Wimbledon: Roger Federer had a familiar result on an unfamiliar court in the first round at Wimbledon. The Swiss six-time champion was assigned to play his opening game on Court 1 instead of on Centre Court at the All England Club for the first time since 2003, but was his usual dominant self in beating Albert Ramos 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 on Monday.
Federer broke Ramos eight times while losing his serve once in the first set.
The 16-time Grand Slam champion is looking to equal the record of seven Wimbledon titles held by Pete Sampras and William Renshaw.
In another first-round match, eighth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic outplayed David Nalbandian of Argentina. It was Nalbandian's first match since being disqualified for injuring a line judge during the Queen's Club final by kicking an advertisement board against his shin.
Nalbandian controlled his emotions on Monday, but still lost 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-2 against the Serb.
The 2002 Wimbledon finalist said he felt good support from the crowd despite the incident at Queen's, and that "I think everybody understood (it) wasn't a good thing that I did, but was very unlucky as well."
Nalbandian was fined by the ATP and docked 150 ranking points for unsportsmanlike conduct.
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