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French Open finalists Djokovic, Tsitsipas endure differing Wimbledon fortunes

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There were differing fortunes for the pair on the opening day at SW19.
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French Open finalists Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas endured differing fortunes on the opening day of Wimbledon.

The pair were playing their first match since Djokovic came from two sets down to win in Paris 15 days ago and the Serbian overcame a tricky start to make it through to the second round.

The defending champion opened play on Centre Court against British debutant Jack Draper and was stunned to drop the opening set.

He said: "There have been times that I was much more motivated than this. But that's no reason for me not to play well.

"The conditions are the same for each single player. The bubble makes it really tiring week by week.

"It's certainly very difficult when you know mentally you're going to go from one bubble, being in that bubble two-and-a-half weeks, maybe even more than that, like close to a month, to be honest.

"Just like two weeks later you still have to undergo the same procedure and the same thing again.

"It's just not easy. It's a challenge on its own already. But I don't want to put emphasis to that too much. We had a match today, (I) had my opportunities.

"My opponent played much better, significantly better, than me. There wasn't the drive that I was hoping for. There wasn't that same fighting spirit that I usually put out on the court."

Andrey Rublev made it through to the second round (AELTC Pool/PA)

Fifth seed Andrey Rublev equalled his best run at SW19 with a four-set victory over Federico Delbonis.

The Russian lost the first set but came back to win 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 and make it through to the second round.

Kevin Anderson has tumbled down the rankings since making it to the 2018 final but Wimbledon always brings the best out of him and he got off to a winning start against Chilean Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera.

He also went a set down but recovered to progress with a 6-7 (4) 6-4 6-4 7-6 (4) victory.

2019 semi-finalist Roberta Bautista Agut beat Australian John Millman 6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6 (4), but rising star and 19th seed Jannick Sinner went out, losing 5-7 6-3 7-5 6-3 to Marton Fucsovics.

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