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Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after beating James Ward of Britain during their men's singles match on day one of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, June 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after beating James Ward of Britain during their men's singles match on day one of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, June 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)Alastair Grant/Associated Press

Wimbledon 2016 Results: Winners, Scores, Stats from Monday's Singles Bracket

Christopher SimpsonJun 27, 2016

Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Garbine Muguruza avoided upsets in the first round of Wimbledon 2016 on Monday.

So too did the likes of Kei Nishikori, Milos Raonic and Marin Cilic in the men's draw while world No. 772 Marcus Willis provided the upset of the day as he stunned Ricardas Berankis—a full 718 places above him.

In the women's singles, Simona Halep, Madison Keys and Sam Stosur were among the seeds to progress, as was Angelique Kerber after she knocked out British hopeful Laura Robson.

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Here are all the scores from an eventful first day at the All England Club, and read on for a closer look at how some of the top players got on:

Lukas Lacko (q) def. Paolo Lorenzi6-4 6-7(5) 7-5 6-3
Sergiy Stakhovsky def. Yoshihito Nishioka (q)6-3 6-4 6-4
Grigor Dimitrov def. Bjorn Fratangelo (q)6-3 6-4 6-2
Ivo Karlovic (23) def. Borna Coric7-6(8) 7-6(7) 6-4
Marin Cilic (9) def. Brian Baker6-3 7-5 6-3
Nicolas Almagro def. Rogerio Dutra Silva6-3 7-6(6) 5-7 3-6 6-3
David Goffin (11) def. Alexander Ward (wc)6-2 6-3 6-2
David Ferrer (13) def. Dudi Sela6-2 6-1 6-1
Nicolas Mahut def. Brydan Klein (wc)7-6(0) 6-4 6-4
Damir Dzumhur def. Denis Kudla7-6(5) 7-5 2-6 1-6 6-3
Pierre-Hugues Herbert def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (21)7-5 6-3 3-6 6-3
Adrian Mannarino def. Kyle Edmund6-2 7-5 6-4
Novak Djokovic (1) def. James Ward (wc)6-0 7-6(3) 6-4
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (q) def. Teymuraz Gabashvili1-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
Marcus Willis (q) def. Ricardas Berankis6-3 6-3 6-4
Thomaz Bellucci def. Ruben Bemelmans (q)3-6 6-4 6-3 1-6 8-6
Kei Nishikori (5) def. Samuel Groth6-4 6-3 7-5
Julien Benneteau def. Illya Marchenko6-4 6-2 7-6(8)
Alexandr Dolgopolov (30) def. Evgeny Donskoy6-2 6-4 3-6 7-6(3)
Milos Raonic (6) def. Pablo Carreno7-6(4) 6-2 6-4
Robin Haase def. Diego Schwartzman2-6 6-2 6-3 2-6 7-5
Roger Federer (3) def. Guido Pella7-6(5) 7-6(3) 6-3
Jack Sock (27) def. Ernests Gulbis6-4 6-4 6-4
Daniel Evans def. Jan-Lennard Struff6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(7) 7-5
Jeremy Chardy def. Gael Monfils (17)6-7(4) 6-0 4-6 6-1 6-2
Steve Johnson def. Malek Jaziri7-5 7-6(2) 6-4
Andrey Kuznetsov def. Pablo Cuevas (29)6-3 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4
Santiago Giraldo vs. Gilles Muller *suspended*6-4 7-6(3) 6-7(5) 6-3 11-11
Denis Istomin def. Kevin Anderson (20)4-6 6-7(13) 6-4 7-6(2) 6-3
Andreas Seppi def. Guillermo Garcia6-2 6-4 6-0
Jana Cepelova (q) def. Mariana Duque-Marino7-5 7-5
Samantha Crawford def. Paula Kania (q)7-5 6-3
Maria Sakkari (q) def. Saisai Zheng6-3 6-2
Ekaterina Alexandrova (q) def. Ana Ivanovic6-2 7-5
Sabine Lisicki def. Shelby Rogers6-1 6-3
Samantha Stosur (14) def. Magda Linette7-5 6-3
Denisa Allertova def. Margarita Gasparyan6-3 3-0 RET.
Daria Kasatkina (29) def. Victoria Duval6-0 7-5
Lara Arruabarrena def. Olga Govortsova6-2 1-6 8-6
Venus Williams (8) def. Donna Vekic7-6(3) 6-4
Kurumi Nara def. Madison Brengle6-2 6-7(5) 6-3
Carina Witthoeft def. Irina Camelia Begu (25)6-1 6-4
Anna-Lena Friedsam def. Zarina Diyas6-4 6-0
Madison Keys (9) def. Laura Siegemund6-3 6-1
Kirsten Flipkens def. Nicole Gibbs6-3 6-1
Alize Cornet def. Polona Hercog6-3 6-0
Sara Errani (20) def. Patricia Maria Tig6-4 6-4
Lucie Safarova (28) def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands6-7(7) 7-6(3) 7-5
Varvara Lepchenko def. Teliana Pereira5-7 7-6(3) 6-2
Carla Suarez Navarro (12) def. Shuai Zhang6-3 4-6 6-4
Yaroslava Shvedova def. Julia Goerges7-5 6-4
Elina Svitolina (17) def. Naomi Broady6-2 6-3
Garbine Muguruza (2) def. Camila Giorgi6-2 5-7 6-4
Simona Halep (5) def. Anna Schmiedlova6-4 6-1
Francesca Schiavone def. Anastasija Sevastova7-6(7) 6-4
Mona Barthel def. Danka Kovinic6-2 7-6(3)
Kiki Bertens (26) def. Jelena Ostapenko6-3 6-2
Karolina Pliskova (15) def. Yanina Wickmayer6-2 0-6 8-6
Misaki Doi def. Louisa Chirico6-1 6-2
Angelique Kerber (4) def. Laura Robson (wc)6-2 6-2
Jelena Jankovic (22) def. Stefanie Voegele6-2 6-2
Marina Erakovic (q) def. Irina Falconi4-6 6-3 10-8

Men's Draw

Defending champion Djokovic kicked off his Wimbledon campaign strongly, taking his first set against James Ward with a bagel in less than half an hour.

The Brit quickly found himself 3-0 down in the second set but impressively fought back to force a tiebreaker. Djokovic clinically saw it out, however, and in doing so seemed to put an end to Ward's resistance.

An early break for Djokovic proved the difference in the final set, with Ward valiantly attempting to break his illustrious opponent but unable to clinch it. As BBC Tennis revealed, the world No. 1 was delighted to be back on Centre Court:

As noted by Carl Bialik of ESPN's FiveThirtyEight, Djokovic is closing in on a remarkable achievement:

Meanwhile, Philipp Kohlschreiber was the unfortunate man to receive a dubious honour at this year's tournament, per the New York Times' Ben Rothenberg:

Despite Federer and Djokovic returning to action, Willis undoubtedly produced the story of the day—having come incredibly close to giving up on the sport, per Sky Sports' Paul Prenderville, he has now reached the second round and guaranteed prize money of at least £47,000.

Even more impressively, the victory came in straight sets as the Briton made use of his powerful serve and some spectacular winners. BBC Sport shared his moment of glory:

According to the official stats on Wimbledon's website, he made up for 11 double-faults with 14 aces. Journalist Simon Cambers shared the most telling stat of all:

His reward for the win is a tie with Federer, who eased past Guido Pella in three sets.

It didn't go all the Swiss maestro's way, though, as he needed two tiebreakers to overcome the Argentinian. As Live Tennis noted, the 34-year-old was able to turn on the style when it mattered:

He should have little trouble getting past Willis, but he'll need to improve on this performance before meeting his fellow contenders.

No. 2 seed Andy Murray will play his first match on Tuesday against fellow Brit Liam Broady.

Women's Draw

Hot off winning her first Grand Slam at the French Open, 2015 Wimbledon finalist Muguruza had to survive a comeback from Camila Giorgi to progress on Monday.

The Spaniard won the first set with Giorgi playing well but making some unfortunate errors, per Live Tennis:

Indeed, according to Wimbledon, she made 14 unforced errors in the first set alone, as well as three double-faults. Three failed break points in the second proved costly for Muguruza, though, and Giorgi duly fought back to force a decider.

The Italian continued to put in a strong showing, but ultimately Muguruza's quality won out. Rothenberg saw parallels between this game and her triumph at Roland Garros:

Meanwhile, Kerber avenged her 2011 Wimbledon defeat to Robson with a comfortable straight-sets victory that took little more than an hour. As noted by the Guardian's Sean Ingle, the Brit made it easy on her opponent in the first set:

Though she fared better in that regard in the second—she only made 10 unforced errors, per Wimbledon—she was unable to trouble Kerber's serve and the German duly punished her.

Tennis journalist Chris Goldsmith believes Robson was unfortunate to receive the No. 4 seed in the draw:

Halep enjoyed a similarly straightforward encounter with Anna Schmiedlova, who has now won just two WTA matches in 2016.

The Romanian broke her opponent six times during the match. The Slovakian hit back with two breaks of her own but served poorly—she won just 12 of 29 points on her first service, per Wimbledon.

Defending champion Serena Williams will get her challenge under way on Tuesday, when she faces Amra Sadikovic on Centre Court.

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