Ana Ivanovic breaks the Francesca Schiavone serve in the fifth game to go 3-2 clear in the second set. The 2008 French Open champion is now just three games away from victory on Court One.

Image source, Radek Stepanek

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Novak Djokovic plays Radek Stepanek on third on Centre Court on Wednesday.

Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

"Rafael Nadal has made an early exit for the last two years, and was relieved to come back from a set down against Martin Klizan this time. 'When you go on court and you lost last year in the first round, the year before in the second round, I'm not going to lie to anybody - sure, it stays in your mind. But in the end it's a tennis match. And winning Roland Garros, you are able to go on court with a little bit less pressure than if you don't win there, and that helps.'"

Vera Zvonareva holds serve to 30 as Britain's Tara Moore shanks a backhand and clinches the set 6-4 on court three.

The ball boys and girls working on Centre Court will be getting a well-earned rest shortly as Simona Halep breaks Teliana Pereira for the second time in the second set to lead 3-0.

Piers Newbery
BBC Sport at Wimbledon

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"Tara Moore is the last Brit battling away in the first round of singles and she trails Vera Zvonareva 5-3 on court two. The 29-year-old Russian is a former finalist and was given a wildcard after slipping to 566 in the world, following 18 months out with illness and injury."

Ana Ivanovic fights back from 4-1 down in the tie-break to win it 8-6 and take the first set against Francesca Schiavone on Court One. Just the 52 minutes for that set. Serena Williams only needs another nine minutes to wrap up her win earlier today.

Third seed Simona Halep races through her service game to win the first set 6-2 against Teliana Pereira on Centre Court. Halep has won (90% of points on her first serve and an impressive 78% on her second serve.

Simona Halep has a couple of set points in the seventh game with some smart net play, but she can't convert either and Teliana Pereira holds. Still, third seed Halep is very much in the driving seat and will serve for the set.

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It's tie-break time on Court One as Francesca Schiavone holds serve to 30 when Ana Ivanovic fires a backhand into the net in the first set.

Virginia Wade
1977 Wimbledon champion on BBC TV

"It is great to see Schiavone playing with such variety and skill. When she won the French Open in 2010 everyone loved it because she is one of a kind. Even on clay she is not afraid to come to the net. She stayed aggressive and it paid off."

Teliana Pereira's serve looks pretty vulnerable at the moment and third seed Simona Halep takes full advantage, converting the second of six break points to go 4-1 clear in the first set.

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We're going with serve on Court One in the first set between 2010 French Open champion Francesca Schiavone and 11th seed and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic. Ivanovic leads 5-4.

As the light begins to fade on Centre Court, Simona Halep breaks the Teliana Pereira serve to lead 2-0. The third seed and French Open finalist will be hoping for a quick win rather than having to potentially come back and finish the match tomorrow.

Former champion Maria Sharapova spent just 58 minutes on court as she brushed aside Britain's Samantha Murray 6-1 6-0.

Elsewhere, Caroline Wozniacki, the former world number one, beat Shahar Peer to set up a meeting with Britain's Naomi Broady.

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Agnieszka Radwanska, the 2012 finalist, last year's runner-up Sabine Lisicki and 13th seed Eugenie Bouchard also progressed.

Dmitry Tursunov, the men's 32nd seed, has exited the competition at the first round stage, losing 7-5 6-4 3-6 6-2 to Uzbek opponent Denis Istomin on court 19.

Tursunov of Russia reached the third round at the US Open last year and the 2014 French Open, but has been unable to carry his recent decent Slam form into Wimbledon.

Seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer made quick work of Italian Paolo Lorenzi to progress to the second round but world number two Rafael Nadal had to come from a set down to beat Slovak Martin Klizan.

Elsewhere, Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka beat Joao Sousa for the loss of 10 games while Milos Raonic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga also won.

Tracy Austin
Two-time Grand Slam champion on BBC TV

"That was a very impressive performance from Kaia Kanepi against Jelena Jankovic. Tremendous serving, a commanding performance from the baseline with so much power and pace and she held her nerve superbly at the end."

Fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska opens proceedings on Centre Court tomorrow when she plays Casey Dellacqua.

Next up, Grigor Dimitrov plays Luke Saville before top seed Novak Djokovic takes on Radek Stepanek.