Justine Henin, the world number one who has never won Wimbledon, and Serena Williams who is looking to match her sister Venus’ three of All England Club crowns, are set to lead the parade of Championship contenders in the second round today.

SERENA WILLIAMS signalled her intent to regain the Wimbledon crown as the number seven seed brushed past Lourdes Dominguez Lino of Spain in straight sets on Court Two yesterday.

Serena Williams signalled her intent to regain the Wimbledon crown as the number seven seed brushed past Lourdes Dominguez-Lino of Spain in straight sets on Court Two.

Justine Henin, who claimed she had never been so happy in her life, had a broad smile and a thumbs-up for the crowd on Court One after she took just 55 minutes to dismiss the plucky challenge of world number 117 Jorgelina Cravero of Argentina.

Top seed Justine Henin opens her campaign against Argentinian qualifier Jorgelina Cravero with the French Open champion on course to face Serena Williams in the semi-finals.