On a very bitter day for the German tennis pros in Wimbledon, only Tatjana Maria was able to celebrate her premiere victory as a mother of two.

Shortly after co-favorite Matteo Berretini's exit exacerbated corona worries at the classic lawn, the 34-year-old was the only one of seven Germans who started on Tuesday to reach the second round.

"Wimbledon is my favorite Grand Slam and it's the first Grand Slam match I've won with both daughters," enthused Maria.

"It's something special for me." She last won a match at Wimbledon in 2018, and her daughter Cecilia was born 14 months ago.

Berrettini "heartbroken"

For a German sextet around the recently corona-positive Andrea Petkovic, the sporting end came, for Berrettini the tournament was over before the first serve.

With a black and white photo and sad words, last year's finalist announced his infection with the corona virus.

The Italian wrote that he was “heartbroken” and was the second prominent tennis professional to announce his corona-related cancellation after former US Open champion Marin Cilic.

In view of the rapidly increasing number of positive tests in England and no restrictions for players and spectators, Corona is back in focus after the tournament was canceled two years ago.

"I have no words to describe how extremely disappointed I am," Berrettini wrote on Instagram on Tuesday.

"The dream for this year is gone, but I will come back stronger."

Out for Koepfer and Altmaier

Berrettini had reached the final against Serbian Novak Djokovic in 2021 and was now one of the top favorites to win the title.

Cilic had trained with the top seeded defending champion Djokovic on Center Court on Thursday.

Djokovic says he is still unvaccinated.

Players and spectators alike are no longer required to provide proof of vaccination or negative tests at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

There is also a tight crowd in the professional area, especially on the first days of the tournament.

"When it rains, all the players and all the guests are in the restaurant and there isn't a lot of seating," reported Andrea Petkovic after her first-round defeat by the 4:6, 3:6 against Viktorija Golubic from Switzerland.

Also for the German Wimbledon debutants Nastasja Schunk (4: 6, 2: 6 against the Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu), Tamara Korpatsch (7: 6 (9: 7), 5: 7, 2: 6 against the Briton Heather Watson), Daniel Altmaier (3:6, 5:7, 5:7 against Mikael Ymer of Sweden) and Nicola Kuhn (3:6, 7:6 (7:1), 3:6, 2:6 against Brandon Nakashima from the USA ) came the end.

As the last German on Tuesday, Dominik Koepfer lost 4: 6, 5: 7, 6: 7 (1: 7) against the Colombian Daniel Galan.

This means that a total of five German tennis professionals, led by Angelique Kerber, are in the second round and all of them are back in action on Wednesday.

22-time Grand Slam tournament winner Rafael Nadal of Spain also continued to struggle, winning in four hard-fought sets against Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo.