Wimbledon 2016 live: Novak Djokovic beats James Ward to race through first round, plus Roger Federer in action

Follow day one at Wimbledon as Novak Djokovic gets the action underway on Centre Court

Novak Djokovic beat Britain's James Ward 6-0, 7-6, 6-4 (Getty)

The 2016 Wimbledon Championship gets underway on Monday as world No 1 Novak Djokovic takes to Centre Court to take on Britain’s James Ward. With Andy Murray not in action until Tuesday, all eyes will be on the Serb, who is bidding to win an unprecedented fifth consecutive grand slam title. Follow the latest here.

Centre Court order of play:

• Novak Djokovic races past James Ward 6-0, 7-6, 6-4
• Camila Giorgi (Ita) v Garbine Muguruza (Esp) [2]
• Roger Federer (Sui) [3] v Guido Pella (Arg)
• Britain’s Laura Robson takes on Angelique Kerber in final match on No 1 Court
• Kyle Edmund in action against Adrian Mannarino in opening match on No 2 Court

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Full order of play:

Centre Court (1pm start)

Novak Djokovic (Srb) [1] v James Ward (Gbr)

Camila Giorgi (Ita) v Garbine Muguruza (Esp) [2]

Roger Federer (Sui) [3] v Guido Pella (Arg)

No 1 Court (1pm start)

Venus Williams (USA) [8] v Donna Vekic (Cro)

Sam Groth (Aus) v Kei Nishikori (Jpn) [5]

Laura Robson (Gbr) v Angelique Kerber (Ger) [4]

No 2 Court (11.30am start)

Kyle Edmund (Gbr) v Adrian Mannarino (Fra)

Laura Siegemund (Ger) v Madison Keys (USA) [9]

Pablo Carreno Busta (Esp) v Milos Raonic (Can) [6]

Simona Halep (Rou) [5] v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk)

No 3 Court (11.30am start)

Samantha Stosur (Aus) [14] v Magda Linette (Pol)

Dudi Sela (Isr) v David Ferrer (Esp) [13]

David Goffin (Bel) [11] v Alexander Ward (Gbr)

Naomi Broady (Gbr) v Elina Svitolina (Ukr) [17]

Court 12 (11.30am start)

Marin Cilic (Cro) [9] v Brian Baker (USA)

Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) v Ana Ivanovic (Srb) [23]

Shuai Zhang (Chn) v Carla Suarez Navarro (Esp) [12]

Gael Monfils (Fra) [17] v Jeremy Chardy (Fra)

Court 18 (11.30am start)

Sabine Lisicki (Ger) v Shelby Rogers (USA)

Janko Tipsarevic (Srb) v Gilles Simon (Fra) [16]

Daniel Evans (Gbr) v Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger)

Jelena Jankovic (Srb) [22] v Stefanie Voegele (Sui)

Court 4 (11.30am start)

Victoria Duval (USA) v Daria Kasatkina (Rus) [29]

Denis Istomin (Uzb) v Kevin Anderson (Rsa) [20]

Court 5 (11.30am start)

Irina-Camelia Begu (Rou) [25] v C Witthoeft (Ger)

Lukas Rosol (Cze) v Sam Querrey (USA) [28]

Diego Schwartzman (Arg) v Robin Haase (Ned)

Danka Kovinic (Mne) v Mona Barthel (Ger)

Court 6 (11.30am start)

Saisai Zheng (Chn) v Maria Sakkari (Gre)

Zarina Diyas (Kaz) v Anna-Lena Friedsam (Ger)

Andreas Seppi (Ita) v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Esp)

Malek Jaziri (Tun) v Steve Johnson (USA)

Court 7 (11.30am start)

Nicolas Almagro (Esp) v Rogerio Dutra Silva (Bra)

Margarita Gasparyan (Rus) v Denisa Allertova (Cze)

Teliana Pereira (Bra) v Varvara Lepchenko (USA)

Pablo Cuevas (Uru) [29] v Andrey Kuznetsov (Rus)

Court 8 (11.30am start)

Borna Coric (Cro) v Ivo Karlovic (Cro) [23]

Lucie Safarova (Cze) [28] v Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)

Jack Sock (USA) [27] v Ernests Gulbis (Lat)

Misaki Doi (Jpn) v Louisa Chirico (USA)

Court 9 (11.30am start)

Lara Arruabarrena (Esp) v Olga Govortsova (Blr)

Nicole Gibbs (USA) v Kirsten Flipkens (Bel)

Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) v Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus)

Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) v Francesca Schiavone (Ita)

Court 10 (11.30am start)

Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) v Lukas Lacko (Svk)

Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) v Ruben Bemelmans (Bel)

Court 11 (11.30am start)

Jana Cepelova (Svk) v Mariana Duque-Marino (Col)

Samantha Crawford (USA) v Paula Kania (Pol)

Julien Benneteau (Fra) v Illya Marchenko (Ukr)

Santiago Giraldo (Col) v Gilles Muller (Lux)

Court 14 (11.30am start)

Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) v Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn)

Sara Errani (Ita) [20] v Patricia Maria Tig (Rou)

Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) v Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr) [30]

Irina Falconi (USA) v Marina Erakovic (Nzl)

Court 15 (11.30am start)

Damir Dzumhur (Bih) v Denis Kudla (USA)

Alize Cornet (Fra) v Polona Hercog (Slo)

Court 16 (11.30am start)

Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) [21] v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra)

Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) v Grigor Dimitrov (Bul)

Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) v Julia Goerges (Ger)

Court 17 (11.30am start)

Kurumi Nara (Jpn) v Madison Brengle (USA)

Brydan Klein (Gbr) v Nicolas Mahut (Fra)

Ricardas Berankis (Ltu) v Marcus Willis (Gbr)

Matches to be arranged (not before 5pm):

Karolina Pliskova (Cze) [15] v Yanina Wickmayer (Bel)

Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) v Kiki Bertens (Ned) [26]

Where can I watch coverage of Wimbledon?

Coverage of the tournament begins at 11.30am on BBC2, with games also shown on the BBC red button and BBC online.

[27 June 2016 13:10 · Jack de Menezes]

*Novak Djokovic 0-0 James Ward

Novak Djokovic will serve first to get the match underway.

[27 June 2016 13:11 · Jack de Menezes]

Novak Djokovic 1-0 James Ward*

An authoratitive start from Djokovic as his first serve is unreturnable, before he hits two aces to make a quick start. Ward hits the fourth point wide to the left and they don't get much easier than that for the world No 1.

[27 June 2016 14:32 · Jack de Menezes]

*Novak Djokovic 6-0 6-6 James Ward

A wide forehand from Ward gives Djokovic the early advantage, but Ward fights back with a lovely backhandthat passes his opponent. Ward then produces an error as he again goes long, and Djokovic has a mini-break. Both engage in a number of slice shots, but it's Ward who comes up with the error and Djokovic leads 3-1. Ward then hits into the net and the set is slipping away from him. They change ends when Ward volleys long, and it's looking ominous at 5-1.

[27 June 2016 14:34 · Jack de Menezes]

Novak Djokovic 6-0 7-6 (7-3) James Ward*

Djokovic tries to attack Ward's serve but pulls his shot wide. Ward then repeats the shot, and Djokovic has four set points. A slow Djokovic backhand is called long and Djokovic challenges, but it misses the line by some way. 6-3, and Ward is still struggling to survive, and he pulls a return wide right to hand Djokovic the second set.

[27 June 2016 14:39 · Jack de Menezes]

*Novak Djokovic 6-0 7-6 0-1 James Ward

Despite that disappointment at the end of the second set, Ward holds serve to start the third in good fashion, capping the game off with an ace.

[27 June 2016 14:56 · Jack de Menezes]

*Novak Djokovic 6-0 7-6 3-2 James Ward

Ward is coming up with a number of errors in this set, as he is forced into a long forehand before firing an unforced error into the net. However, Djokovic balloons a mis-hit long to offer a glimmer of hope, that sees Ward move ahead, but a brutal return had Djokovic back at 30-30. A clever backhand from Ward sees him place the ball just behind Djokovic as he sprints across court, but he then whips one wide to bring up deuce.

An emphatic serve down the middle has Djokovic stumped, but Djokovic saves te point when Ward slices into the net. Advantage Djokovic after a fifth double fault from Ward - he went the entire second set without one - but Djokovic returns long to let the chance slip. Ward follows up with a 125mph ace, but he's sent sprinting to the back of the court to return a ball that hits the top of the net. Djokovic cries out in anger as he hits wide by a long way, but when Ward sets up the perfect chance to hit his first serve-and-volley, he smashes it long after allowing it to bounce. Ward finally has the game though with two unreturnable serves from Djokovic.

[27 June 2016 15:00 · Jack de Menezes]

Novak Djokovic 6-0 7-6 4-2 James Ward*

Ward is forced into two errors by Djokovic, who then sees Djokovic hit an unforced error long. Djokovic gets back to his dominant ways though and rattles off two winners to hold serve.