Wimbledon, Baby!

And it’s here! The countdown is over, the waiting is past – now it’s time to just kick back and watch the drama unfold.

Roger Federer sailed through the first round in straight sets (6-3, 6-2, 6-2) over Dominik Hrbaty and will be squaring off against Robin Soderling in the second round. The experts say that’s a potential upset, but Soderling took four sets to win his first match – including a bagel performance in the second set against Kevin Kim of the United States before ripping off the third and fourth sets for the victory.

Good news for Roger – and any one else who would have been in his way – Gael Monfils withdrew from competition earlier today due to an inflamed right shoulder.

Lleyton Hewitt also just dropped his first set to Robin Haase in a tiebreak. If Hewitt moves through, the possibility for a meeting with Federer exists but the Aussie’s start isn’t the most superb.

Despite a slow start, Serena Williams won her first round match 7-5, 6-3 Kaia Kanepi. Williams will take on Urszula Radwanska in the second round.

World number one Ana Ivanovic (it sounds so weird to call her top dog!) had no trouble in her opening match and will face Nathalie Dechy in the second.

Svetlana Kuznetsova just choked big time. In her first set of the day against Mathilde Johansson, Kuznetsova had a 5-2 lead in the tiebreak. She should have been able to close it out, but Johansson reeled off the next five points to win the first set 7-6 and take a one-set lead. *Shakes head*

It’s during times like these I wish I had access to the internet so I could watch live scores…or I could just take off work for two weeks :)

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Serena Williams got off to a slow start, but she’s still around at Wimbledon after winning in the first round.