LONDON: Elena Rybakina, the defending champion, opened proceedings on Centre Court on a rainy Tuesday. The Swiss Master, her hero, was in the Royal Box, only a few feet away from where she prepared to serve.
"I didn't start that well. I was not moving great," Rybakina said. "Straightaway there was a break." At that point, with the dark sky hovering over the arena, Steffi Graf's 1994 loss to American Lori McNeil in the first round here was trending.
