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London – Defending champion Novak Djokovic got his campaign for a fifth Wimbledon title off to a winning start on Monday, seeing off Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-3, 7-5, 6-3.

Top seed and world number one Djokovic had to recover from early breaks in both of the first two sets as well as a nasty fall on the Centre Court grass.

Djokovic, chasing a 16th career major, will faces Denis Kudla of the United States for a place in the last 32.

Wimbledon results on Monday (x denotes seeding):

Men

1st round

Denis Kudla (USA) bt Malek Jaziri (TUN) 6-4, 6-1, 6-3

Kevin Anderson (RSA x4) bt Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2

Stan Wawrinka (SUI x22) bt Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Reilly Opelka (USA) bt Cedrik-Marcel Stebe (GER) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 6-1

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Marcos Giron (USA) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

Steve Darcis (BEL) bt Mischa Zverev (GER) 6-2, 6-4, 6-4

Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x23) bt Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3

Women

1st round

Elina Svitolina (UKR x8) bt Daria Gavrilova (AUS) 7-5, 6-0

Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) bt Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) 6-4, 6-4

Marie Bouzkova (CZE) bt Mona Barthel (GER) 6-3, 6-3

Maria Sakkari (GRE x31) bt Bernarda Pera (USA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3

Petra Martic (CRO x24) bt Jennifer Brady (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

Heather Watson (GBR) bt Caty McNally (USA) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2

Anett Kontaveit (EST x20) bt Shelby Rogers (USA) 6-0, 3-6, 6-4

Karolina Pliskova (CZE x3) bt Zhu Lin (CHN) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4)

Madison Keys (USA x17) bt Luksika Kumkhum (THA) 6-3, 6-2

Polona Hercog (SLO) bt Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 7-5

Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) bt Aryna Sabalenka (BLR x10) 6-2, 6-4

Sofia Kenin (USA x27) bt Astra Sharma (AUS) 6-4, 6-2

Dayana Yastremska (UKR) bt Camila Giorgi (ITA) 6-3, 6-3

Viktorija Golubic (SUI) bt Iga Swiatek (POL) 6-2, 7-6 (7/3)