Wimbledon Day 2: The Women

First round winners in the women's singles at Wimbledon today were: Amelie Mauresmo, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Maria Sharapova, Jelena Jankovic, Venus Williams, Katarina Srebotnik, Yvonne Meusburger, Bethanie Mattek, Eleni Daniilidou, Samantha Stosur, Sania Mirza, Agnes Szavay, Olga Govortsova, Tatiana Poutchek, Daniela Hantuchova, Alize Cornet, Michaella Krajicek, Anna Chakvetadze, Jarmila Gajdosova, Nadia Petrova, Elena Vesnina, Elena Likhovtseva, Milagros Sequera, Hana Sromova, Emilie Loit, Nika Ozegovic, Katie O'Brien, Ai Sugiyama, and Alona Bondarenko.

The defending Champion, Amelie Muresmo of France, said afterwards that she feels better playing here - as the defending champion on grass at Wimbledon - than she did in France.

I think it's more than the surface and the confidence that comes of winning the championship before. I think there's much less pressure on her when she's not carrying the dreams of the French fans for a French woman to win the French Open.

By the way, there are other French players, like Nicolas Mahut, who actually prefer the grass and like the serve-and-volley game.

Go figure: the red clay of Roland Garros is legendary, but it doesn't help the French players. It's made to order for the Spaniards though ;-)

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