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SA's Scheepers to face Serena

Cape Town - South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers may have won her first round match at Wimbledon, but world No 1 Serena Williams now awaits.

Scheepers, ranked 94 in the world, started her campaign on a high note on Tuesday, beating America's world No 49 Christina McHale 6-3, 6-3.

However, she now faces Williams in her next match on Thursday.

Williams, a five-time winner at the All England Club, made light work of compatriot Anna Tatishvili on Tuesday, winning their first round duel 6-1, 6-2.

Wimbledon results on Tuesday, the second day of the 2014 championships at the All England Club (x denotes seeded player):

Men

First round

Sam Querrey (USA) bt Bradley Klahn (USA) 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-1, 7-5
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x14) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 6-1, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Stan Wawrinka (SUI x5) bt Joo Sousa (POR) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) bt Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
Julian Reister (GER) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 4-6, 7-5
Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x32) 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
Feliciano Lopez (ESP x19) bt Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (9/7)
Ante Pavic (CRO) bt Alejandro Falla (COL) 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Federico Del Bonis (ARG) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5
John Isner (USA x9) bt Daniel Smethurst (GBR) 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
Jerzy Janowicz (POL x15) bt Somdev Devvarman (IND) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) bt Michal Przysiezny (POL) 6-2, 6-7 (14/16), 6-1, 6-4
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) bt Pere Riba (ESP) 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
Tommy Robredo (ESP x23) bt Luks Lacko (SVK) 7-6 (7/5), 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
Marcel Granollers (ESP x30) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-4, 7-6 (8/6), 6-7 (7/9), 6-4
Santiago Giraldo (COL) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) 6-1, 7-5, 6-0
Gilles Muller (LUX) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-4, 7-6 (8/6), 7-6 (7/5)
Roger Federer (SUI x4) bt Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
Milos Raonic (CAN x8) bt Matthew Ebden (AUS) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
Jack Sock (USA) bt Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4
Lukasz Kubot (POL) bt Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) 7-6 (8/6), 6-4, 6-4
Dusan Lajovic (SRB) bt Guillermo Garca-Lpez (ESP x28) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 3-6, 3-6, 6-3
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x22) bt Igor Sijsling (NED) 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Simone Bolelli (ITA) bt Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 7-5, 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 7-6 (7/5)
Denis Kudla (USA) bt Marsel Ilhan (TUR) 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Kei Nishikori (JPN x10) bt Kenny De Schepper (FRA) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 7-5
Richard Gasquet (FRA x13) bt James Duckworth (AUS) 6-7 (3/7), 6-3, 3-6, 6-0, 6-1
Nick Kyrgios (AUS) bt Stphane Robert (FRA) 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/1), 6-7 (6/8), 6-2
Jiri Vesely (CZE) bt Vctor Estrella (DOM) 5-1 - retired
Gael Monfils (FRA x24) bt Malek Jaziri (TUN) 7-6 (7/5), 7-5, 6-4
Frank Dancevic (CAN) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO x29) 6-4, 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4)
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Luks Rosol (CZE) bt Benot Paire (FRA) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4
Rafael Nadal (ESP x2) bt Martin Klizan (SVK) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3

Women

First round

Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Anna Tatishvili (USA) 6-1, 6-2
Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) bt Christina McHale (USA) 6-3, 6-3
Petra Cetkovska (CZE) bt Jovana Jaksic (SRB) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
Alize Cornet (FRA x25) bt Anna Karolna Schmiedlov (SVK) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Andrea Petkovic (GER x20) bt Katarzyna Piter (POL) 6-1, 6-4
Irina Begu (ROM) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA) 1-6, 6-4, 7-5
Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) bt Olga Govortsova (BLR) 6-2, 6-3
Eugnie Bouchard (CAN x13) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 7-5, 7-5
Angelique Kerber (GER x9) bt Urszula Radwanska (POL) 6-2, 6-4
Heather Watson (GBR) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 6-3, 6-2
Lourdes Domnguez (ESP) bt Petra Martic (CRO) 6-0, 6-1
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x24) bt Tamira Paszek (AUT) 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2
Alison Riske (USA) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS x26) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
Camila Giorgi (ITA) bt Alexandra Cadantu (ROM) 6-1, 7-6 (7/5)
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) bt Sharon Fichman (CAN) 6-1, 6-3
Maria Sharapova (RUS x5) bt Samantha Murray (GBR) 6-1, 6-0
Simona Halep (ROM x3) bt Teliana Pereira (BRA) 6-2, 6-2
Lesya Tsurenko (UKR) bt Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) 6-3, 6-0
Donna Vekic (CRO) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x21) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Belinda Bencic (SUI) bt Magdalna Rybrikov (SVK) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Victoria Duval (USA) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM x29) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Karolna Plskov (CZE) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 10-8
Carla Surez Navarro (ESP x15) bt Zhang Shuai (CHN) 6-1, 6-2
Ana Ivanovic (SRB x11) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 7-6 (8/6), 6-4
Zheng Jie (CHN) bt Annika Beck (GER) 6-1, 6-3
Karolna Plskov (CZE) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 10-8
Sabine Lisicki (GER x19) bt Julia Glushko (ISR) 6-2, 6-1
Klara Koukalova (CZE x31) bt Taylor Townsend (USA) 7-5, 6-2
Madison Keys (USA) bt Mnica Puig (PUR) 6-3, 6-3
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) bt Kristna Plskov (CZE) 3-6, 6-4, 8-6
Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x7) 6-3, 6-2
Caroline Garcia (FRA) bt Sara Errani (ITA x14) 2-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) 6-7 (6/8), 6-2, 6-2
Michelle Larcher de Brito (POR) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x28) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) bt Andreea Mitu (ROM) 6-2, 6-1
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x16) bt Shahar Peer (ISR) 6-3, 6-0
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