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Defending Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina recovered from a nervous start to avoid a first-round exit against American Shelby Rogers.
The Kazakh, whose title defence began with a double fault, won 4-6 6-1 6-2.
She later put her nerves down partly to being the champion and also down to the presence of eight-time men’s winner Roger Federer in the Royal Box.
However, last year’s runner-up Ons Jabeur and second seed Aryna Sabalenka swept through with straight-sets wins.
Rybakina’s win means she avoided becoming the first women’s defending champion since 1994 to lose at this stage.
Steffi Graf was the champion who fell at that hurdle 29 years ago when she was beaten by American Lori McNeil – and after an error-strewn first set it had looked as if Rybakina would be joining the German in the history…
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