WIMBLEDON, England - Give Maria Sharapova credit for honesty.

Before Wimbledon began, she acknowledged that a recent comeback from shoulder surgery made her unlikely to seriously contend at the All England Club.

Playing poorly at the start and finish yesterday, the 2004 Wimbledon champion lost, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, to 45th-ranked Gisela Dulko of Argentina.

"Losses are tough - more here than at any other tournament," said Sharapova, who double-faulted seven times in the final set. "I would have liked to have a longer season before coming here."

With easy victories for past champions Serena Williams and Roger Federer, Sharapova's early exit counted as the most surprising development on Day 3 at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament - unless, that is, you count the weather. The temperature was in the 70s and the sky was blue for the third day in a row.

The only use the All England Club is making of Centre Court's new retractable roof is shifting it slightly to provide some shade for the Royal Box.

One player who might benefit from Sharapova's loss is Serena Williams, the 2002-03 Wimbledon champion, who could have faced the Russian in the quarterfinals. Williams beat Jarmila Groth, 6-2, 6-1.

Eighth-seeded Victoria Azarenka routed Ioana Raluca Olaru, 6-0, 6-0.

No. 18 Rainer Schuettler, was the only seeded man to lose, eliminated by Dudi Sela of Israel, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2.

Three U.S. men lost - Taylor Dent, who double-faulted 21 times; Sam Querrey, who lost a five-setter to No. 11 Marin Cilic of Croatia on Centre Court; and Vince Spadea.

Federer beat 42d-ranked Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4.

Yesterday's Results

Seedings in parentheses.

MEN'S SINGLES

First round

Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, def. Taylor Dent, United States, 7-5, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4.

Second round

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (9), France, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, walkover.

Mardy Fish (28), United States, def. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Rainer Schuettler (18), Germany, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2.

Tommy Robredo (15), Spain, def. Stefan Koubek, Austria, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1.

Novak Djokovic (4), Serbia, def. Simon Greul, Germany, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4.

Albert Montanes (32), Spain, def. Guillermo Canas, Argentina, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Tommy Haas (24), Germany, def. Michael Llodra, France, 4-3, retired.

Philipp Kohlschreiber (27), Germany, def. Ivo Minar, Czech Republic, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, 8-6.

Fernando Verdasco (7), Spain, def. Kristof Vliegen, Belgium, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4.

Robin Soderling (13), Sweden, def. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 4-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, 7-5.

Nicolas Almagro, Spain, def. Karol Beck, Slovakia, 6-4, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 3-6, 7-5.

Ivo Karlovic (22), Croatia, def. Steve Darcis, Belgium, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.

Igor Andreev (29), Russia, def. Vince Spadea, United States, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.

Marin Cilic (11), Croatia, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4.

Andreas Seppi, Italy, leads Marc Gicquel, France, 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 5-5, susp., darkness.

WOMEN'S SINGLES

Second round

Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, def. Zheng Jie (16), China, 6-3, 7-5.

Dominika Cibulkova (14), Slovakia, def. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 6-2, 6-4.

Nadia Petrova (10), Russia, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-3, 6-2.

Ai Sugiyama, Japan, def. Arantxa Parra Santonja, Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Virginie Razzano (26), France, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 6-3, 6-0.

Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Vera Dushevina, Russia, 6-3, 6-4.

Gisela Dulko, Argentina, def. Maria Sharapova (24), Russia, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.

Victoria Azarenka (8), Belarus, def. Ioana Raluca Olaru, Romania, 6-0, 6-0.

Sorana Cirstea (28), Romania, def. Sania Mirza, India, 6-4, 6-4.

Serena Williams (2), United States, def. Jarmila Groth, Australia, 6-2, 6-1.

Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (31), Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (6).

Vera Zvonareva (7), Russia, def. Mathilde Johansson, France, 6-1, 6-3.

Regina Kulikova, Russia, def. Alisa Kleybanova (27), Russia, 0-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Elena Dementieva (4), Russia, def. Aravane Rezai, France, 6-1, 6-3.

Marion Bartoli (12), France, def. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 7-5, 6-1.

Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portugal, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4).

Doubles

Men

First Round

Alex Bogdanovic and James Ward, Britain, def. David Martin, United States, and Jean-Claude Scherrer, Switzerland, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.

Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, and Michal Mertinak (13), Slovakia, def. Lucas Arnold Ker, Argentina, and Frederico Gil, Portugal, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Kevin Ullyett (5), Zimbabwe, def. Yves Allegro, Switzerland, and Fabrice Santoro, France, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-1.

Philipp Petzschner, Germany, and Alexander Peya, Austria, vs. Alessandro Motti, Italy, and Joseph Sirianni, Australia, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Mark Knowles (4), Bahamas, def. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, and Somdev Devvarman, India, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5, 7-5.

Jamie Delgado and Jonathan Marray, Britain, def. Nicolas Devilder, France, and Christophe Rochus, Belgium, 6-1, 4-1, retired.

Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana, Thailand, def. Sergio Roitman and Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina, 6-2, 6-1, 6-1.

Prakash Amritraj, India, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, def. Stephen Huss, Australia, and Ross Hutchins (16), Britain, 6-4, 6-7 (12), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa (11), Brazil, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, and Lovro Zovko, Croatia, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Dusan Vemic, Serbia, and Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

Martin Damm, Czech Republic, and Robert Lindstedt (15), Sweden, def. Jose Acasuso and Sebastian Prieto, Argentina, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.

Christopher Kas, Germany, and Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-3.

Wesley Moodie, South Africa, and Dick Norman (9), Belgium, def. James Auckland and Joshua Goodall, Britain, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Oliver Marach (8), Austria, def. Jonathan Erlich, Israel, and Jamie Murray, Britain, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1.

Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Andy Ram (7), Israel, def. Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Travis Rettenmaier, United States, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 10-8.

Leos Friedl and David Skoch, Czech Republic, def. Rik de Voest, South Africa, and Ashley Fisher (14), Australia, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Travis Parrott, United States, and Filip Polasek (10), Slovakia, lead Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, and Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3, susp., darkness.

Women

First Round

Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs (3), Australia, def. Sarah Borwell and Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-2, 6-3.

Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, and Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, def. Nathalie Dechy, France, and Mara Santangelo (14), Italy, 6-3, 6-3.

Julie Ditty, United States, and Ekaterina Dzehalevich, Belarus, def. Eva Hrdinova and Nicole Vaidisova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-7 (10), 7-5.

Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, and Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, def. Lucie Safarova and Vladimira Uhlirova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-3.

Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, and Yanina Wickmayer, Belgium, def. Liga Dekmeijere, Latvia, and Viktoriya Kutuzova, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-0.

Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, and Ipek Senoglu, Turkey, def. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, and Flavia Pennetta (8), Italy, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Vania King (12), United States, def. Melinda Czink, Hungary, and Natalie Grandin, South Africa, 6-4, 6-3.

Jocelyn Rae and Melanie South, Britain, def. Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukraine, 6-1, 7-6 (4).

Kristina Barrois, Germany, and Tathiana Garbin, Italy, def. Rika Fujiwara and Aiko Nakamura, Japan, 3-6, 6-4, 9-7.

Mariya Koryttseva, Ukraine, and Tatiana Poutchek, Belarus, def. Naomi Cavaday and Katie O'Brien, Britain, 6-4, 6-3.

Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, and Amelie Mauresmo (16), France, def. Tatjana Malek and Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6-3, 6-4.

Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (11), Spain, def. Akgul Amanmuradova, Uzbekistan, and Julie Coin, France, 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-2.

Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual (2), Spain, def. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 7-6 (3), 6-3.

Maria Elena Camerin, Italy, and Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, def. Edina Gallovits, Romania, and Katalin Marosi, Hungary, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber (1), United States, def. Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears, United States, 6-1, 6-4.

Vera Dushevina, Russia, and Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukraine, def. Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, and Agnes Szavay, Hungary, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.

Laura Robson and Georgie Stoop, Britain, def. Jade Curtis and Anna Smith, Britain, 6-4, 3-6, 13-11.