Eugenie Bouchard of Canada returns a ball to Ying-Ying Duan of China during the singles first round match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships. Photo / AP.
It looked all too easy for the champions at Wimbledon overnight. It was another story, though, for one of last year's finalists and for one of the highest seeded women in the draw.
* Defending women's champion Petra Kvitova and former men's winners Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray
all won their first-round matches at Wimbledon on Tuesday in straight sets.
* Eugenie Bouchard, who was runner-up at Wimbledon last year, fell in the opening round, losing 7-6 (3), 6-4 to Duan Ying-Ying -- a 117th-ranked Chinese qualifier who was playing at Wimbledon for the first time and had never before won a Grand Slam match.
* A few minutes after Bouchard's defeat, the player she beat in last year's semifinals also was eliminated. No. 3 Simona Halep became the highest seeded player eliminated so far, tumbling 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to 106th-ranked Jana Cepelova of Slovakia. The Romanian, who also reached the French Open final last year, was treated for blisters on her left foot at the end of the first set. Halep, who is not considered a grass-court specialist, hurt her chances with seven double-faults and 34 unforced errors.
