The world number 92 claimed her first service game but the American, 31, took control and easily won the first set.Wholesale Lingerie Sexy LingerieMinella
claimed a break in game two of the second set only for the five-time
champion to win six straight games.Seeds Agnieszka Radwanska, Li Na and
Angelique Kerber all progressed with straight-sets wins.Polish fourth
seed Radwanska, beaten by Williams in last year's final, began her bid
to go one better with a 6-1 6-1 win over Austrian qualifier Yvonne
Meusberger.Chinese sixth seed Li raced past her Dutch opponent Michaella
Krajicek 6-1 6-1, while Kerber, the seventh seed,velour tracksuits wholesale triumphed 6-3 6-4 over Bethanie Mattek-Sands.German Kerber is a potential quarter-final opponent for Williams,Sexy Lingerie Factory who
arrived at SW19 on the back of claiming a second French Open title
earlier this month.Williams told BBC Sport: "I played so much on clay
this year it meant the grass transition was harder than I expected."Top
seed and 16-time Grand Slam champion Williams refused to use her recent
row with Maria Sharapova as an excuse for what she labelled a "rusty"
performance - despite it extending her winning streak to 32 matches.She
added: "No, it hasn't been a distraction. Like I said, I'm just here to
focus on the tennis. I'm just here to play Wimbledon. It's the premier
tournament in the world, of the year, so that's what's most
important."It felt good to be playing tennis again. I love playing here.
Being defending champion is always a special moment for 12 months
knowing that you're going to play at one o'clock on Tuesday."
"Serena
will be a bit frustrated with her level in that second set. She
struggled with her return game but, overall, a nice opening match for
the world number one. It's very tough to see her getting troubled on
this surface."There were also victories for 14th seed Samantha Stosur,
who defeated Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 6-1 6-3 and 11th seed Roberta
Vinci overcame Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa 6-2 6-1.Peng Shuai of
China, the 24th seed, recorded a 6-3 6-2 triumph over Anabel Medina
Garrigues, 30th seed Mona Barthel beat Monica Niculescu of Romania 6-3
4-6 7-5 and 42-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm was a 6-0 6-2 winner over
Carina Witthoeft.Date-Krumm, the oldest woman in the main draw, revealed
after her win over the 18-year-old German qualifier that she has a
secret weapon in her bid to compete with younger opponents."I'm taking
care of my body,cheap men's tshirt wholesale because
of course the most difficult thing is recovery. I need more training.
But if I do too much I feel tired," said Date-Krumm, whose opponent was
just four when the Japanese player made her Wimbledon debut in 1989."I
like Chinese tea. Sometimes Japanese tea. I drink a lot. I have a tea
pot I always carry. It's here with me now.cheap abercrombie wholesale"Sabine
Lisicki, the 2011 semi-finalist, rushed through a late-evening win over
2010 French Open winner Francesca Schiavone, 6-1 6-2, but there were
defeats for 13th seed Nadia Petrova and Austrian Tamira Paszek.Russian
Petrova was beaten by Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic, while
28th seed Paszek lost to Romanian Alexandra Cadantu, both in straight
sets.
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