WIMBLEDON, England — When Serena Williams completed her first-round Olympic victory, the tall spectator in the front row near the Royal Box rose, smiled and added her lusty applause to the roar from the Centre Court crowd.
Michelle Obama liked what she saw yesterday at Wimbledon. The first lady sat with Williams’ family during the 6-3, 6-1 victory over former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia.
Williams met with Obama after the match.
“Before, I would have been too nervous,” Williams said. “We talked about how I loved her dress. She’s always looking good.”
Williams looked good, too, picking up where she left off three weeks earlier, when she won her fifth Wimbledon title.
Roger Federer, playing for the first time since he won a record-tying seventh Wimbledon title. The top-seeded Federer recovered from a jittery stretch to beat Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-3, 5-7, 6-3.