Canada's top tennis players are in action on Tuesday at the All England Club, looking to build on impressive results so far this year.
Milos Raonic will begin his Wimbledon tournament against Aussie Matthew Ebden.
Raonic is the eighth seed in the men's draw. The Thornhill, Ont., native is coming off his first quarter-final appearance at a major, at the French Open earlier this month.
Eugenie Bouchard is seeded 13th. The Westmount, Que., native faces Slovakian veteran Daniela Hantuchova.
Bouchard is the only woman this year to reach the semifinals of both the Australian Open and French Open, and hopes to take the next step into her first ever Grand Slam final.
Sharon Fichman of Toronto and Frank Dancevic of Niagara Falls, Ont., also play on Tuesday.
In early Tuesday results, Roger Federer defeated Paolo Lorenzi of Italy 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 to begin his quest for a record eighth Wimbledon title.
Federer, also attempting to win his 18th Grand Slam title, lost in the second round here last year, his earliest defeat at Wimbledon since 2002. He finished Tuesday's match with his ninth ace. It is Federer's 16th consecutive appearance at Wimbledon and his 59th Grand Slam event in a row, extending his record for the longest streak of consecutive majors in the Open Era.
Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka advanced to the second round with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 win over Joao Sousa of Portugal.
Wawrinka, who served 18 aces, lost in the first round at the French Open in his first Grand Slam since winning his inaugural major at Melbourne in January.
The Swiss player had had lost five times in the first round at Wimbledon, including the past two years.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga needed just four points and two minutes to complete a five-set victory over Jurgen Melzer.
The 14th-seeded Frenchman was set to serve for the match at 5-4 in the deciding set when rain forced a suspension and eventually a postponement of the first-round match Monday.
Tsonga, a two-time semifinalist at Wimbledon, came back out Tuesday and held serve at love, finishing with his 20th ace, to complete a 6-1, 3-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win.
Last year's runner-up, Sabine Lisicki of Germany, advanced to the second round at Wimbledon on Tuesday with a 6-2 6-1 win in less than hour over Julia Glushko of Israel.
No. 20 women's seed Andrea Petkovic of Germany advanced past Poland's Katarzyna Piter, 6-1, 6-4.
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