Wimbledon 2016 Results: Winners, Scores, Stats from Monday’s Singles Bracket

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Published: June 27, 2016

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Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Garbine Muguruza avoided upsets in the first round of Wimbledon 2016 on Monday.

So too did the likes of Kei Nishikori, Milos Raonic and Marin Cilic in the men's draw while world No. 772 Marcus Willis provided the upset of the day as he stunned Ricardas Berankis—a full 718 places above him.

In the women's singles, Simona Halep, Madison Keys and Sam Stosur were among the seeds to progress, as was Angelique Kerber after she knocked out British hopeful Laura Robson.

Here are all the scores from an eventful first day at the All England Club, and read on for a closer look at how some of the top players got on:



 

Men's DrawDefending champion Djokovic kicked off his Wimbledon campaign strongly, taking his first set against James Ward with a bagel in less than half an hour.

The Brit quickly found himself 3-0 down in the second set but impressively fought back to force a tiebreaker. Djokovic clinically saw it out, however, and in doing so seemed to put an end to Ward's resistance.

An early break for Djokovic proved the difference in the final set, with Ward valiantly attempting to break his illustrious opponent but unable to clinch it. As BBC Tennis revealed, the world No. 1 was delighted to be back on Centre Court:



As noted by Carl Bialik of ESPN's FiveThirtyEight, Djokovic is closing in on a remarkable achievement:



Meanwhile, Philipp Kohlschreiber was the unfortunate man to receive a dubious honour at this year's tournament, per the New York Times' Ben Rothenberg:



Despite Federer and Djokovic returning to action, Willis undoubtedly produced the story of the day—having come incredibly close to giving up on the sport, per Sky Sports' Paul Prenderville, he has now reached the second round and guaranteed prize money of at least £47,000.

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