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Both Canadian women in the main draw are in action on the first day of Wimbledon, with Can-American qualifier Carson Branstine getting everything she could ask for in her Grand Slam debut.
The No. 1 Court at WImbledon. And the No. 1 player in the world.
You know what they say: go hard or go home. She went pretty hard in the second set but in the end, level won out
As for Leylah Fernandez, the No. 29 seed, she had a good court assignment as well, as she played 16-year-old British wild card Hannah Klugman. And got through fairly routinely.
On the upsets side, some notables went out – including former finalist Ons Jabeur and No. 9 Paula Badosa (whose other other half, Stefanos Tsitsipas, also went out with a wonky back after two sets).
(Wimbledon is five hours ahead of EDT).
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Wimbledon
Location: Roehampton, England
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Dates: June 29 – July , 2025
Draws: S128 – D64 – X32
Monday, June 29, 2025
Final results
Ladies’ singles, first round
Cancelled
[5] Qinwen Zheng (CHN) v Katerina Siniakova (CZE)
Canadian content
[29] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) def [WC] Hannah Klugman (GBR) 61 63
[1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def [Q] Carson Branstine (CAN) 61 75
Injury retirements
Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) def Ons Jabeur (TUN) 76 (5) 20 retd
Bagels
[13] Amanda Anisimova (USA) def Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 60 60
Extra time
[Q] Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) def Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 64 67 (5) 76 [10-8]
Upsets
Katie Boulter (GBR) def [9] Paula Badosa (ESP) 62 36 64
Sonay Kartal (GBR) def [20] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 75 26 61
Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) def [32] McCartney Kessler (USA) 61 76 (3)
Notables
Naomi Osaka (JPN) def [Q] Talia Gibson (AUS) 64 76 (4)
Emma Raducanu (GBR) def [WC] Mingge Xu (GBR) 63 63
Seeds scuffling
[4] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def [PR] Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) 26 63 62
[6] Madison Keys (USA) def Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 67 (4) 75 75
Seeds cruising
[12] Diana Shnaider (RUS) def Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) 76 (5) 63
[14] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def Anna Bondar (HUN) 63 61
[21] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) def Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) 76 (7) 64
[22] Donna Vekic (CRO) def Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 60 64
[24] Elise Mertens (BEL) def [Q] Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 64 62
[30] Linda Noskova (CZE) def Bernarda Pera (USA) 62 64
[31] Ashlyn Krueger (USA) def [WC] Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR) 63 62
Other results – three-setters
Dalma Galfi (HUN) def [WC] Harriet Dart (GBR) 36 63 75
Eva Lys (GER) def Yue Yuan (CHN) 64 57 62
[Q] Diane Parry (FRA) def [Q] Petra Martic (CRO) 46 63 62
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) def Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 46 63 62
Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) def Aoi Ito (JPN) 57 63 62
Other results – two setters
Marie Bouzkova (CZE) def Lulu Sun (NZL) 64 64
Cristina Bucsa (ESP) def Anca Todoni (ROU) 64 64
Olga Danilovic (SRB) def [Q] Shuai Zhang (CHN) 62 64
Ann Li (USA) def Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 63 46 61
Laura Siegemund (GER) def Peyton Stearns (USA) 64 62
Greet Minnen (BEL) [LL] Solana Sierra (ARG) def Olivia Gadecki (AUS) 62 76 (8)
Renata Zarazua (MEX) def [PR] Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 60 63
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