ana Konjuh | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1 | (26) Svetlana Kuznetsova | Laura Siegemund | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1 | (28) Jelena Jankovic | Elena Vesnina | 6-4, 3-6, 10-8 |
| 1 | (31) Camila Giorgi | Teliana Pereira | 7-6, 6-3 |
| 1 | Heather Watson | (32) Caroline Garcia | 1-6, 6-3, 8-6 |
| 1 | Evgeniya Rodina | Laura Robson | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1 | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | Mona Barthel | 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 |
| 1 | Magdalena Rybarikova | Karin Knapp | 7-6, 3-0 ret. |
| 1 | Kristyna Pliskova | Tereza Smitkova | 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 |
| 1 | Denisa Allertova | Katerina Siniakova | 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 |
| 1 | Christina McHale | Johanna Larsson | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1 | Kurumi Nara | Magda Linette | 3-6, 6-3, 4-3 ret. |
| 1 | Monica Niculescu | Monica Puig | 5-7, 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1 | Mirjana Lucic-Baroni | Yaroslava Shvedova | 7-5, 6-7, 7-5 |
| 1 | Tatjana Maria | Bojana Jovanovski | 7-6, 7-5 |
| 1 | Olga Govortsova | Andreea Mitu | 6-1, 6-1 |
| 1 | Lara Arruabarrena | Pauline Parmentier | 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1 | Casey Dellacqua | Tamira Paszek | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1 | Ajla Tomljanovic | Klara Koukalova | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1 | Silvia Soler-Espinosa | Sesil Karatantcheva | 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 |
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If there was one overarching theme on Tuesday, it was the incredible heat that plagued every single match. Temperatures in London are sky-high and expected to rise even further in the next few days, and even BBC Tennis couldn't help but complain:
Federer cruised past Dzumhur in three short sets, but the Swiss veteran, who is searching for a record eighth Wimbledon title, visibly—and understandably—struggled at times. So did every other player, including Dzumhur, who was no match for the grass expert.
After his straight-set win, Federer was in an excellent mood, joking with the interviewer when he brought up the topic of the heat. As shared by SI Tennis' Courtney Nguyen, he said:
Luckily, Federer didn't have to spend too much time on the court. Murray, who started his Wimbledon campaign against Mikhail Kukushkin, made life hard on himself by making plenty of mistakes in the second set, and while he managed to win in straight sets, he wasted valuable energy with his eye on the coming week.
He allowed his opponent to break his serve in three straight games, nearly handing Kukushkin the set on a silver platter before winning the tiebreak. As shared by BBC Sport, he knew he only had himself to blame:
Nadal made quick work of Thomaz Bellucci, and after a prolonged spell on the sidelines due to injury, the Spaniard looked very agile on Tuesday. These temperatures certainly favour him compared to some of the other stars, so he will undoubtedly hope this heat wave carries on for a few more days.
Kiki Bertens lasted less than 40 minutes against defending women's champion Kvitova, who was absolutely sensational in her first-round match. The New York Times' Ben Rothenberg was blown away by what he saw:
While Kvitova cruised to an easy win, last year's losing finalist, Bouchard, suffered yet another setback in what has been a dreadful 2015 season, losing to little-known Ying-Ying Duan in two sets.
Bouchard looked in horrible form, struggled with her movement and made plenty of unforced errors. After the match, it became clear why. The Canadian revealed to reporters she had a Grade 2 abdominal tear and hardly prepared for the tournament, but with so many points to defend, she felt as if she had to play.
The Toronto Star's Bruce Arthur disagreed:
She wasn't the only top women's player to suffer a premature exit on Tuesday. Halep, who also made the semifinals of last year's tournament, dropped a three-set thriller against Jana Cepelova, currently ranked outside of the top 100.
Rothenberg reminded everyone that just 12 months ago, Bouchard and Halep were seen as the next generation of female tennis superstars:
Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Andreas Seppi and Tomas Berdych all won their first-round matches, as did Ekaterina Makarova and Angelique Kerber. On Wednesday, favourites Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams will take to the court.
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