Williams recovered from early stumble at Wimbledon
Published:Tuesday | June 23, 2009 | 12:15 PM
Five-time champion Venus Williams recovered from an early stumble in her opening match at Wimbledon today to beat Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland 6-3, 6-2.
It was Williams\' first appearance on Centre Court since the 2008 final, when she beat sister Serena for her second Wimbledon title in a row.
Top-ranked Dinara Safina opened another bid for her first Grand Slam title by beating Lourdes Dominguez Lino 7-5, 6-3, while former Number One Jelena Jankovic beat Julia Goerges 6-4, 7-6
Kimiko Date Krumm, a 38 year old wild card who came out of retirement last year, lost in her first Wimbledon match since 1996 to Number 9-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.
On the men\'s side, Two-time runner-up Andy Roddick beat Jeremy Chardy 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 Number 5 seed Juan Martin del Potro swept Arnaud Clement 6-3, 6-1, 6-2 and Number 12 Nikolay Davydenko beat Daniel Evans 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.