Scottish 18-year-old Andrew Murray, the latest candidate for a British breakthrough at Wimbledon, beat qualifier George Bastl 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. Murray, a wild card and the US Open juniors champion last year, won in his Grand Slam debut.
"I wasn't really expecting to win -- he's much better than me," Murray said. "I still haven't really done anything. Everybody is making it out as if I've won Wimbledon, and I think it's a little bit over the top."
On the women's side, No. 11 Vera Zvonareva rallied past Marlene Weingartner 2-6, 6-4, 6-0. No. 20 Daniela Hantuchova overtook Evgenia Linetskaya 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
Ivo Karlovic and Daniele Bracciali set an ATP record with 82 aces in their first-round match.
Karlovic, who lost 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8), 3-6, 7-6 (5), 12-10 in 4 hours, 17 minutes, had 51 of the aces, which also was a Wimbledon record and tied an ATP record.
The previous record for most aces in a match was 72 between Joachim Johansson and Feliciano Lopez in the third round at this year's Australian Open. The ATP started keeping match statistics in 1991.
Karlovic tied the ATP record by matching Johannson's 51 aces in the fourth round at Melbourne. He beat the previous Wimbledon record of 46 by both Goran Ivanisevic and Mark Philippoussis.
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