Wimbledon: Bencic wins first match at All England Club since 2019

Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 14 seed, reached the second round of Wimbledon by winning against wildcard Katie Swan 7-5, 6-2 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday evening.

This was Bencic’s first win at Wimbledon since 2019 when she reached the third round. The Swiss lost her opening round match in 2021 and 2022 (the tournament was not held in 2020 due to the pandemic).

Bencic, ranked No 14, will play the winner of the match between American Danielle Collins and Austrian Julia Grabher next.

London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 2.000.000, most recent results first):

• Mirra Andreeva vs. Xiyu Wang
• Panna Udvardy vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Anna Bondar vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Yanina Wickmayer vs. Anna Blinkova
• Linda Noskova vs. Dalma Galfi
• Karolina Muchova vs. Jule Niemeier
• Sonay Kartal vs. Madison Keys
• Jaqueline Cristian vs. Lucia Bronzetti
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Greet Minnen vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Ons Jabeur vs. Magdalena Frech
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Rebecca Marino
• Heather Watson vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
• Alison Riske-Amritraj vs. Paula Badosa
• Shelby Rogers vs. Elena Rybakina
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Camila Giorgi
• Maria Sakkari vs. Marta Kostyuk
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Tatjana Maria
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Petra Kvitova
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
• Carol Zhao vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Karolina Pliskova vs. Natalija Stevanovic
• Nao Hibino vs. Alize Cornet
• Emma Navarro vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Madison Brengle vs. Sara Errani
• Kaja Juvan vs. Margarita Betova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Celine Naef
• Katie Boulter vs. Daria Saville
• Bernarda Pera vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Shuai Zhang vs. Donna Vekic
• Camila Osorio vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
• Anett Kontaveit vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
• Sloane Stephens vs. Rebecca Peterson
• Danielle Collins vs. Julia Grabher
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Simona Waltert
• Sofia Kenin vs. Coco Gauff: monday
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Katerina Siniakova: monday
• Rebeka Masarova vs. Mayar Sherif: monday
• Elise Mertens vs. Viktoria Hruncakova: monday
• Venus Williams vs. Elina Svitolina: monday
• Daria Kasatkina (11) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-1, 6-4
• Xinyu Wang beat Storm Hunter (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Jodie Burrage (WC) beat Catherine McNally: 6-1, 6-3
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Peyton Stearns: 6-2, 7-5
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Martina Trevisan: 6-3, 6-1
• Magda Linette (23) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-3, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez beat Kateryna Baindl: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (5) beat Katie Volynets: 6-4, 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Claire Liu: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Lin Zhu: 6-1, 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova (12) beat Kaia Kanepi: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Lauren Davis: 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-3
• Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Yue Yuan (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
• Ana Bogdan beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4)
• Alycia Parks beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 6-4, 6-3
• Cristina Bucsa beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (9)
• Nadia Podoroska beat Tereza Martincova: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Barbora Strycova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-1, 7-5
• Petra Martic (30) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 7-5, 6-7 (5), 4-1 ret.
• Diane Parry beat Harriet Dart (WC): 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-4