Amanda Anisimova advanced in straight sets on Day 2 at Wimbledon, while Taylor Fritz also won. The day’s biggest moment arrives when Serena Williams plays her first singles match in nearly four years against Maya Joint on Centre Court.
By the time the crowds settled under overcast skies in London, Day 2 of Wimbledon had already delivered its first sign that the draw would move quickly.
Last year’s women’s finalist Amanda Anisimova, seeded sixth, made sure her return to the second round trail began the way she wanted: with a straight-sets win. She defeated Lina Gjorcheska of North Macedonia, winning 6-3, 6-2, and cruised into the next stage without dropping a set.
The men’s draw followed a similar script. Sixth-seeded American Taylor Fritz handled Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic in straight sets, winning 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.
But all eyes at the All England Club will turn to Centre Court later today. where Serena Williams is scheduled to play her first singles match in nearly four years. Williams. 44. will face 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia in what is her first singles outing since taking the court at the 2022 US Open.
Just as the day’s matchups build toward that moment, the tournament schedule also includes more marquee names. On Tuesday, women’s No. 3 seed Iga Swiatek is set to compete, along with men’s No. 2 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany and fourth-seeded American Ben Shelton.
Television coverage of Wimbledon is set to run through the ESPN family of networks.
Where: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
TV: ESPN
Streaming: ESPN+, Fubo
On the women’s side, the Day 2 results list included: Amanda Anisimova defeating Lina Gjorcheska of North Macedonia, 6-3, 6-2. Tyra Caterina Grant defeating Katie Boulter of Britain, 6-4, 6-2. Jasmine Paolini defeating Robin Montgomery of the U.S., 0-6, 6-4, 7-5. Madison Keys defeating Kayla Day of the U.S., 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3. Maria Sakkari of Greece defeating 24-Clara Tauson of Denmark, 6-3, 6-3. Karolina Pliskova of the Czechia defeating Tereza Valentova of Czechia, 6-3,
6-4. Katie Swan of Britain defeating Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania, 6-4, 6-4. Sofia Kenin of the U.S. defeating Petra Marcinko of Croatia, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia defeating Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5. Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland defeating Iryna Shymanovich of Belarus, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1. Maria Timofeeva of Russia defeating Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil, 6-3, 6-2. Talia Gibson of Australia vs. 21-Marie Bouzkova of Czechia. Taylor Townsend of the U.S.
vs. 3-Iga Swiatek of Poland. Serena Williams of the U.S. vs. Maya Joint of Australia. Lois Boisson of France vs. 2-Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan. 8-Elina Svitolina of Ukraine vs. Daria Snigur of Ukraine.
The Wimbledon men’s singles results featured: Adrian Mannarino of France defeating Titouan Droguet of France, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1. Kamil Majchrzak of Poland defeating 30-Alejandro Tabilo of Chile, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5. Yannick Hanfmann of Germany defeating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard of France, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (9), 6-2, 6-3. Jaime Faria of Portugal defeating Sho Shimabukuro of Japan, 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3. Valentin Royer of France defeating Harry Wendelken of Britain, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. 5-Alex
de Minaur of Australia defeating Roman Andres Burruchaga of Argentina, 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-0. Zachary Svajda of the U.S. defeating Pablo Llamas Ruiz of Spain, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4. 6-Taylor Fritz of the U.S. defeating Dusan Lajovic of Serbia, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Quentin Halys of France defeating 32-Matteo Arnaldi of Italy, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Arthur Fery of Britain defeating Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia-Herzegovina, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. Alexander Blockx of Belgium vs. 2-Alexander Zverev
of Germany. Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland vs. Matteo Berrettini of Italy. Otto Virtanen of Finland vs. 4-Ben Shelton of the U.S. Mariano Navone of Argentina vs. 9-Flavio Cobolli of Italy.
The day’s early matches moved fast. but they also framed the same question most viewers are likely holding right now: how quickly can the tournament pivot from routine work to a defining spotlight. For Williams. that spotlight comes this afternoon—after years of absence from singles action. and exactly the kind of opening-match energy that Day 2 has been building toward.
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