Wimbledon 2023 LIVE: Relive coverage of day one of 2023 event

Summary

Sofia Kenin beats women's seventh seed Coco Gauff 6-4 4-6 6-2
Venus Williams loses to Elina Svitolina after nasty slip on Centre Court
GB's Liam Broady, Jan Choinski and Jodie Burrage through, but Harriet Dart and Katie Swan go out
GB's Dan Evans loses first two sets to Quentin Halys on Court Two before bad light ends play
Men's champion Novak Djokovic defeats Pedro Cachin in straight sets to reach second round
Women's world number one Iga Swiatek beats Zhu Lin 6-1 6-3

Live Reporting

Michael Beardmore and Joe Rindl

Game and first set Svitolinapublished at 18:33 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
*Williams 4-6 0-0 Svitolina
And the Ukrainian gets over the line as Venus Williams finds the net.
American Williams broke Elina Svitolina early and was well on top but has suffered after twisting her knee.
Image source, Reuters
Set point Svitolinapublished at 18:33 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
Williams 4-5 Svitolina*
A second set point as Williams can't return Svitolina's serve.
Break point savedpublished at 18:32 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
Williams 4-5 Svitolina*
Saved again. Elina Svitolina manipulates the ball around the court beautifully.
Postpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
Williams 4-5 Svitolina*
Annabel Croft
Former British number one on BBC Radio 5 Live
Venus Williams is rushing and wanting to get the points away quickly, that's where the errors are coming from.
Break point Williamspublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
Williams 4-5 Svitolina*
Another winner from Venus Williams. Another opportunity to break.
Break point savedpublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
Williams 4-5 Svitolina*
A brilliant second serve gets Venus Williams in a tangle. Deuce.
Break point Williamspublished at 18:30 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
Williams 4-5 Svitolina*
She's doing better than holding on. She wins three on the bounce and now has break point. 30-40.
'Williams is hanging on'published at 18:29 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
Williams 4-5 Svitolina*
Sam Smith
Former British number one on BBC TV
The five-time champion showing why she has won here so many times on Centre Court. What resistance from Venus Williams. Hanging on in this opening set.
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Crowd willing Venus onpublished at 18:29 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Wimbledon
Another hearty cheer from the Centre Court fans as Venus Williams, battling to hold serve, cracks down an ace.
A lot of love here for both players.
The 43-year-old American is edging the support, though, as the near-full stadium wills her on.
Think everyone is just hoping she makes it through this match without having to retire or do any serious damage.
A lot of wincing, too.
Postpublished at 18:29 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
Williams 4-5 Svitolina*
Elina Svitolina aces and Venus Williams then errors one into the net.
The Ukrainian is two points away from the opening set.
Swan holds to stay in first setpublished at 18:28 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
Swan 5-5 Bencic*
The pressure is on Katie Swan as Belinda Bencic moves two points away from the first set.
An ace - her eighth of the match - followed by a terrific forehand winner get her out of trouble. Another scorching first serve finds the line, and Bencic can't get the next in play.
Ten games down and still these two are locked together. An early evening treat on court two.
Williams holdspublished at 18:27 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
Williams 4-5 Svitolina*
And Williams takes the next two points to hold serve and hang on at the end of this first set.
Over to you Elina Svitolina.
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Set point savedpublished at 18:25 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
*Williams 3-5 Svitolina
But she misses out, striking the net with a backhand.
Set point Svitolinapublished at 18:25 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
*Williams 3-5 Svitolina
An error at the net from Williams gives Svitolina her first set point.
Deucepublished at 18:24 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
*Williams 3-5 Svitolina
Williams gets game point with a looping, unreturnable serve.
But another error brings up deuce.
Postpublished at 18:23 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
*Williams 3-5 Svitolina
Another big point coming up as Venus Williams loses her shape and forehands into the net.
30-30.
Svitolina holdspublished at 18:21 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
*Williams 3-5 Svitolina
Elina Svitolina races through another service game. She's one away from taking the first set.
Image source, Reuters
'The players could not be moving more differently'published at 18:20 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
Williams 3-4 Svitolina*
Annabel Croft
Former British number one on BBC TV
The players couldn't be moving and walking more differently. Venus slowly walked towards her chair and it was a bit of an effort to sit into it, but Svitolina is bouncing around. She wants to get on with this match, and bring as much energy, She is having to cope with so much pace.
Watch Williams' nasty knee injurypublished at 18:20 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
And here is that moment which has completely changed the complexion of this tie...
Media caption,
Wimbledon 2023: Crowd silenced as Venus Williams slips on court against Elina Svitolina
Postpublished at 18:19 British Summer Time 3 July 2023
Jonathan Jurejko
BBC Sport at Wimbledon
The grass courts are Wimbledon at always lush on the first couple of days, which often leads to players slipping more.
Many of you will remember Venus Williams' younger sister Serena falling during her match here in 2021 and having to retire from her match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich as a result.
Television replays showed Venus Williams seemed to hyperextend her leg in this evening's incident, but the assessment from the doctors did not lead to a medical time-out.
She's barely moving out there, but who needs to move when you can whack away winners like she has been.
Not sure that'll be enough to get her through to victory, though.