Aggressive start to Federer146;s defence

Roland Garros champion Ana Ivanovic lived up to her top billing, dispatching Paraguay8217;s Rossana De Los Rios 6-1 6-2.

Her Serbian countryman Novak Djokovic looked to have forgotten his status as the number three seed when he lost the second set but eventually pulled rank to thwart little-known German Michael Berrer 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0.

Fight for survival

Russians Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anna Chakvetadze had to fight tooth-and-nail to survive. Fourth seed Kuznetsova has often struggled to find her niche on grass and looked to be on her way out when she went down a break in the decider before overcoming the plucky challenge of Frances8217;s Mathilde Johansson 6-7, 7-5, 6-3. Eighth seed Chakvetadze stormed back from 5-2 down in the third set to beat Canada8217;s Stephanie Dubois 2-6, 6-1, 8-6. There were plenty of seeds who did fall by the wayside.

Lofty Croatian Ivo Karlovic 18, Switzerland8217;s Patty Schnyder 12, Russia8217;s Maria Kirilenko 19were all catching an early flight home.