Seven-time champion Roger Federer and two-time winner Rafael Nadal were a pair of opening-round winners on a steamy Tuesday at Wimbledon.
The second-seeded former world No. 1 great Federer flattened Bosnian Damir Dzumhur 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 on Centre Court at the All England Club.
The 17-time Grand Slam king Federer has reached nine finals at The Championships and is seeking a men's-record eighth title here. He lost to Novak Djokovic in a dramatic five-set final a year ago.
Meanwhile, the 10th-seeded former No. 1 Nadal handled Brazilian fellow left- hander Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
The 14-time Grand Slam titlist Nadal is 2-3 in Wimbledon finals, including a victory over Federer in the 2008 title tilt -- one of the greatest matches in the history of the sport.
French star Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, seeded 13th, needed just under four hours to outlast Luxembourg left-hander Gilles Muller 7-6 (10-8), 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 on an 86-degree afternoon.
In other action involving seeds, No. 20 Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut got past Belgian Ruben Bemelmans 6-1, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6); No. 22 Serb Viktor Troicki bested Kazakhstan's Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; No. 23 Croat Ivo Karlovic slammed 42 aces in topping Swede Elias Ymer 6-7 (2-7), 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7-2); No. 25 Italian Andreas Seppi whipped Aussie Brydan Klein 6-3, 6-2, 6-2; No. 30 Italian Fabio Fognini foiled American Tim Smyczek 6-4, 6-3, 6-2; and Aussie Sam Groth dismissed No. 31 American Jack Sock 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 at this grass-court fortnight.
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