LONDON (Reuters) - Highlights of the first day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Monday (times GMT):
1236 PEGULA SURVIVES DAVIS SCARE
American fourth seed Jessica Pegula overcame a second-set wobble to beat compatriot Lauren Davis 6-2 6-7(8) 6-3 in the first round.
1234 LOCAL HOPE DART KNOCKED OUT
France's Diane Parry dealt Briton Harriet Dart a second set bagel en route to a 6-7(4) 6-0 6-4 comeback win.
1159 RUSSIANS RUBLEV, KUDERMETOVA THROUGH IN STRAIGHT SETS
Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev moved into the second round of Wimbledon with a clinical 6-3 7-5 6-4 win over Australia's Max Purcell in one hour 33 minutes.
Rublev's 12th seeded compatriot Veronika Kudermetova moved past Estonia's Kaia Kanepi with a 7-6(4) 6-4 win.
1008 PLAY UNDERWAY
Play began under cloudy skies with the temperature hovering around 17 degrees Celsius.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma and Aadi Nair; Editing by Christian Radnedge and Ed Osmond)