Over in SW19 the sun is out but the All England Lawn Tennis Club members aren't as Leonardo Mayer serves during his 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Aljaz Bedene on Court SixPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianElsewhere though, the AELTC is rammedPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianHeather Watson is all over the place in the early stages of her match against Madison Keys and loses the first set 6-3Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian
She doesn't look happy Photograph: Leonardo Mayer servesThe British number two's form improves at the start the second set ...Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianBut Keys is still the better player and takes the match 6-3, 7-5Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianThere are packed crowds on the hill and around Court 18 where where Phillip Kohlschreiber is leading Ivan DodigPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianOver on Court 10, it's a case of little and large as Olivier Rochus faces up to Kevin Anderson. The long arms and legs of Anderson helped the South African to a 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 straight-sets victoryPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianThere's some fancy manicured nails on show over on the Centre Court which means that Serena Williams is taking on Mandy MinellaPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianThere was no chance of the reigning champion chipping a nail or even breaking into a sweat as she dominated the first set and won it 6-1Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianThat dominance continued in the second set and she romped to a 6-1, 6-3 victory in 57 minutesPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianBernard Tomic serves during his 5 set victory over Sam Querrey 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3 Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the On Centre Court the number 1 seed Novak Djokovic takes the first set 6-3 against Florian MayerPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianBut has to utilise a whole range of shots to nullify the resurgent Mayers and take the second set 7-5 and then the third 6-4 for a straight sets victoryPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianAfter the 6 British players went out on day one and Heather Watson's exit early on day two, all eyes were on Laura Robson to see if all the talk of about the poor state of British tennis was true. It wasn't. The British No1 put in a typically brutal display of powerful tennis Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianShe took the first set 6-3Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianShe survived a bout of nerves to take the second set 6-4 and wrap up the win in one hour and 17 minutesPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianRobson seems to have enjoyed beating the 10th seed Maria KirilenkoPhotograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianGrigor Dimitrov, the man at the centre of the Serena/Sharapova spat, was in action on Court 18 against Simone Bolelli. The hoohah doesn't seem to have affected the number 29 seed as he triumphed in straight sets 6-1, 6-4, 6-3Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the GuardianTara Moore slips in her match, injuring her kneePhotograph: Tom Jenkins/Tom JenkinsA quick visit to the physio and some tape later, and she's back on the court – the injury doesn't seem to slow her downPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/Tom JenkinsDespite her good fortune with the knee injury, it's not enough and she loses to match to Kaia KanepiPhotograph: Tom Jenkins/Tom Jenkins
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