Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - June 27, 2022 Britain's Emma Raducanu celebrates winning her first round match against Belgium's Alison Van Uytvanck REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - Highlights on day one of the Wimbledon tennis championships on Monday (all times GMT):

Spanish 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz, the youngest man in the draw, came through a tight opening match with a 4-6 7-5 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4 victory over Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff.

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Emma Raducanu marked her Centre Court debut with a 6-4 6-4 win over 10th seed Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium. Britain's U.S. Open champion was playing her first match since retiring from a match due to a rib injury three weeks ago.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina stunned seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz, a semi-finalist last year, 7-6(4) 6-4 5-7 2-6 7-6(8) to secure his first win at Wimbledon on his second appearance.

Joining the Spaniard in the next round was third seed Casper Ruud, who beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-6(1) 7-6(9) 6-2.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic beat South Korea's Kwon Soon-woo 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 on Centre Court for his 80th match win at Wimbledon, which made the Serb the first player to record 80 singles victories at all four Grand Slams.

Play was suspended on the outside courts due to rain as action continued under the closed roofs on Centre Court and Court One.

Third seed Ons Jabeur powered past Mirjam Bjorklund 6-1 6-3. The Tunisian, a quarter-finalist last year, showed no signs of being hampered by the knee injury that forced her out of the Eastbourne tune-up event.

Play got underway again following a suspension due to rain.

Play began under cloudy skies at Wimbledon, with the temperature hovering around 19 degrees Celsius (66.2 degrees Fahrenheit).

Reporting by Hritika Sharma and Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru, Editing by Ed Osmond

Source: Reuters

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