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Wimbledon, England (Sports Network) - Reigning champion Novak Djokovic and six-time titlist Roger Federer were a pair of easy opening-round winners, while 2010 runner-up Tomas Berdych was a straight-set loser Monday at The Championships, Wimbledon. The world No. 1 star Djokovic popped 13 aces and throttled former top-ranked Spaniard and two-time Wimbledon quarterfinalist Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 on the famed grass on Centre Court at the All England Club. The 32-year- old Ferrero is also a former French Open champ and two-time Grand Slam runner- up. The 25-year-old Djokovic is now 28-1 over his last five majors and 40-2 over his last seven Grand Slams. Djokovic reached his first-ever Wimbledon final and captured his first-ever title here with a victory over Rafael Nadal a year ago. Djokovic and Nadal have met in the last four Grand Slam finals, with the Serb winning three of them. Nadal, however, beat Djokovic in the French Open finale three weeks ago. The third-seeded former No. 1 great Federer dismantled helpless Spaniard Albert Ramos 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 in 1 hour, 19 minutes on Court 1. "I thought I played a pretty good match," a modest Federer said after advancing with the easiest opening-round win hes ever had at Wimbledon. The 30-year-old Swiss icon is now 60-7 lifetime at Wimbledon, where, in addition to his six titles, he was also the runner-up to Nadal in 2008 in what many considered to be the greatest tennis match of all-time. The 16-time Grand Slam champion Federer lost in the quarterfinals here the last two years and hasnt captured major title since the 2010 Australian Open. Federers second-round opponent will be Italian Fabio Fognini. The sixth-seeded Berdych was out-hit by talented Latvian Ernests Gulbis 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4). Berdych, who lost to Nadal in the Wimbledon final two years ago, had reached at least the third round at Wimbledon the last seven years. Meanwhile, eighth-seeded Serb Janko Tipsarevic moved on in surprisingly easy fashion with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 victory over former top-five star and 2002 Wimbledon runner-up David Nalbandian of Argentina, and Colombian Alejandro Falla ousted 11th-seeded American John Isner 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 3-6, 7-6 (9-7), 7-5. The capable Falla unsuccessfully served for a match against Federer here two years ago. Isner bowed out in 3 hours, 12 minutes despite out-acing Falla 31-4 on Monday. Both players could manage only two breaks. The disappointing Isner was a second-round loser at the French Open last month. Thirteenth-seeded Frenchman Gilles Simon was leading fellow Frenchman Paul- Henri Mathieu 6-3, 5-4 when the oft-injured Mathieu retired on Day 1, while 15th-seeded Juan Monaco bested fellow Argentine Leonardo Mayer, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5). In other first-round action involving seeds, No. 17 Spanish left-hander Fernando Verdasco doused Taiwans Jimmy Wang, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 7-5; No. 18 Frenchman Richard Gasquet drubbed German Tobias Kamke 6-2, 6-2, 6-2; Serbian Viktor Troicki drove out No. 24 Spaniard Marcel Granollers 7-5, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 2-6, 8-6; No. 26 Russian Mikhail Youzhny overcame American Donald Young 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3; No. 28 Czech Radek Stepanek got past Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-1, 1-0, retired; No. 29 Frenchman Julien Benneteau topped Luxembourgs Gilles Muller 6-2, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4); and No. 31 German Florian Mayer cruised past Russian Dmitry Tursunov 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, 6-3. The 2012 Wimbledon champ will earn $1.79 million. Robert Griffin III Womens Jersey . It was the first time in the tournaments history that the top two played for the title. From the start, it was no match. Federer improved to 5-0 in Cincinnati finals and tied Rafael Nadal for the most Masters titles with 21. Griffin III Womens Jersey .J. -- Instead of trashing his hotel room or moping after being taken out of the Philadelphia 76ers starting lineup for the first time this season, Spencer Hawes channeled his frustration on the court against the New Jersey Nets. http://www.dancewithmeusa.com/new.html . Two of those players appear easy to peg: Dion Waiters and Damian Lillard. The Raptors have been tied to Waiters throughout this draft process and it is believed that he has been their number one target all spring.MADRID, Spain -- Goals by Patrick Ebert and Oscar Gonzalez gave Valladolid a 2-1 win at Sevilla in the Spanish League on Monday. Valladolid began the match looking sharp with fast-paced attacks, and Ebert wrong-footed defender Fernando Navarro and beat the goalkeeper by firing low inside the far post in the second minute. Gonzalez took his tally to a club-leading seven goals by deftly lobbing goalkeeper Diego Lopez in the 12th minute. Sevilla pulled one back in the 50th when Valladolids Mateus "Manucho" Goncalves scored an own goal by accidentally heading in a corner. "We knew it was going to be tough,," said Manucho.dddddddddddd "Now we have to take on Real Madrid on Saturday and itll be a real battle between lions." Gary Medel was sent off after earning a second yellow card in the 64th minute for a clumsy tackle from behind on Manucho. "Valladolid played very well in the opening half hour and left us rushing around trying to catch up," said Sevilla coach Jose "Michel" Gonzalez. Barcelona leads the standings on 40 points, six ahead of second-place Atletico Madrid. Real Madrid is third place on 29 and Valladolid rose to seventh on 21 points. Sevilla is 11th on 18. ' ' '