WIMBLEDON, England — On a warm opening day at Wimbledon that went pretty much according to expectations, the fist pumps and shouts somehow seemed out of place.
Serena Williams, the No. 1 seed, screamed in exultation Monday when her opponent hit into the net, but her reaction was more appropriate to a match in a later round against a high-ranked opponent than to a first-round encounter with an inexperienced qualifier.
But Williams needed an emotional kick-start after having been broken in the first game and only points away from trailing, 4-0, in the first set.