( CNN ) -- Roger Federer began his bid for a record-equaling seventh Wimbledon title with a straight-sets victory in his opening match in windy conditions in England on Tuesday . The Swiss world No . 3 , seeded outside the top two for the first time since his first success in south-west London in 2003 , beat Kazakhstan 's Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6 ( 7-2 ) 6-4 6-2 . Federer will next play France 's 55th-ranked Adrian Mannarino as he seeks to join Open Era record-holder Pete Sampras and William Renshaw ( 1881-1889 ) at the top of the grass-court event 's roll of honor . `` The first rounds here at Wimbledon on Centre Court are never easy , '' he told the ATP Tour website . Isner wins rematch of 2010 Wimbledon marathon . `` They 're somewhat nerve-wracking because you do n't get a chance to practice on the Centre Courts here . So I 'm happy I was able to come through in three sets this time around . '' Federer was playing his first event since ending Novak Djokovic 's 43-match winning run at the French Open , where he then lost in the final to Rafael Nadal . `` It feels like if things go well for me I can go extremely far here , whereas at Roland Garros I feel it 's a bit more on other opponents ' rackets , '' the 16-time grand slam champion said . `` But here I feel it 's a bit more on mine . That 's why I 'll always play with some pressure here at Wimbledon just because of the occasion and what it means to me . I was nervous going out in today 's match . '' Federer : I can beat Djokovic anywhere . World No . 2 Djokovic bounced back to winning ways in his first match since his Paris disappointment , beating unseeded Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-4 6-1 6-1 in one hour and 20 minutes on Centre Court after Federer 's match . The Serbian , seeking to reach his first Wimbledon final , won 14 of the last 16 games to set up a second-round clash with big-serving South African Kevin Anderson or Ukraine 's Illya Marchenko . `` When this streak ended in Paris , it was kind of a relief because it 's been a very successful five or six months for me , but very long as well and exhausting , '' Djokovic said . `` I 've played so many matches . So I needed some time to relax , and I 'm happy to see that I 'm playing well again and that I 'm mentally really fresh to have more success . `` I 'm very satisfied with the way I started the tournament . This performance was great . My serve was very accurate in quite difficult conditions for both of us because we had to face the strong wind . '' Fifth seed Robin Soderling won his opening match , beating Germany 's Philipp Petzschner 6-4 6-4 2-6 7-6 ( 7-5 ) to set up a clash with 2002 champion Lleyton Hewitt of Australia -- who defeated Japan 's Kei Nishikori in four sets . Seventh seed David Ferrer also progressed , beating France 's Benoit Paire 6-4 6-4 6-4 , and the Spaniard will next face American Ryan Harrison -- who beat Croatia 's Ivan Dodig 7-6 ( 7-5 ) 6-0 7-5 . Eighth-seeded American Andy Roddick battled past German qualifier Andreas Beck . The three-time Wimbledon runner-up won 6-4 7-6 ( 8-6 ) 6-3 in a match delayed by Monday 's rain to earn a meeting with Romania 's Victor Hanescu . Former U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro continued his successful comeback this year from long-term injury with a 6-1 6-4 6-3 win over Italy 's Flavio Cipolla . The 22-year-old Argentine will next face Belgium 's Olivier Rochus as he seeks to reach the third round for the first time . His compatriots Juan Ignacio Chela and David Nalbandian also went through along with other seeded players in Austrian No . 11 Jurgen Melzer , France 's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon , Serbia 's Viktor Troicki , Russia 's Mikhail Youzhny , Germany 's Florian Mayer plus Spaniards Fernando Verdasco and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez . Croatia 's 27th seed Marin Cilic crashed out along with Serbia 's Janko Tipsarevic , who suffered an injury , and Russia 's Nikolay Davydenko .
Six - time champion Roger Taylor beats Kazakhstan 's Mikhail Kukushkin at Wimbledon . Second seed Novak Djokovic also wins his opening match of grass - court event . Seventh seed David Ferrer progresses along with three - time runner - up Andy Murray . Former world No . 4 Juan Martin del Río also reaches second round in England .