Wimbledon 2025 live: Tennis scores as Draper and Djokovic begin campaigns in searing heat

The long break is followed by, well, a break – whatever Clara Tauson was doing in between sets seems to have worked, though Heather Watson’s failure to land a first serve does give her something of a helping hand. Will that be the foothold the powerful Dane needs?

A bit of a worry as Clara Tauson disappears for some time between sets. Heather Watson is out on court and ready to serve – still we wait, though, for the Dane to re-emerge.

Eventually, here she comes. Let us hope that all is ok – you don’t want to be struggling with an ailment or injury in these conditions.

Tommy Paul has taken out the first set 6-4 against Johannus Monday.

Now then. A grass-court winner for the first time on Saturday, out of Wimbledon on Tuesday? It’s a real stumble out of the blocks from Jessica Pegula, tipped by some as a possible contender after that Bad Homburg Open win but already a set behind to Elisabetta Cocciaretto, who is serving superbly.

Ooh, this is some showing so far from Heather Watson. Broken early in the set, Watson reels off five straight games to snare it 6-2, with her return game particularly impressive. 23rd seed Clara Tauson is in a spot of real bother.

Another Brit keeping their cool is Katie Boulter, peering out from under an umbrella as she watches partner Alex de Minaur play Roberto Carballes Baena over on Court 18. After beating Spanish opposition yesterday in fine fashion, Boulter will be hoping her fiancé can do likewise.

De Minaur is a tricky player to figure out, seemingly always on the cusp of a breakthrough run at the majors but almost invariably finding himself out in the quarter-finals. A breach of Carballes Baena’s serve in game five represents a strong start.

Meanwhile, a break for Heather Watson, really starting to attack the serve of Clara Tauson and nudging her nose very much in front.

Some good hitting from Heather Watson as she holds for the third time with her match against Clara Tauson all on serve five games in. Watson has a towel filled with ice draped around her neck at the change of ends – it’s that sort of day.

Another of the Brits out on court early on Tuesday is the inappropriately named Johannus Monday. All of 6-foot-6, the southpaw could prove tricky opposition for 13th seed Tommy Paul, who has been to the last eight of both grand slams so far this year. Monday, from Hull, has had a good 12 months, taking out five World Tennis Tour titles and now making his major main draw debut. It’s 1-apiece in the early going.

Heather Watson is up first on Court 12, though faces a tough test against Clara Tauson if she is to join the seven Brits already through to round two. In fact, there’ll be plenty of home interest on that court this morning: Dan Evans faces compatriot Jay Clarke at the conclusion of Watson’s efforts.

The so-called “servebots” can be criticised during the grass-court swing, a fast and flat surface lending itself to those power-players who can slam the ball down at serious speed. There is more to Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard’s game than simply serving but the Frenchman really is something to watch with ball in hand – his 153mph serve against Taylor Fritz last night was a record for Wimbledon.

That match is intriguingly poised. The Frenchman looked set to dump out the fifth seed when he took a commanding lead in the fourth-set tie-break, but Fritz battled back to force a decider. You can understand why Mpetshi Perricard did not want the match to continue last night – refreshed and ready for a few more aces, they’ll go again at the conclusion of Jannik Sinner’s encounter with Luca Nardi on Court 1.

The fortunes of Jessica Pegula could be intriguing to follow over the next fortnight, the American slightly incongruous at third in the world rankings without a grand slam title to her name. The 31-year-old doesn’t have a great record here, reaching only a single quarter-final so far, but has begun to find her footing on grass and beat Iga Swiatek in straight sets at the Bad Homburg Open on Saturday to secure her first title on the surface.

Can she go deep this year? Elisabetta Cocciaretto, who she beat on her way to the last eight in 2023, is her opening opponent from 11am BST on Court No 2.