Federer and Djokovic win first-round matches

Wimbledon got underway today, and I listened to most of the action at work via Radio Wimbledon. Federer played Lu Yen-hsun from Taipei and had little trouble, winning in straight sets. Djokovic played later in the afternoon against Julien Benneteau, and it was not a cakewalk for him. After a close first set, he lost the tiebreaker. The second set also went to a tiebreaker, as neither man had broken serve at that point. Luckily for Djokovic, he turned things around at the right moment and won the second set. After that Benneteau took a nasty fall which shook him up and gave Djokovic more momentum. The third set was easily won by Novak, and then he finished off the match in the fourth. Benneteau took another spill right before match point and banged up his knee. He had to use a medical time-out but eventually did finish the match. The other half of the draw plays tomorrow, including Roddick, Murray, and del Potro.