Richard Bloomfield suffered a first-round exit at Wimbledon despite a brave display against Lleyton Hewitt. Bloomfield was quickly 5-2 down but the British number four fought his way back and had two break points with the opening set poised at 5-5.
Hewitt, the 16th seed, held on and also claimed the second set with a solitary break as Bloomfield lost his way. The Australian was pushed in the third but claimed the crucial break in the 11th game to seal a 7-5 6-3 7-5 win.
Meanwhile, Lee Childs' first Wimbledon campaign since 2004 ended in disappointment after a 6-3 6-4 7-6 (8-6) opening-round loss to Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi. The 25-year-old was broken once in the opening set as a confident Qureshi claimed it in 33 minutes.
Childs did have two break points at the end of the second set but Qureshi managed to hold serve for a 2-0 lead.
The third set was keenly fought but Qureshi never really looked in trouble and won the match in the tie-break.
Qureshi, cheered on by a vocal Pakistan support, had his second match point when Childs fired an approach into the net and won the contest with a deft drop shot.
The 27-year-old, playing in his first Grand Slam singles event, is only the second Pakistani, after Haroon Rahim in 1975 and 1976, to win a men's singles match at Wimbledon. Joshua Goodall, Jamie Baker and Jonathan Marray also went out at the first hurdle - all losing in straight sets. Goodall suffered his third successive first round exit as he lost 6-1 6-4 6-4 to Feliciano Lopez, who now faces Tim Henman.
Baker, who went out in the first round on his debut last year, resumed his match with Edouard Roger-Vasselin 2-1 down and went on to lose 7-6 (7-2), 6-2, 6-3.
Marray, like Goodall, also went out in round one for the third year in a row - losing 6-2 7-6 (7-0) 7-5 to Sebastien Grosjean.
Alex Bogdanovic, who is also coached by Lundgren, suffered a sixth successive first-round defeat when he lost 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 6-4 to Australian Chris Guccione.
Bogdanovic, the British number three enjoying a career-high world ranking of 108, held his serve throughout the first set, which Guccione took 7-2 in the tie-break.
The Briton then double-faulted on break point in the third game of the second set to give his opponent an advantage he never relinquished.
Roger
Federer Andy Roddick Lleyton Hewitt Rafael
Nadal Marat Safin Tim Henman Guillermo
Canas - withdrawn Nikolay Davydenko Sebastien
Grosjean Mario Ancic Joachim Johansson
Thomas Johansson Tommy Robredo Radek Stepanek
Guillermo Coria Mariano Puerta David Ferrer
David Nalbandian Tommy Haas Ivan Ljubicic
Fernando Gonzalez Dominik Hrbaty Juan
Carlos Ferrero Taylor Dent Nicolas Kiefer
Feliciano Lopez Richard Gasquet Jiri Novak
Nicolas Massu Robin Soderling Mikhail
Youzhny Filippo Volandri Olivier Rochus
Lindsay Davenport Maria Sharapova Amelie
Mauresmo Serena Williams Svetlana Kuznetsova
Elena Dementieva Justine Henin-Hardenne
Nadia Petrova Anastasia Myskina Patty
Schnyder Vera Zvonareva Mary Pierce Elena
Likhovtseva Venus Williams Kim Clijsters
Nathalie Dechy Jelena Jankovic Tatiana
Golovin Ana Ivanovic Daniela Hantuchova
Francesca Schiavone Silvia Farina Elia
Ai Sugiyama Shinobu Asagoe Karolina Sprem
Flavia Pennetta Nicole Vaidisova Amy Frazier
Marion Bartoli Dinara Safina Anabel Medina
Garrigues Virginie Razzano Sania Mirza
Hewitt, the 16th seed, held on and also claimed the second set with a solitary break as Bloomfield lost his way. The Australian was pushed in the third but claimed the crucial break in the 11th game to seal a 7-5 6-3 7-5 win.