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London - Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams eased into the second round at the All England Club with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Paraguay's Rossana De Los Rios on Monday.
Williams dominated Wimbledon for much of the last decade, reaching eight of the last 10 finals, and the second seed looks in the mood for another long run in the tournament after crushing De Los Rios.
She has the extra motivation of wanting to avenge her defeat to sister Serena in last year's final and there was never any chance of an upset late in the day on Court One.
"It's good to be back. I love playing on the grass," Venus said. "It was pretty straightforward out there but it's just the first round and I'll try to play better with each match."
The 30-year-old hasn't been in the best of form on the WTA Tour of late, but she is always a far more formidable force in the grand slams - and never more so than when she can feel the grass of the All England Club under her feet.
Venus took a few games to find her rhythm but once she did De Los Rios posed only the weakest of challenges to her progress.
With the first set in the bag, Venus began to unload a barrage of vicious winners from the back of the court.
While her reliance on a power-game will never please the purists there are few women who can live with such a brutal assault, especially on the quicker grass courts.
A pair of breaks in the second set put the result beyond doubt and Venus briefly relaxed enough for De Los Rios to win a couple of games before the American sealed a routine victory.
Collated results on the first day of Wimbledon at the All England Club on Monday (x denotes seeding):
Men
First round:
Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Alejandro Falla (COL) 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/1), 6-0
Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) bt Nicolas Massu (CHI) 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9/7)
Arnaud Clement (FRA) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
Peter Luczak (AUS) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP x30) 2-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-2, 7-5
Feliciano Lopez (ESP x22) bt Jesse Levine (USA) 7-6 (7/2), 3-6, 6-2, 6-3
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) bt Carsten Ball (AUS) 6-2, 6-0, 3-6, 7-6 (7/5)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) bt Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
Jurgen Melzer (AUT x16) bt Dustin Brown (JAM) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Tomas Berdych (CZE x12) bt Andrey Golubev (KAZ) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 6-2
Benjamin Becker (GER) bt Ryan Sweeting (USA) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
Rainer Schuettler (GER) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x20) 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-3
Victor Hanescu (ROM x31) bt Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
Marsel Ilhan (TUR) bt Marcos Daniel (BRA) 6-7 (4/7), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
Daniel Brands (GER) bt Igor Andreev (RUS) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/4), 7-5
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x7) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 3-6, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 9-7
Taylor Dent (USA) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 6-3, 6-7 (2/7), 7-6 (7/3), 7-5
Brendan Evans (USA) bt Jesse Huta Galung (NED) 6-3, 7-6 (14/12), 6-3
Albert Montanes (ESP x28) bt Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2
Gael Monfils (FRA x21) bt Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6-1, 7-6 (11/9), 6-2
Karol Beck (SVK) bt Santiago Ventura (ESP) 6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) bt Eduardo Schwank (ARG) 6-1, 7-6 (10/8), 4-6, 6-2
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x15) bt Maximo Gonzalez (ARG) 5-7, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2
Florian Mayer (GER) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x11) 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7/1)
Mardy Fish (USA) bt Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-3, 7-6 (10/8), 6-2
Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) bt Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
Michal Przysiezny (POL) bt Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x17) 7-5, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x29) bt Potito Starace (ITA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Ramon Delgado (PAR) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
Michael Llodra (FRA) bt Jesse Witten (USA) 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3
Andy Roddick (USA x5) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
Women:
First round:
Kim Clijsters (BEL x8) bt Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 6-0, 6-3
Karolina Sprem (CRO) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 6-3, 6-4
Shenay Perry (USA) bt Anastasiya Yakimova (BLR) 6-2, 4-6, 9-7
Maria Kirilenko (RUS x27) bt Stefanie Vogele (SWI) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5
Justine Henin (BEL x17) bt Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 6-4, 6-3
Kristina Barrois (GER) bt Mariia Koryttseva (UKR) 6-3, 6-4
Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) bt Patty Schnyder (SUI) 6-0, 6-2
Nadia Petrova (RUS x12) bt Tatjana Malek (GER) 6-4, 6-3
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL x15) bt Alison Riske (USA) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) bt Stephanie Dubois (CAN) 6-4, 6-4
Andrea Hlavackova (CZE) bt Noppawan Lertcheewakarn (THA) 6-3, 6-2
Vera Zvonareva (RUS x21) bt Nuria Llagostera (ESP) 6-4, 6-1
Alona Bondarenko (UKR x28) bt Katie O'Brien (GBR) 6-3, 6-7 (10/12), 6-4
Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 6-4, 7-5
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) bt Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 7-5, 7-5
Jelena Jankovic (SRB x4) bt Laura Robson (GBR) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5)
Vera Dushevina (RUS) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA x5) 6-7 (0/7), 7-5, 6-1
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) bt Anna Lapushchenkova (RUS) 6-0, 7-6 (9/7)
Regina Kulikova (RUS) bt Melanie South (GBR) 6-1, 6-2
Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ x30) bt Polona Hercog (SLO) 6-1, 6-4
Greta Arn (HUN) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR x34) 7-6 (7/1), 3-6, 6-3
Alicia Molik (AUS) bt Zuzana Kucova (SVK) 6-2, 7-5
Petra Martic (CRO) bt Elena Baltacha (GBR) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
Marion Bartoli (FRA x11) bt Julia Goerges (GER) 6-4, 6-3
Shahar Peer (ISR x13) bt Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 6-3, 6-4
Angelique Kerber (GER) bt Sania Mirza (IND) 6-4, 6-1
Jarmila Groth (AUS) bt Renata Voracova (CZE) 6-4, 6-3
Melanie Oudin (USA x33) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 6-3, 6-0
Alisa Kleybanova (RUS x26) bt Sandra Zahlavova (CZE) 6-2, 6-3
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) bt Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-4, 6-1
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt Agnes Szavay (HUN) 6-4, 7-6 (7/2)
Venus Williams (USA x2) bt Rossana De Los Ríos (PAR) 6-3, 6-2
