Playing her first singles match after a year, American tennis great <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/serena+williams-all" rel="nofollow">Serena Williams</a> suffered a first-round exit on Tuesday after facing defeat against unseeded Harmony Tan at Wimbledon 2022.
The 23 Grand Slam title winner went down 7-5, 1-6, 7/6 (10/7) to unseeded Harmony Tan, who is competing in her first Wimbledon.
In the longest match of the tournament so far, Tan twice came back from a break down in the third set to notch just the third Grand Slam main-draw win of her career. Tan eliminated 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams after three hours and 10 minutes of gripping play. Also Read: <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai-guide/things-to-do/article/ready-for-the-big-w-23233240" rel="nofollow">Tennis fans answer trivia questions, ahead of Wimbledon</a>
Meanwhile, Simona Halep started her <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/wimbledon-all" rel="nofollow">Wimbledon </a>campaign on a winning note defeating Czech Republic's Karolina Muchova in straight sets.
She needed just 65 minutes to wrap up a 6-3, 6-2 victory and reach Round Two.
No.4 seed Paula Badosa needed less than an hour to dispatch Louisa Chirico in 56 minutes, 6-2, 6-1. Badosa will next face Romania's Irina Bara in Round two.
Two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova avoided a first-round loss at Wimbledon against Italy's Jasmine Paolini.
After dropping the first set in less than a half-hour, Kvitova bounced back for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 win in 1 hour, 42 minutes. Kvitova broke Paolini when the Italian served at 3-3 in the second set, and never trailed from then on.
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Serena Williams lost to unseeded Harmony Tan after a mammoth three hours and 10 minutes of gripping play

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