Wimbledon 2011: First Round - - Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams Cruised into Second Round

Wimbledon 2011: First Round - - Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams Cruised into Second Round

WINBLEDON, England - The Spaniard Rafael Nadal kicked off the defence of his Wimbledon title with a straight-sets victory on Monday over American Michael Russell.

Top seed Nadal took the honour of opening the tournament on Centre Court as the defending champion, and just took less than two hours to come through 6-4 6-2 6-2.

On the women’s single round the defending champion and 5-time winner American Venus Williams, back on her favourite grass court, cruised into the second round of Wimbledon with a straight-set win over 97th-ranked Akgul Amanmuradova of Uzbekistan. 

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