Brian Baker lost to [9] Marin Cilic (CRO) 3-6, 5-7, 3-6
Denis Kudla lost to [87] Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 6-7(5), 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 3-6
Bjorn Fratangelo lost to [37] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 3-6, 4-6, 2-6
Shelby Rogers lost to [81] Sabine Lisicki (GER) 1-6, 3-6
Victoria Duval lost to [29] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 0-6, 5-7
Bethanie Mattek-Sands lost to, her doubles partner, [28] Lucie Safarova (CZE) 7-6(7), 6-7(3), 5-7
Nicole Gibbs lost to [51] Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 3-6, 1-6
Irina Falconi lost to [153] Marina Erakovic (NZL) 6-4, 3-6, 8-10
Louisa Chirico lost to [49] Misaki Doi (JPN) 1-6, 2-6
Madison Brengle lost to [93] Kurumi Nara (JPN) 2-6, 7-6(5), 3-6
SOME AMERICAN SUCCESS ON DAY ONE
[8] Venus Williams won her match after a bit of a struggle in the first set 7-6(3), 6-4.
[9] Madison Keys had an easy day at the office, winning 6-3, 6-1.
Sam Querrey won a titanic battle against giant slayer, Lukas Rosol, 6-7(6), 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-2, 12-10
Steve Johnson won his match 7-5, 7-6(2), 6-4 against a tricky opponent, Malek Jaziri.
Varvara Lepchenko came back to win after dropping the first set 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-2.
[27] Jack Sock defeated the always dangerous, Ernests Gulbis, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Samantha Crawford defeated [209] Paula Kania (POL) 7-5, 6-3.
Out of the seventeen (17) Americans that played on day one, only seven (7) made it into the second round (41%). Hopefully the stats will be much better on day two for the Americans. The women’s defending champion, Serena Williams, will take Centre Court tomorrow at 8:00am EST. Williams “is not feeling any pressure”; however, first round matches can be somewhat dangerous for her.
