Wimbledon day-2: Nadal and Tsonga, Kvitova, Serena and Azarenka move to Second Round

Roland Garros seven times champion and world no.2 Spaniard Rafael Nadal beats Bellucci 7-6 6-2 6-3 to move to the second round of Wimbledon Tuesday evening today.

Nadal beat Bellucci in first round of Wimbledon Tuesday 26 June

After a long spell of red and blue clay, Nadal found it difficult to adjust to the green grass at Halle, where he lost to P. Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-4.

And it seemed that he may find it difficult at Wimbledon too to adjust to the green grass - which actually he did as the Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci lead 4-0 in the first set beating back Rafa. But finally Nadal made it 4-4 and then on to win the first set 7-6 and later the match 7-6 6-2 6-3.

French Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat australian Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

defending champion Petra Kvitova wins her first round match against Uzbek Amanmuradova

In the women singles, Defending champion Czech Petra Kvitova defeated Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova 6-4, 6-4 to move on to defend her title.


6th ranked American Serena Williams defeated Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-2, 6-4 and avided her ouster unlike her sister Venus who crashed out in the first round Monday.

Azarenka beat Folconi in the Wimbledon first round 

Former world no.1 and now no.2 Azarenka beat 78th ranked American Folconi 6-1, 6-4.