Britain were today left without a single player in the All England Championships just two days into the tournament. The home nation were left without a single representative in the second round of the women's singles for the first time since the advent of the modern era 35 years ago.
Lucy Ahl and British number one Anne Keothavong both went out on the first day and there was today Elena Baltacha, Julie Pullin and Jane O'Donoghue all completed first-round exits.
French Open champion Justine Henin-Hard enne made comfortable progress into the second round Today. The number three seed beat Ukrainian Julia Vakulenko 7-5 6-1. Henin-Hardenne broke in the second game of the second set and went on from there to wrap up a comfortable victory.
Jennifer Capriati came through her first round match impressively, ditching Myriam Casanova of Switzerland 6-1 6-3 in double-quick time. No 11 seed Jelana Dokic put her poor run of form behind her beating Scottish player Elena Baltacha in three sets.
Filed by Brendan Cole
