Play has been suspended due to bad light. Heather Watson and Caroline Garcia will resume their battle tomorrow. See you then. Night.
Serving for the second set, Heather Watson finds herself down 0-30. But she digs in. She finds her serve, Garcia flaps at some forehands and they’re all square. Into a third they go.
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Caroline Garcia holds. Over to Heather Watson to serve for the second set at 5-3.
Judy Murray is in the Heather Watson corner on Court 12. The British No1 now leads 4-1.
A doddle for Sloane Stephens on Centre Court. Barbora Strycova is no match for her. Stephens wins 6-4, 6-2.
Perhaps I wrote Heather Watson off too hastily. She’s only gone and broken again for a 3-1 lead in the second set. It’s not pretty but it is spirited.
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Jerzy Janowicz took the third set - but he’s flailing in the fouth. Ilhan leads 3-0. Oh, Jerzy!
Watson breaks back straight away! The great escape is on!
Smash! Caroline Garcia breaks at the start of the second set and Heather Watson is in a world of hurt now.
As a few wags in the press room have jut remarked, Maria Sharapova needed a workout after her win over Johanna Konta...
After a good start to @Wimbledon, finishing off the day with a good run in the park #Wimbledon2015 pic.twitter.com/LHj6n6p1ku
— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) June 29, 2015
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It’s not happening for Heather Watson. She plonks a backhand wide and a horrible set from her perspective is over. Caroline Garcia takes it 6-1 and there’s going to have to be a massive improvement from Watson if she’s not to leave us in the first round.
Lucie Safarova has fought back from the brink to knock Alison Riske out. The sixth seed wins 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 - but there were plenty of make-or-break moments that could have seen her lose that match if they hadn’t gone her way. But they did, so.
Alas, there’s no double for the Broady family. Liam won earlier but Naomi has lost, going down 7-6, 6-3 to the tricky Colombian, Mariana Duque-Marino, who befuddled her British opponent with her slice-heavy game.
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A breeze for Grigor Dimitrov on Court 1, a 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 victory over Federico Delbonis. A nice way for Mr Sharapova to start.
They moved Barbora Strycova versus Sloane Stephens to Centre Court. And Stephens has won the first set 6-4.
It’s taken six minutes of Heather Watson to drop her serve. A nicely angled backhand from Caroline Garcia does the job.
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Jerzy Janowicz is in danger of an ignominious first-round exit. He’s down two sets to Turkey’s Marsel Ilhan. Elsewhere Naomi Broady has been broken in the second set. She needs a Liam Broady-esque renaissance.
Heather Watson’s match against Caroline Garcia was going to be on Court 2 but Safarova’s stubborn resilience means it’s been moved to Court 12.
Grigor Dimitrov is in the groove. He’s up 6-3, 6-0 against Federico Delbonis, who must be wondering what’s just hit him.
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Lucie Safarova is battling. She was a set and a break down against Alison Riske but she’s taken it into a third after grinding out the second set 7-5.
Liam Broady’s sister, Naomi, has to emulate her heroic brother’s earlier deeds and claw back a deficit if she’s going to make the second round. A tight first set ends with Colombia’s Mariana Duque-Marino taking it on a tie-break.
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Grigor Dimitrov, slayer of Andy Murray last year, hasn’t built on the potential he demonstrated during that run to the semi-final. It was a close match against Novak Djokovic but he’s not done a great deal since then. But he’s off to a flyer this evening, gtaking the first set 6-3 against Federico Delbonis on Court 1.
Jerzy Janowicz, once so promising and now so fragile, was a semi-finalist here in 2013. Andy Murray beat him and it wasn’t easy doing so. Janowicz looked like a future top player that night. Less so now, though. He’s floundered since then and has dropped the first set 7-6 to Turkey’s Marcel Ilhan.
And two more matches have been completed and I can’t bring you news of any shocks: Kevin Anderson beats Lucas Pouille 6-2, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 and Richard Gasquet has no problems in his 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win over Luke Saville.
He can’t. Stan Wawrinka dominates the tie-break to see off the spirited challenge of Joao Sousa, winning it 7-3 and the match 6-2, 7-5, 7-6. The French Open champion is off the mark on the one surface that he’s yet to show he can truly master.
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We’ve got ourselves a tie-break on Centre Court. Can Sousa force a fourth set?
Why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why oh why has the BBC rebranded Today at Wimbledon? Now its highlights show is called Wimbledon 2day and I want to cry and I want to break something.
Dominika Cibulkova makes a sad exit from SW19 - she’s lost 7-5, 6-0 to Daniela Hantuchova. That escalated quickly.
Lucie Safarova, the French Open finalist, has a job on her hands. Alison Riske, an unseeded American, has grabbed the first set 6-3.
This is a very impressive win from an Australian perspective: John Millman has sent Tommy Robredo hurtling out of Wimbledon, crunching the durable Spaniard 6-2, 6-3, 6-4.
Blink and you’ll miss: we have another double bagel, Andrea Petkovic smashing Shelby Rogers of the USA 6-0, 6-0.
Tuesday’s order of play is out.
CENTRE COURT - SHOW COURT - 13:00 START
1 Kiki Bertens (NED) 127 vs Petra Kvitova (CZE) [2] 128
2 Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 127 vs Roger Federer (SUI) [2] 128
3 Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 95 vs Andy Murray (GBR) [3] 96
No.1 COURT - SHOW COURT - 13:00 START
1 Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 79 vs Rafael Nadal (ESP) [10] 80
2 Jana Cepelova (SVK) 95 vs Simona Halep (ROU) [3] 96
3 Tomas Berdych (CZE) [6] 97 vs Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 98
No.2 COURT - SHOW COURT - 11:30 START
1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [13] 81 vs Gilles Muller (LUX) 82
2 Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 111 vs Gilles Simon (FRA) [12] 112
3 Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) [8] 97 vs Sachia Vickery (USA) 98
4 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [5] 65 vs Saisai Zheng (CHN) 66
No.3 COURT - SHOW COURT - 11:30 START
1 Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 85 vs Kyle Edmund (GBR) 86
2 Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 123 vs Laura Robson (GBR) 124
3 Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) 111 vs Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) [12] 112
4 Gael Monfils (FRA) [18] 105 vs Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) 106
COURT 12 - SHOW COURT - 11:30 START
1 Elias Ymer (SWE) 87 vs Ivo Karlovic (CRO) [23] 88
2 Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) [13] 113 vs Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 114
3 Luca Vanni (ITA) 65 vs James Ward (GBR) 66
4 Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 87 vs Sabine Lisicki (GER) [18] 88
COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 11:30 START
1 Carina Witthoeft (GER) 79 vs Angelique Kerber (GER) [10] 80
2 Andreas Seppi (ITA) [25] 89 vs Brydan Klein (GBR) 90
3 Feliciano Lopez (ESP) [15] 113 vs Steve Darcis (BEL) 114
4 Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) [26] 89 vs Laura Siegemund (GER) 90
COURT 4 - 11:30 START
1 Mateusz Kowalczyk (POL) / Igor Zelenay (SVK) 15 vs Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Marc Lopez (ESP) [6] 16
2 Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) / Joao Souza (BRA) 19 vs Andre Begemann (GER) / Julian Knowle (AUT) 20
3 Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 69 vs Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 70
4 Andreea Mitu (ROU) 101 vs Olga Govortsova (BLR) 102
COURT 5 - 11:30 START
1 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 77 vs Mona Barthel (GER) 78
2 Sam Querrey (USA) 125 vs Igor Sijsling (NED) 126
3 Pablo Andujar (ESP) 103 vs Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) [29] 104
4 Karin Knapp (ITA) 99 vs Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 100
COURT 6 - 11:30 START
1 Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 119 vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) [20] 120
2 Viktor Troicki (SRB) [22] 73 vs Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) 74
3 Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) 91 vs Tereza Smitkova (CZE) 92
4 Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 67 vs Denisa Allertova (CZE) 68
COURT 7 - 11:30 START
1 Misaki Doi (JPN) 119 vs Elina Svitolina (UKR) [17] 120
2 Denis Istomin (UZB) 83 vs Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 84
3 Robin Haase (NED) 93 vs Alejandro Falla (COL) 94
4 Johanna Larsson (SWE) 85 vs Christina McHale (USA) 86
COURT 8 - 11:30 START
1 Magda Linette (POL) 125 vs Kurumi Nara (JPN) 126
2 Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 109 vs Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 110
3 Radek Stepanek (CZE) 75 vs Aljaz Bedene (GBR) 76
COURT 9 - 11:30 START
1 Dustin Brown (GER) 77 vs Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) 78
2 Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) / Samantha Stosur (AUS) 11 vs Janette Husarova (SVK) / Paula Kania (POL) 12
3 Monica Puig (PUR) 93 vs Monica Niculescu (ROU) 94
4 Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 107 vs Michael Berrer (GER) 108
COURT 10 - 11:30 START
1 Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 75 vs Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) 76
2 Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 91 vs Borna Coric (CRO) 92
3 Jiri Vesely (CZE) 67 vs Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) 68
4 Sesil Karatantcheva (BUL) 83 vs Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 84
COURT 11 - 11:30 START
1 Benoit Paire (FRA) 117 vs Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 118
2 Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 69 vs Vincent Millot (FRA) 70
3 Tatjana Maria (GER) 109 vs Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 110
4 Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 107 vs Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS) 108
COURT 15 - 11:30 START
1 Garbine Muguruza (ESP) [20] 73 vs Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 74
2 Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 115 vs Facundo Bagnis (ARG) 116
Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) / Lucie Safarova (CZE) [3] 17 vs
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Naomi Broady (GBR) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) 18
4 Teliana Pereira (BRA) 71 vs Camila Giorgi (ITA) [31] 72
COURT 16 - 11:30 START
1 Tamira Paszek (AUT) 117 vs Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 118
2 Jack Sock (USA) [31] 121 vs Sam Groth (AUS) 122
3 Jelena Jankovic (SRB) [28] 121 vs Elena Vesnina (RUS) 122
COURT 17 - 11:30 START
1 Malek Jaziri (TUN) 123 vs James Duckworth (AUS) 124
2 Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 115 vs Klara Koukalova (CZE) 116
3 Filip Krajinovic (SRB) 99 vs Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 100
4 Madison Keys (USA) [21] 105 vs Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 106
COURT 19 - 11:30 START
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Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) 35 vs
Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL) / Katalin Marosi (HUN) 36
2 Tim Smyczek (USA) 71 vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) [30] 72
3 Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 101 vs Lukas Rosol (CZE) 102
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There’s no messing around from Wawrinka. He’s not been at his scintillating best in the second set but he’s still won it to lead Joao Sousa 6-2, 7-5. It would take an extraordinary turnaround for Wawrinka to lose from here. He looks well set to move safely into the second round, a place Kei Nishikori has just turned up after he knuckled down and beat Simone Bolelli 6-3, 6-7, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Not totally convincing from Nishikori but he’ll be glad to get through that one after his injury problems.
Joao Sousa admonishes the heavens after battering a smash wide and two forehands long to more or less gift Stan Wawrinka the match on Centre Court. Wawrinka, already up a set, breaks for a 6-5 lead in the second set.
Well that was emphatic from Venus Williams, who’s given poor Madison Brengle a right old smack around the chops on Court 3. The former champion, who knows a thing or two about the grass here, wins 6-0, 6-0 in one of the performances of the day. Ouch. That’s gotta hurt.
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Joao Sousa is giving Stan Wawrinka a few things to think about in this second set on Centre Court. He leads 5-4, with Wawrinka about to serve.
It’s an old-fashioned pummelling on Court 3, where Venus Williams is tossing Madison Brengle around like an old ragdoll. It’s 6-0, 3-0.
Richard Gasquet, the future star who got left behind, has won the first set against Australia’s Luke Saville. Gasquet was nailed on to be a slam winner when he was a kid and he’s never really got close, other than a couple of semi-finals. He just can’t match up physically.
Kevin Anderson made a bit of a meal of it, allowing himself to be broken when he served for the second set, but he comes through eventually. He leads Lucas Pouille 6-2, 7-5.
On this up and down day for the veterans, Venus Williams is definitely feeling up as she races away with the first set against Madison Brengle. Venus storms it 6-0. She could play Serena down the line, you know. What a story it would be if she denies her little sister the calendar slam.
On Court 1, that first crucial break goes Nishikori’s way. He leads 2-0 against Simone Bolelli.
The unheralded Australian, John Millman, has given Tommy Robredo a bit of a shock on Court 11, taking the first set 6-2. Meanwhile dangerous floater, big serving Kevin Anderson, is serving for a two-set lead against Lucas Pouille.
Kei Nishikori has been taken to a fifth set by Simone Bolelli. How will his fitness hold up on Court 1?
Stan Wawrinka eases to the first set against Joao Sousa, winning it 6-2. I’m going over to Centre Court to have a look.
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The end of an era arrives. Finally Lleyton Hewitt can no longer take the strain against the stubborn old Finn Jarkko Nieminen, spanking a forehand long on match point to go down 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 11-9. That’s it, we have just seen Hewitt play his last match at Wimbledon, and it ends in suitably incredible circumstances, a wonderfully dramatic match that was full of twists and turns reaching a sad conclusion from an Australian perspective. The 2002 champion is out in the first round and he receives a standing ovation from the crowd. Old Rusty has ground to a halt at long last and he’ll need a good oiling after that marathon encounter. You have to hand it to Nieminen, who refused to go away. It could have been his last match at Wimbledon as well. Instead he’s got second match against ... oh ... ah ... ouch ... he’s playing Novak Djokovic next.
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They could be heading for a fifth set on Court 1. Kei Nishikori snatched the third 6-2 but Simone Bolelli leads 4-1 in the fourth.
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Stan Wawrinka is quickly into his stride on Centre Court, breaking early for a 2-1 lead against Joao Sousa. The French Open champion looks in good nick. Meanwhile Milos Raonic has served his way into the second round, beating Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6.
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But what about Hewitt? He’s still going. He holds. It’s 8-8. He is one stubborn character.
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While one veteran rages against the dying on the light, another glides into the second round, Tommy Haas beating Dusan Lajovic 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Lleyton Hewitt is serving to prolong his Wimbledon career. He’s down 8-7 in the fifth set.
Bernard Tomic, always hard to read, has struggled through to the second round, overcoming a mid-match snooze to come through 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. He probably should have made that easier for himself but, well, he’s Bernard Tomic.
Belinda Bencic has beaten a stricken Tsvetana Pironkova 3-6, 6-1, 6-3. A disappointment for Pironkova, who suffered a thigh injury during the second set, but well done to Bencic, who looks at home on the grass.
Court 2. Fifth set. Lleyton Hewitt 7-7 Jarkko Nieminen. Is Hewitt going to win Wimbledon?
Here’s an interesting exchange about on-court coaching from Novak Djokovic’s press conference.
Q. The other day you told us about the communication between you and Boris in the box, more kind of an encouragement thing. Now I’ve seen footage where he’s talked about using hand signals, the Serbian members of your team shouting out things in Serbian, which fewer people are going to understand.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC: I’m just trying to figure out what you want to achieve with this story. I don’t understand what you really want. Do you want to say I’m cheating, my team? I’m really trying to figure out what’s behind this. I mean, are you asking only me or are you asking other players, as well?
Q. We know very well that in the past, Rafa Nadal, for instance, and Uncle Toni have been pulled up for this. I am interested this in general, and just at the French Open, we were asking Rafa about why a particular umpire wasn’t with him, about the whole issue of time violations. It just so happens now it appears twice in the last three weeks, say, Boris has been talking about how he communicates with you on court. I’m only responding to what I’ve seen and heard.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC: Yes, I understand. But, I mean, I got this question already two times in the last couple days. I don’t understand what I can say, what I haven’t said already before. I’m going to repeat myself: I’m going to say that there are certain ways of communication which is encouragement, which is support, which is understanding the moment when to, you know, clap or say something that, you know, can lift my energy up, that can kind of motivate me to play a certain point. But it’s all within the rules.
If I am breaking any rules or my team does, I would be fined for that, right? The chair umpire would say, Coaching penalty, and that’s it. Or the supervisor, or whoever.
I think it has happened in my life, no doubt about that. Of course, I accept the fact if my coach, Boris or Marian, do say something that is against the rules that are in place, I have no complaint about the code violation that I get for coaching. So, I mean, I’m completely fine by that.
I just don’t understand why this same story is repeating over and over for days.
Q. Because we keep finding examples of Boris saying it.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC: He said it once.
Q. There’s another instance. Anyway...
NOVAK DJOKOVIC: Anyway, then you can talk to him about it, if he’s willing to talk more about it. But I’m honestly not.
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Belinda Bencic served for the match at 5-2 against Tsvetana Pironkova. Pironkova broke. How dramatic!
Easy does it for Maria Sharapova, who scandalously disappoints British fans by beating Johanna Konta 6-2, 6-2. James Riach was watching here.
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A cheer goes up from the Aussies. Somehow Hewitt holds. It’s 5-5 in the fifth set. Those Fanatics will also be glad to hear that Bernard Tomic has sorted himself out and leads Jan-Lennard Struff 4-1 in the fifth set on Court 16.
And another. Hewitt, just about, is still in these championships.
Serving at 5-4 down, Lleyton Hewitt has just saved two match points. He’s absurd.
Milos Raonic has been inconvenienced on Court 3 by Daniel Gimeno-Traver, who’s just won the third set 6-3. He’s still got a way to go, Gimeno-Traver, given that Raonic won the first two sets, but suddenly that’s not looking quite as straightforward for the Canadian.
The tide has turned on Court 18. Belinda Bencic is up a break in the third set against an ailing Tsvetana Pironkova, whose movement has been hampered by an injury to her left thigh.
Hewitt’s advantage is no more. Jarkko Nieminen breaks back and it’s 4-4 in the fifth.
They’re into a fifth set on Court 16. Bernard Tomic has roused himself to take the fourth set 6-2 against Jan-Lennard Struff.
Simone Bolelli is making life exceedingly difficult for Kei Nishikori now. He’s won a second-set tie-break on Court 1 to level the match.
Belinda Bencic has a spring in her step after levelling her match against Tsvetana Pironkova. The second set was a drubbing - 6-1. They’re on serve in the decider.
There have been so many breaks in the fifth set between Hewitt and Nieminen. The latest goes Hewitt’s way and he leads 4-3. “We’re here for two more days in the sun,” The Fanatics chant. They’ve made history there - that must be the first time those words have ever been chanted by foreigners in London.
Juan Monaco means business. He’s a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 winner over Florian Mayer.
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It’s been a mixed day for the Aussies. While Samantha Stosur has just clattered into the second round, Thanasi Kokkiakis revealed that he threw up a couple of times in his mouth during his match against Leonardo Mayer. He was ill last week.
The Fanatics are out in force on Court 2, where Lleyton Hewitt is up a break and 3-2 in the fifth set against Jarkko Nieminen. They are singing loudly. “Thank you,” says the weary umpire through gritted teeth. “Thanks, players are ready for play now.” That was code for EFF OFF.
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Serena Williams was asked for her thoughts on Wimbledon’s insistence on players wearing white. She had this to say.
That’s another thing that I think makes Wimbledon really unique, they have a rule about your attire. The Open, you can imagine them in New York them saying, You can’t wear this. It would be kind of weird. It works well here. It’s part of tradition. As a club member, when you come here to play, you have to wear white. They want everyone else to. I think it’s unique. I think it’s beautiful to see white against the grass. I think it makes for great photos.
Milos Raonic is cruising against Daniel Gimeno-Traver; he’s up 6-2, 6-3. Dusan Lajovic, meanwhile, is threatening a third-set resurgence against Tommy Haas.
And Jan-Lennard Struff takes that third set 6-2. He’s a set away from beating Bernard Tomic, who may well be checking out mentally. He’s all over the place. What a frustrating player. What a prospect he was when he first burst on to the scene.
Bernard Tomic is in the red zone. He’s 5-2 down in the third set against Jan-Lennard Struff.
Lleyton Hewitt is going to have to call upon all his scrapping qualities now - he’s just lost the fourth set 6-0 to Jarkko Nieminen. He’s never one to shy away from a fight but could this be his final Wimbledon appearance?
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Italy is the winner, Italy is the loser. Sara Errani is through. She beats Francesca Schiavone 3-6, 6-3, 6-1.
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If Belinda Bencic is going to become the first teenage champion here since Maria Sharapova in 2004, she’s going about it the hard way. She’s just dropped the first set 6-3 to the wily Bulgarian, Tsvetana Pironkova. It’s perhaps not a surprise that Bencic, who’s only 18, has dipped a little after winning her first WTA title in Eastbourne two days ago.
It’s never easy with Lleyton Hewitt. Jarko Nieminen is up 3-0 in the fourth set. And it’s never easy with Bernard Tomic, who’s lost the second set 6-3 to Jan-Lennard Struff.
It’s all over on Court 14 and they haven’t got close to Isner-Mahut levels. It was still pretty long, though, and in the end it’s Fernando Verdasco who wins 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-7, 13-11. Martin Klizan is off to have an ice bath, pack his bags, catch a flight to Somewhere Else and reflect on what might have been.
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Could this be Milos Raonic’s year? Or could it be Kei Nishikori’s year? Both men are yet to break their slam duck. Raonic was a beaten semi-finalist last year, losing to Roger Federer in three unmemorable sets, while Nishikori beat Novak Djokovic to reach the US Open final and then had nothing in the tank against Marin Cilic in the final. Anyway they’ve made strong starts to their respective matches, Raonic sweeping to a 6-2 first set against Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Nishikori more generously allowing Simone Bolelli three games in the first set of his match on Court 1.
Another golden oldie is rolling back the years on Court 8, where the wonderful Tommy Haas has just won the first set 6-1 Ginar Serbia’s Dusan Lajovc.
Lleyton Hewitt, 67, is locked in a deadly tussle with Finland’s Jarko Nieminen and leads by two sets to one after winning the third 6-4. He doesn’t want his Wimbledon adventure to end just yet. He won’t go quietly, not old Lleyton. Meanwhile Bernard Tomic has given Jan-Lennard Struff hope after winning the first set 6-3; he trails 4-1 in the second.
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And now it’s 11-all. There’s a chance it will never end.
It’s 11-10 to Verdasco over on Court 14. Martin Klizan is about to serve.
Anna-Lena Friedsam has squeaked through against Russia’s Vitalia Diatchenko. The German wins 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 to reach the second round.
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I don’t want to step on James Riach’s toes. He’s a big guy. And he has live coverage of Johanna Konta versus Maria Sharapova for you.
In Italy versus Italy on Court 18, it’s a set all. Sara Errani won the first, Francesca Schiavone wins the second.
Juan Monaco has the first set in the bag against Florian Mayer - he won it 6-1. Meanwhile news reaches me that Liam Broady has become the youngest British male to win a match here since Chris Eaton beat Boris Pasanski in the first round in 2008.
An epic match has unfolded on Court 14 between Fernando Verdasco and Martin Klizan, where it’s 10-9 to the Spaniard in the fifth set. 10-9! It’s not quite Isner-Mahut, but still - 10-9!
In case you missed it, Novak Djokovic beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Also, Kanye West wound some people up on the weekend.
Asked about the dirty scum comment, Nick Kyrgios had this to say: “I wasn’t referring to the ref at all there. I mean, it was towards myself. Obviously I knew you guys were going to ask me that.”
Now that Broady has been carried off court by his jubilant, Pimms-sozzled, strawberry-faced people, Court 18 is ready for an intriguing contest between the Eastbourne champion, Belinda Bencic, and the former semi-finalist, Tsvetana Pironkova. Bencic - the new Martina Hingis, you might have heard - will need to have her wits about her against the accomplished Bulgarian.
Amidst all the Broady excitement, here are a couple of results you might have missed: Thanasi Kokkinakis, the exciting young Aussie, was given a bit of a lesson by the experienced Leonardo Mayer and Ana Ivanovic had a comfortable win over Yi-Fan Xu.
In his press conference, Nick Kyrgios said that he was calling himself “dirty scum”, rather than the umpire.
On Court 1, we’ve got Kei Nishikori and Simone Bolelli. Nishikori is a dangerous player, of course, but he’s had fitness problems recently and Bolelli could be an awkward opponent. They’ve just got going there and it’s still on serve. It wouldn’t be a huge shock if Bolelli wins that one.
Broady, in case you are wondering, will play David Goffin, after the Belgian over Horacio Zeballos.
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Well done @Liambroady 👊😃👍big comeback win
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) June 29, 2015
... And what a time for Jacob’s internet to go! Just as Broady beats Matosevic! That’s right. The 21-year, British wildcard, who has never before played in a five-set match has beaten Matosevic at Wimbledon! What a performance. 5-7 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-3, by the way.
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Matosevic dabs a volley wide! It’s 30-40 - it’s match point to Broady!
I’m back, here for the glory shift after Ian’s sterling work. And I arrive just in time to see Liam Broady take a 5-3 lead in the fifth set! Matosevic is serving to stay in the match.
Well, well, Broady has a break point in the seventh game of the fifth set. He couldn’t, could he? He can. A well-struck backhand can’t be handled by Matosevic and the crowd really erupt this time. He is leading 4-3 and on serve. And with that, I hand you back over to my colleague, Jacob Steinberg. Bye!
Broady takes the first point in the next game but forces one into the net on the next. Matosevic shanks the next point after a longish rally but recovers his concentration to make it 30-30. The temperature reaches 40-40 before Broady takes advantage. (This, incidentally, is apparently the first time he has made it to five sets). Seconds later the crowd erupt – I say erupt, it’s more a low roar – and Broady is fist-pumping the air. It’s three games apiece in the final set.
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And it’s over to Court 18 and Broady v Matosevic we go. Matosevic was two-love up but Broady has crawled his way back into the set to make it 2-2. Sorry, make that 3-2 to the Australian. He has just held serve.
Serena has just broken Gasparyan with one of the most brutal – and beautiful – cross-court forehand you are likely to see this summer. Gasparyan takes the first point. And the second. Wait! What’s happening here? This wasn’t in the script. Ah! This is more like it. 15-30. A 100-odd-mph, perfectly placed serve makes it 30-30 but Gasparyan recovers her advantage once more. Can she hang on? Eh no. Serena pushes her wide and the Russian finds the net with her backhand. A shot placed a millimetre over the end means it is game, set and match point to Serena. However, Gasparyan lives on. We go back to deuce. Gasparyan’s return from Serena’s serves is slow but Serena’s isn’t, which means she has her second game point. She does not waste that.
Here is what the wires had to say about Victoria Azarenka and her win over Anett Kontaveit:
The former semi-finalist Victoria Azarenka coasted through her opening match at Wimbledon on Monday as she became the first woman through to the second round. The 25-year-old Belarusian reached the last-four stage in 2011 and 2012, losing to Petra Kvitova and Serena Williams, and is the 23rd seed this year. She is a former world number one, however, and overwhelmed Estonian Anett Kontaveit 6-2 6-1 in just 57 minutes on Court 12.
Holy moly Liam Broady! He was two sets down to Marinko Matosevic but he has just made it two sets all, winning the second one 6-2. He couldn’t, could he?
Over in the big women’s match, Margarita Gasparyan has just gone 30 up with Serena on serve. For the next point, Gasparyan is pushed around the court but Serena smashes a backhand into the net. 0-40 it is. Serena claws a point back when Gasparyan overhits and then it is the Russian’s turn to backhand one into the net. Three break points have suddenly become one. The decibel level rises for the long rally at deuce but a well-angels shot from Serena pushes Gasparyan wide and she can only find her side of the court. Serena takes advantage then takes her second double fault of the match. She makes up for it by wrong-footing Gasparyan to take advantage once more and finally the game. She now leads 4-1 in the second set.
Good afternoon one and all. In case you missed this earlier, Nick Kyrgios reminded Wimbledon fans of the destructive weapons that shook up the tournament last year by powering into the second round with a straight-sets demolition of Diego Schwartzman on Monday. You can read the match report here.
I’m going to get some lunch. Ian McCourt will be your guide for the next 20 minutes or so.
Thanasi Kokkinakis is in danger of being blown away by Leonardo Mayer. The Argentinian leads 7-6, 7-6 and the young Aussie has it all to do from here. Meanwhile Marcel Granollers has beaten Janko Tipsarevic in straight sets and Liam Broady, Britain’s Broady, is all over Marinko Matosevic now and leads 3-1 in the fourth set. A classic is brewing over on Court 18.
I’m not sure how she’s done it after that onslaught from Margarita Gasparyan but she has: Serena Williams wins the first set 6-4. It was an almighty struggle, the Russian channelling inspiration from somewhere and mainlining winners, but Williams has battled back from a break down to take control. A forehand into the net from Gasparyan sealed it.
Ana Ivanovic, beaten in the semi-final of the French Open earlier this month, has started promisingly against China’s Yi-Fan Xu and leads 3-0. And there’s an all-Italian affair on Court 17, where Sara Errani leads Francesca Schiavone 3-1.
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“Come onnnnnnnnnn!” Williams bellows after squeezing a hold to lead 5-4. She doesn’t look entirely comfortable out there. Her movement is quite heavy.
Serena Williams is clinging on for dear life at times. Gasparyan is playing some superb tennis. The 20-year-old is determined to make every shot count. It’s 4-4 in the first set.
Are you sitting down? Good. Then I can let you know that John Isner needed a tie-break to win the first set against Go Soeda.
Dominic Thiem swats Dudi Sela aside, the No32 seed beating his Israeli opponent in four sets, to the tune of 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. A dodgy start but an authoritative finish.
Liam Broady is mounting a famous comeback against Marinko Matosevic, taking the third set 6-3 to pull the match into a fourth set. Brits really are very good at tennis.
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There are reports that Nick Kyrgios said “dirty scum” about or to someone during his win over Diego Schwartzman. It’s not clear who or what it was about. Kyrgios faces the press in around 45 minutes.
And Williams dusts herself down and breaks back, Gasparyan knocking a backhand wide in the sixth game of the first set. It’s been a wonderfully entertaining match so far, largely because of the Russian’s complete lack of any fear, but Williams could be about to put her foot on the gas.
Zarina Diyas eventually sees of Flavia Pennetta, beating the Italian 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. Meanwhile Serena Williams just slipped heavily on Court 1 but fortunately she’s not hurt.
Marin Cilic is into the second round, dismissing Hiroki Moriya 6-3, 6-2, 7-6. Could the US Open champion be a threat this year? He pushed Novak Djokovic very close in the last eight last year but he’s never made too much of an impression on grass otherwise.
An excellent win in the end for Kirsten Flipkens, who roars back from a dreadful first set to beat Annika Beck 0-6, 6-3, 6-4. Meanwhile Margarita Gasparyan is playing the tennis of her life against Serena Williams. Can she sustain it? Williams is in a battle out there. She’s pumping her fist and shouting “Come on!” every time she wins a point.
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The No11 seed, Karolina Pliskova, has beaten Irina Falconi 6-4, 4-6, 6-1, while David Goffin has secured an impressive 7-6, 6-1, 6-1 win over Horacio Zeballos.
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Martin Klizan took the first set off a Spaniard last year: Rafael Nadal. It didn’t do him much good then and it’s not done him much good today; he trails Fernando Verdasco 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Wellity, wellity, wellity. Serena Williams dumps a tame backhand into the net and Margarita Gasparyan, an unseeded Russian, breaks in the very first game on Court 1. Surely not?
Diego Schwartzman put up a good fight in the third set but it’s not enough to stop Nick Kyrgios, who wins 6-0, 6-2, 7-6. Next on Court 2, another Australian: Lleyton Hewitt, the 2002 champion.
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SERENA WILLIAMS LOSES THE FIRST POINT OF HER MATCH.
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Diego Schwartzman is battling gamely against Nick Kyrgios. He’s got a third-set tie-break. Can he force a fourth set?
On Court 1, please be upstanding for the arrival of Serena Williams, who continues her quest for the calendar slam against Margarita Gasparyan. On Court 18, please shed a tear for Not-So-Great Britain as Liam Broady falls two sets behind Marinko Matosevic; it’s 7-5, 6-4 to the Aussie.
When they hand out the award for the best name at Wimbledon this year, it will go to Coco Vandeweghe. More importantly, she’s just beaten Anna Schmiedlova 6-4, 6-2.
Nick Miller has live coverage of Novak Djokovic against Philipp Kohlschreiber here.
The No32 seed, Dominic Thiem, is back on track against Dudi Sela. He leads 2-6, 6-3, 3-1. On Court 10, Zarina Diyas is up a break in the third set against Flavia Pennetta.
Nick Kyrgios has crawled out of bed to level the third set at 4-4 against Diego Schwartzman. But the news is less good for Australian fans on Court 16, where Thanasi Kokkinakis is a set down after losing the tie-break to the doughty Leonardo Mayer. Big things are expected of Kokkinakis but the teenager has come up against a very wily opponent today.
And a big Kokkinakis serve keeps Mayer at bay. This one could run and run.
Leonardo Mayer and Thanasi Kokkinakis are inseparable. When they’re finished with this tennis malarkey, they’re off to book a holiday together. It’s 6-6 in the tie-break, Mayer unable to take two set points. He has another one here, though...
Regarding my earlier comment Janko Tipsarevic, there has been movement below the line.
Janko Tipsarevic, a former top 10 player, has rather faded from view in recent years. The Serb is 4-1 down to Spain’s Marcel Granollers in the first set on Court 7.
I mentioned him earlier. He's had a dramatic time including foot tumours resulting in 80% of his heel being removed, hospitalisation following a panic attack and most recently pneumonia. (On the plus side, he's got on building a family).
I am quite surprised to see him back really. He started OK and scored decent tour wins but the body is breaking down again, unfortunately.
No problems for Marin Cilic thus far, though, the ninth seed breezing into a 6-3, 6-2, 1-0 lead over Hiroki Moriya, who’s going to have a bit of time to fit in some sightseeing this afternoon.
Nick Kyrgios is having one of those mid-match slumps he’s so fond of. Having stormed through the first two sets, he’s decided he hates tennis now and finds himself trailing 4-2 to Diego Schwartzman in the third. Keep a close eye on that one; there could be fireworks.
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There’s no stopping Victoria Azarenka today. She thumps Anett Kontaveit 6-2, 6-1 to reach the second round easily enough. A fine performance from Azarenka.
David Goffin, the 16th seed and in decent form recently, has won the first set of his match against Argentina’s Horacio Zeballos on a tie-break. He’s a break up in the second. Goffin has come on well and he’s enjoying his first-round experience a bit more than last year, when he was dumped out in straight sets by Andy Murray.
A commendable recovery from Kirsten Flipkens after losing the first set 6-0. She’s clambered off the canvas to win the second 6-3 and drag Annika Beck into a decider.
Thanasi Kokkinakis has held off a strong challenge from Leonardo Mayer in the 12th game of the first set, saving a set point, and forces a tie-break. The young Aussie has his hands full out there.
We have our first retirement. Trailing 6-2, 5-2 to Ricardas Berankis, Andreas Haider-Maurer decides he’s had enough and calls it a day. Berankis moves into the second round without any complications whatsoever.
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Feast your eyes on this video about Wimbledon qualifiers. Or else. I know where you live, so you’d better watch it.
Diego Schwartzman puts up more of a fight in the second set than he managed in the first - but he can’t stop Nick Kyrgios skipping into a 6-0, 6-2 lead. Get this - apparently Kyrgios was wearing big pink headphones when he walked on court. The Daily Mail will be outraged.
Marin Cilic is in control against Hiroki Moriya on Court 3, the Croatian clutching a handy 6-3, 2-1 lead. What else? Coco Vandeweghe - what a name - wins the first set of her match against Anna Schmiedlova 6-4, Martin Klizan takes the first set against Fernando Verdasco, No 11 seed Karolina Pliskova does the same against Batman villain Irina Falconi and Lithuania’s Ricardas Berankis wins the first set 6-3 against Austria’s Andreas Haider-Maurer.
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Broady has had so many opportunities. He almost forces a tie-break but fritters away another break point and eventually Matosevic takes the first set 7-5 after pounding an ace past our plucky Brit.
What an escape! A Broady backhand hits the top of the net and just lands in on set point.
Liam Broady has just wasted two more break points...
Liam Broady had a brief holiday away from it but he is now firmly back in the land known as Trouble. Marinko Matosevic is about to serve for the first set after breaking for a 6-5 lead.
Another two sets have been completed. Imagine the following in James Alexander Gordon’s voice: Dudi Sela 6-2 Dominic Thiem, Victoria Azarenka 6-2 Anett Kontaveit.
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As for Victoria Azarenka, she’s taking control against Anett Kontaveit and leads 5-2. Huzzah!
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Janko Tipsarevic, a former top 10 player, has rather faded from view in recent years. The Serb is 4-1 down to Spain’s Marcel Granollers in the first set on Court 7.
Diego Schwartzman has won a game! The comeback is on.
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There are bagels all over the place. Nick Kyrgios has won the first set 6-0 against Diego Schwartzman and Annika Beck has done likewise against Kirsten Flipkens. That didn’t take long. We’re well underway now. It’s only just gone midday and two sets have already been completed! This will be finished in no time at all at this rate!
Liam Broady has just seen a break point for a 4-2 lead against Matosevic come and go, a forehand sailing long. That was a chance. Matosevic holds.
Liam Broady has recovered well from dropping his serve in the first game and his lefty serve is beginning to trouble Matosevic. Broady has broken back and leads 3-2 in the first set. Kyrgios, meanwhile, is making mincemeat of Schwartzman. He’s about to serve for the first set with a 5-0 lead. Schwzrtzman is floundering in the land of the giants.
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Nick Kyrgios is having terrific fun against a winded Diego Schwartzman, breaking again for a 3-0 lead. What a scamp Kyrgios is, with his jewellery and his haircut and his youthful abandon and the sense that he could not give one solitary one about what people think of him. Imagine! The bare-faced cheek of him refusing to conform, preferring to live his own life instead! I’m not having it. Elsewhere the US Open champion, Marin Cilic, a formidable player on his day and a very dark horse this year, is battering Japan’s Hiroki Moriya on Court 3.
Kirsten Flipkens, a semi-finalist two years ago, is struggling early on, trailing Germany’s Annika Beck 3-0. Meanwhile Victoria Azarenka, a two-time grand slam champion and former world No1 who has been cut down by injuries in the past year or so, is duking it out with Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit. There have been two breaks already. It’s 1-1. I really hope that Azarenka can get back to her best after a nightmare spell. She’s a cracking player when she’s on it.
This is Australia’s year. Now Nick Kyrgios, tormentor of Rafael Nadal last year, breaks in the first game of his match against Diego Schwartzman. A bullet forehand was too much for the Argentinian. This could be pretty one-sided. Krygios towered over Schwartzman at the net during the coin toss. He’s surely going to be too strong for him.
Over on Court 18, Liam Broady makes a terrible start to his Wimbledon, a slice into the net handing Marinko Matosevic an early break.
The first few points have been played. It’s on!
Tok! Tok! Tok! Players are knocking up. Balls are being hit. Rackets are being swished. Tennis is on the cards.
There’s an Australian flavour to the day’s opening matches. Nick Kyrgios is on Court 2 against Diego Schwartzman, Thanasi Kokkinakis is on Court 16 against Leonardo Mayer and Marinko ‘Mad Dog’ Matosevic is on Court 18 against Britain’s Liam Broady. This is Lleyton Hewitt’s last Wimbledon - I smell a narrative.
The sun is shining, courts are filling up and players will be out shortly. Wimbledon 2015 is almost underway.
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How are you experiencing Wimbledon? If you’re here, we’ve set you homework we’d like you to send in your pictures and so forth.
You must have heard that Britain is going to be in the grip of one of its infamous heatwaves this week. The temperature in London could be as high as a sweltering 35 degrees on Wednesday and it’s going to be in and around that mark on other days. I fancy it’s going to affect some of the players at some point.
Barney Ronay has just arrived at Wimbledon. He gave me a pat on the shoulder. It could have been out of sympathy.
Novak Djokovic, The Amazing Bending Man, hasn’t played a warm-up tournament. Could that affect him today? There are 32 seeds. His opponent today, Philipp Kohlschreiber, is the world No33, not the kind of player you want to face in the first round. I’m not going to go as far to say that Djokovic is going to lose - I’m not an idiot, despite it all - but it could be a cracking match.
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The Voice of Wimbledon, a mysterious character who is only heard and never seen, speaks. Everyone listens. You always listen to The Voice. They have secret cameras here, checking if you’re listening. I listened. “Attention please,” he says, before pausing briefly. “The gates will soon be opened.” In an hour, play will begin - for the 129th time on these grounds.
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It’s the first day of Wimbledon! Wimbledon 2015! That’s right, they’ve decided to hold the tennis here again this year! You can’t tell me that you’re not excited. You’re excited. There will be forehands, there will be backhands, there will be drama, maybe some scandal, maybe some controversy, even some rows, there will be slices and drop shots and titters from the most easily amused crowd in the world when someone hilariously serves three lets in a row, there will be double faults, there will be aces, there will be Sue Barker, there will be the moment the BBC cancels that night’s episode of Masterchef as the always perplexing and never dull Andy Murray allows his fourth-round match to roll into its fifth hour, there will be tears, there will be cheers, and when it’s all over there will be 254 L.O.S.E.R.S and two champions. But who? Who will those champions be? Serena Williams will win the ladies’ title on 11 July We’ll find out who’s won the women’s title on 11 July but the men will keep us waiting for another 24 hours because that’s just how men are, am I rig... wait, sorry, I’ve said too much, you’ve got me - yes, I was watching old episodes of Sex and the City last night.
Moving swiftly on and vowing not to make eye contact with any of you for the rest of the fortnight, let’s have a look at today’s menu: while it’s not until tomorrow until we see Murray, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Petra Kvitova, the reigning women’s champion, it still looks mighty tasty. The first match on Centre Court sees Novak Djokovic begin the defence of his title against the tricky German, Philipp Kohlschreiber, who could give the world No1 a headache or two. Will Djokovic be reeling after Stan Wawrinka blew him off the court in the French Open final last month? It was supposed to be Djokovic’s year after his wins over Nadal and Murray but then he came up short against one of the sweetest backhands in the history of the game and it will be fascinating to see how he recovers from that defeat.
For the first time in his career, Wawrinka is on Centre Court based solely on his merits. Previously he would have been there only against a top, top player and now he is a top, top player, the world No4, a two-time grand slam champion, perhaps the only person who knows how to get inside Djokovic’s head. They’re destined to meet in the last four, it seems. Or are they? Wawrinka’s record on grass is surprisingly sketchy - you’d think he has the game for it. He has lost in the first round five times and has never made it past the last eight. Kevin Anderson beat him in straight sets at Queen’s two weeks ago and he will have to be on his guard against Joao Sousa - the man from Portugal has some dangerous weapon.
Stan v Sousa is last on Centre. First there’s Maria Sharapova against Britain’s Johanna Konta. You have to feel for Konta. She played the tennis of her life in Eastbourne last week, beating Zarina Diyas, Ekaterina Makarova and Garbine Muguruza before running out of steam against Belinda Bencic, and this is her reward, a first-round encounter against the 2004 champion and one of the world’s best players? That’s a tough one to take - although Sharapova should be wary. Something clicked for Konta last week and I wouldn’t be surprised if she makes a fast start from her. The world No146 has been playing above her ranking. But it’s still hard to back against Sharapova here. You never know, though.
You can be sure that the one person who would really enjoy an upset in that match is Serena Williams, who doesn’t exactly see eye to eye with Sharapova. Williams, of course, has other concerns. She’s going for the first calendar slam since Steffi Graf’s in 1988. She won the French Open seemingly on one leg and one lung and she is the massive favourite to regain the title she last won in 2012. She begins against the unfancied Russian, Margarita Gasparyan, on Court 1. The world No1 is on the charge. But as a wise man said in the previous paragraph, you never know. She can be vulnerable in the early rounds and has lost to Alize Cornet and Sabine Lisicki before the business end of the tournament in the past two years.
What else should you be looking out for today? Well, there are plenty of dark horses to keep a beady eye on. On the men’s side Nick Kyrgios, that little rascal, plays Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman, the US Open champion, Marin Cilic, plays Japan’s Hiroki Moriya, Kei Nishikori takes on Simone Bolelli and Grigor Dimitrov, a semi-finalist last year but not in the best of form recently, plays Argentina’s Federico Delbonis. On the women’s side, the former world No1, Victoria Azarenka, will be hoping that her fitness problems won’t derail her against Anett Kontaveit, Venus Williams will look to roll back the years against her fellow American, Madison Brengle, and then there’s Bencic, brilliant Bencic, the 18-year-old from Switzerland who ruled in Eastbourne on Saturday, claiming her first WTA title with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 win over Agnieszka Radwanska in the final. Marion Bartoli has picked her out as one to watch and, well, we’ve seen a Swiss teenager win at Wimbledon before. Ever heard of Martina Hingis? Of course you have. And you’ve probably also heard of Tsvetana Pironkova, Bencic’s opponent today. As much as I’ve built Bencic up, it would not be a huge shock if Pironkova, an accomplished grass courter and a former semi-finalist at Wimbledon, beats her.
The British No1, Heather Watson, is also in action against France’s unpredictable Caroline Garcia. She’s veered in and out of form this year and her recent results haven’t been too encouraging. Sloane Stephens thumped Watson in Paris and then did it again in Eastbourne last week. Watson has never been past the third round here but hopefully she can get off to a good start. She’s very likable and only the hardest of hearts would wish anything but the best for her.
It all promises to be magnificent fun. But if there’s one match on the outside courts that towers above all the others, surely it’s over on Court Two, where one of the greats continues his farewell tour. Lleyton Hewitt, the 2002 champion, is set to give his legs a welcome rest and retire next year, so this is his last Wimbledon appearance. But how long will it last? You wouldn’t put it past him to beat the solid Finn, Jarko Nieminen.
C’mon!
Play begins at: 11am BST on the outside courts, 1pm on the show courts.
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During that Polish high in 2013, the compatriot he beat was asked about top 5 potential and replied "yes, if he's not too big". And so it proved really, physical robustness upon which he bases his game has not been there.
And what is interesting is that 2013 marked the return of the huge serve and (to a lesser degree) serve / volley.
So, on the one hand, he was ahead of a wave that has probably in part come from the "super coaches" of the 80s and the need to limit time on points.
But on the other hand, it means his huge serve is not the USP advantage it was back, then.
Even likes of Nadal serving bombs this grass season - ace total much up.