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Third seed Sharapova, the winner in 2004 aged just 17, eased past French qualifier Stephanie Foretz 6-1 6-4, while 1999 champion Davenport battled past Renata Voracova 6-3, 5-7, 6-3..

Second seed Jelena Jankovic shrugged off being made to wait all day for her opening match, easing past Ukraine's Olga Savchuk 6-3 6-2 in a match which finished at 8.30pm.

It was a good day all round for the seeds, with victories for French Open finalist Dinara Safina, Daniela Hantuchova, Vera Zvonareva and Nadia Petrova.

Elsewhere, there were also victories for 22nd seed Flavia Pennetta, who beat Venus Williams in the third round of the French Open recently, and 16th seed Victoria Azarenka, who defeated Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 6-1 6-1.

Austria's Sybille Bammer, the 26th seed, also advanced after opponent Sofia Arvidsson was forced to retire with an injury in the second set. The Swede took the opening set 6-4 but was trailing 4-1 in the second when she was unable to continue.

The best match of the tournament so far saw Germany's Julia Goerges beat 23rd seed Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 16-14 in the third set.

It was still not a Wimbledon record for the most number of games in a set in the women's singles however, with Chanda Rubin beating Patricia Hy-Boulais 17-15 in the second round in 1995.

Number five seed Elena Dementieva was on course to progress to round two when bad light saw her match against Italy's Maria Elena Camerin suspended.

The Russian led 6-3 3-3, with game seven of the second set yet to get under way.