Wimbledon 2014: day one – in pictures
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Members of the public queue up for tickets
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No prizes for guessing who she'll be cheering on today
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A dog from Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare gets into the spirit with a "Faster than Federer" coat
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A worker adds names to the results board
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Fans of former champion John McEnroe
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Security walk the crowds in past Centre Court
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Coach Amelie Mauresmo keeps an eye on defending champion Andy Murray as he gets a bit of practice in ahead of his match against world No 104 David Goffin
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Novak Djokovic signs autographs before a practice session
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There's plenty of fans on the practice courts to watch Rafael Nadal
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Marina Erakovic serves during her 4-6, 6-4, 0-6 defeat to Ana Konjuh
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Unseeded Maria Kirilenko plays a backhand during her 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) win over no 18 seed Sloane Stephens
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The defending champion Andy Murray is greeted by raptuous applause as he enters Centre Court ahead of his opening match against David Griffin
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The defending champion had no trouble taking the first set 6-1
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Murray Mount is packed as tennis fans watch Murray battle David Goffin on the big screen. No doubt there were big cheers when Murray took the second set 6-4 to take a two set lead
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David Goffin is sheltered between games on a hot Centre Court
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Murray is made to work a bit harder by Goffin in the third set
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But the No 3 seed takes the set to win 6-1, 6-4, 7-5
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He celebrates in his time honoured fashion of throwing his sweat bands into the crowd
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On No 3 Court Great Britain's James Ward returns to Mikhail Youzhny during his 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 defeat to the Russian
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Novak Djokovic dominated the first two sets in his opening game against Andrey Golubev
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He had to deal with a bit more resistance in the third but took the match 6-0, 6-1, 6-4
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Victoria Azarenka despatched Mirjana Lucic-Baroni with relative ease 6-3, 7-5
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A young lad peeks through a gap in canvas screening to get a view of the action on Court 12
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On court number 2 Venus Williams overcame a mid-match hiccup to triumph 6-4,4-6, 6-2 over Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor
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Li Na lines up a forehand during her 7-5, 6-2 victory over Paula Kania
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Spectators watch matches on the outer courts
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Italy's Fabio Fognini points to the line as he reacts following a point during his 2-6, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 9-7 victory over Alex Kuznetsov
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Petra Kvitova eyes the ball as she returns during hewr 6-3, 6-0 win over Andrea Hlavackova
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Robin Haase needed to be on his toes to defeat Vasek Pospisil 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
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Dominikia Cibulkova serves to Aleksandra Wozniak
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Naomi Broady holds her 4 year old niece Lola as she celebrates beating Timea Babos 2-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-0
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No 14 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in action during his five-setter against unseeded Jurgen Melzer
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