Wimbledon 2014: day one – in pictures

Members of the public queue up for tickets Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

No prizes for guessing who she'll be cheering on today Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

A dog from Wimbledon Greyhound Welfare gets into the spirit with a "Faster than Federer" coat Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images

A worker adds names to the results board Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters

Fans of former champion John McEnroe Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Security walk the crowds in past Centre Court Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

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 Photograph: Michael Mayhew/Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar

Novak Djokovic signs autographs before a practice session Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

There's plenty of fans on the practice courts to watch Rafael Nadal Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Marina Erakovic serves during her 4-6, 6-4, 0-6 defeat to Ana Konjuh Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Unseeded Maria Kirilenko plays a backhand during her 6-2, 7-6 (8-6) win over no 18 seed Sloane Stephens Photograph: Steve Bardens/Getty Images

The defending champion Andy Murray is greeted by raptuous applause as he enters Centre Court ahead of his opening match against David Griffin Photograph: John Walton/PA

The defending champion had no trouble taking the first set 6-1 Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images

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 Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

David Goffin is sheltered between games on a hot Centre Court Photograph: Pavel Golovkin/AP

Murray is made to work a bit harder by Goffin in the third set Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images

But the No 3 seed takes the set to win 6-1, 6-4, 7-5 Photograph: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

He celebrates in his time honoured fashion of throwing his sweat bands into the crowd Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

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 Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

Novak Djokovic dominated the first two sets in his opening game against Andrey Golubev Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images

He had to deal with a bit more resistance in the third but took the match 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images

Victoria Azarenka despatched Mirjana Lucic-Baroni with relative ease 6-3, 7-5 Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

A young lad peeks through a gap in canvas screening to get a view of the action on Court 12 Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

On court number 2 Venus Williams overcame a mid-match hiccup to triumph 6-4,4-6, 6-2 over Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Li Na lines up a forehand during her 7-5, 6-2 victory over Paula Kania Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images

Spectators watch matches on the outer courts Photograph: Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images

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 Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images

Petra Kvitova eyes the ball as she returns during hewr 6-3, 6-0 win over Andrea Hlavackova Photograph: Andrew Cowie/AFP/Getty Images

Robin Haase needed to be on his toes to defeat Vasek Pospisil 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 Photograph: Steve Bardens/Getty Images

Dominikia Cibulkova serves to Aleksandra Wozniak Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

Naomi Broady holds her 4 year old niece Lola as she celebrates beating Timea Babos 2-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-0 Photograph: Philip Toscano/PA

No 14 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in action during his five-setter against unseeded Jurgen Melzer Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA