Top seed Kerber eases into second round

London - World number one Angelique Kerber started her quest to return to the Wimbledon final with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over American qualifier Irina Falconi in the first round on Tuesday.

Kerber was beaten by Serena Williams in the All England Club title match last year and is among the favourites to make it back to the final despite a rocky run in 2017.

The German, winner of the Australian and US Opens last year, will face Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens or Japan's Misaki Doi for a place in the last 32.

Wimbledon results on Tuesday, the second day of the 2017 championships at the All England Club (x denotes seeding):

Men

1st rd

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-2, 7-5, 6-4

Mischa Zverev (GER x27) bt Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-4, 6-3, 6-4

Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt Vctor Estrella (DOM) 6-1, 6-1, 6-2

Adam Pavlsek (CZE) bt Ernesto Escobedo (USA) 6-7 (7/9), 6-1, 6-3, 6-1

Women

1st rd

Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Kiki Bertens (NED x23) 7-6 (7/4), 7-5

Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) bt Magda Linette (POL) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3

Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) bt Monica Niculescu (ROM) 6-4, 6-1

Tatjana Malek (GER) bt Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 6-3, 2-2 -- retired

Coco Vandeweghe (USA x24) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 7-5, 6-2