Defending champion Novak Djokovic made a winning start at Wimbledon - likely the Serbian's last Grand Slam for 11 months ©Getty Images

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Djokovic is unvaccinated against COVID-19, so cannot enter the United States at present, and is also barred from Australia having been deported earlier this year ©Getty Images
Djokovic is unvaccinated against COVID-19, so cannot enter the United States at present, and is also barred from Australia having been deported earlier this year ©Getty Images
Capacity crowds have returned to Wimbledon, but players from Russia and Belarus are banned over the war in Ukraine ©Getty Images
Capacity crowds have returned to Wimbledon, but players from Russia and Belarus are banned over the war in Ukraine ©Getty Images
Norway's Casper Ruud is seeded third, partly because of the lack of Russians, and into round two ©Getty Images
Norway's Casper Ruud is seeded third, partly because of the lack of Russians, and into round two ©Getty Images
Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina caused the biggest men's singles shock, beating Pole Hubert Hurkacz - a semi-finalist in 2021 ©Getty Images
Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina caused the biggest men's singles shock, beating Pole Hubert Hurkacz - a semi-finalist in 2021 ©Getty Images
Estonia's Anett Kontaveit is the women's singles second seed and advanced in straight sets ©Getty Images
Estonia's Anett Kontaveit is the women's singles second seed and advanced in straight sets ©Getty Images
So too did home favourite Emma Raducanu, who hails from London and is the reigning US Open champion ©Getty Images
So too did home favourite Emma Raducanu, who hails from London and is the reigning US Open champion ©Getty Images
Angelique Kerber won Wimbledon in 2018 and the German was another to begin her 2022 campaign with a straight-sets win ©Getty Images
Angelique Kerber won Wimbledon in 2018 and the German was another to begin her 2022 campaign with a straight-sets win ©Getty Images