Despite losing her serve three times, the 23-year-old Pole still had more than enough to see off her unheralded opponent 6-3, 6-3.
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It was not a classy affair, though, with both players understandably searching for rhythm on the grass, while Rybarikova needed treatment during the second set after hurting her knee in a fall.
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Both players lost serve inside the opening two games, before Radwanska took control, with a backhand winner putting her 3-1 ahead and a shot into the net from the Slovakian giving the favourite the set.
Early exit: It was a frustrating afternoon for
Rybarikova as she struggled with injury in defeat by Agnieszka Radwanska
The first three
games of the second set all went against the serve, before Rybarikova called a
medical time-out at 2-1 down.She recovered sufficiently to get back to 3-3 but, after losing her serve twice more, there was no way back.
Sealed with a kiss: Radwanska salutes the Wimbledon crowd after her comfortable
6-3, 6-3 win over Magdelena Rybarikova
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