Jul 31, 2012 01:05 PM EDT
Olympics 2012 Tennis Results: Venus Williams, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic Win on Tuesday, Complete List of Singles Winners

Venus Williams was the first tennis player to win at Wimbledon on Tuesday as she advanced to the third round of the Women's Singles in London 2012. She defeated Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak in two straight sets.

Something Williams has done well in the Olympics is discard opponents quickly. Her match took just over an hour. She won the first set 6-1 and then somewhat labored a bit in the second set, which she won 6-3. 

Right after Venus' match was over, the hometown favorite, Andy Murray took Centre Court against Finland's Jarkko Nieminen. He also breezed by the match as he defeated Nieminen in two straight sets 6-2, 6-4. 

Novak Djokovic handled Andy Roddick in less than an hour. The first set finished in 28 minutes by the scores 6-1 and then took only 26 minutes to win the second set 6-1. 

In other action around the tennis Olympics, Sabina Lisicki won in three sets over Yaroslava Shvedova. She came from behind after losing the first set 4-6 and won the last two sets 6-3, 7-5. 

Angelique Kerber defeated Hungarian Timea Babos 6-1, 6-1. 

Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus defeated French player Richard Gasquet in two straight sets 6-4, 6-4. 

Check back as sportsworldreport.com will keep track of the current matches and update the matches currently taking place.

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