Top seed Serena Williams racked-up her 32nd successive win on Tuesday to reach the second round at Wimbledon, and her men’s counterpart Novak Djokovic followed suit. World No.1 and defending champion Williams, chasing a sixth Wimbledon title and 17th major, cruised to a 6-1, 6-3 win over Luxembourg’s Mandy Minella, while Djokovic had a 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 win over Florian Mayer. The 31-year-old was ruthless against Minella, the World No.92 who has never defeated a top-30 player, let alone one of the calibre of Williams, whose title at Roland Garros three weeks ago took her haul of majors to 16. Victory was also her 75th in her last 78 matches — a run that stretches back to her...
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