Britain’s Jo Konta’s Wimbledon comes to an end. The No16 seed loses in three sets to Eugenie Bouchard 3-6, 6-1, 1-6. That’s it for me for today. Thanks for your tweets, emails and comments, Sean
The third-seed Radwanska wins 9-7 in the third ... meanwhile on Centre Court Britain’s Jo Konta, the 16th seed, is 5-1 down in the third set
The Radwanska - Konjuh is paused while Konjuh calls for the trainer ... the Croatian is in tears after treading on a ball as she was running, and appears to have rolled an ankle. It’s currently 7-7 in the third, with Radwanska 40-15 on serve.
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Jo Konta takes the second set 6-1 ... meanwhile Radwanska has just had a matchpoint against Kojuh which was saved.
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Britain’s Jo Konta has held off Bouchard’s attempted fightback and now leads 4-1 in the second set, having lost the first. Meanwhile Radwanska has broke back and the match is back on serve at 6-6.
Fair play to Ana Konjuh, who has just broken Radwanska back to lead 5-6 in the third. Meanwhile Grigor Dimitrov is happy with his win over Gilles Simon today:
Excellent, excellent, excellent. I mean, I didn’t expect anything less from me today. I came out on the court and I played a very solid, I think, two sets. Third one was a little, I think, just I think not doubt, but I was not hitting the ball as well. I did a few unforced errors, but, you know, back at the fourth, I felt very comfortable. I had quite a bit of fuel in the tank, which is a good sign. I was going after my shots. I broke him twice to finish the match. So it was a good match overall for me.
Radwanska survives! The number three seed saves the two match points and then breaks. The score is now 6-2, 4-6, 5-5.
Meanwhile on No2 court Radwanska is fighting for her life ... she is 5-4 down against the 18-year-old Ana Konjuh who is serving for the match. She has two match points at 40-15, but sends the first one long ... and the second one into the net.
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Meanwhile Stephen Cooper emails
David Wall (18:57) suggests that the regulations don’t permit women to wear shorts. Can that be correct? I definitely remember Martina Navratilova wearing shorts at Wimbledon.
You are right Stephen: I’ve just checked and they are still allowed to wear shorts too.
Better news for Jo Konta, who has broken at the start of the second set. She is now down 3-6, 2-0.
Meanwhile Garbine Muguruza has been talking about her shock defeat today - and says it is partly down to feeling sick.
I think my energy was missing a little bit today. From yesterday I felt already a little bit, you know, like, tired, I think is the best word. And today during the match, and after the match, I’m like, It’s a tough day today. I feel empty a little bit, and I start to be sick. But I think it was a little bit of combination. But I think she played great, with no fear. She was trying a lot of stuff that was working. My energy was not really there. I was trying, but didn’t work at all.
Meanwhile an email from David Wall ...
Is there any chance that that dress that Bouchard is wearing, and that there have been a number of complaints about, is actually a feminist statement from Nike? Presumably the women’s dress code requires them to wear skirts or dresses rather than shorts like the men if they’d prefer to do that. But given that that dress is so flimsy it requires the wearer to wear shorts anyway, perhaps it can be understood as a subtle challenge to that regulation. After all, surely no one at Nike thought it a serious, practical piece of sports wear for playing tennis in a range of conditions.
Not sure what to say about the dress - but think I’m right that Bouchard asked Nike for the dress, and it was made with her in mind.
Not good news for Jo Konta ... she’s lost the first set 6-3 to Bouchard.
Apologies for the delay - I’ve just been out watching some tennis and the wifi was scratchy. Jo Konta, the British No1, is in a little bit of trouble on Centre - she’s 2-5 down to Eugenie Bouchard.
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So the few spots of rain at SW19 don’t appear to have got any worse ... and play is continuing on most courts. British eyes, naturally, will be on Jo Konta, who has a tough second round match against the world No48 Eugenie Bouchard, who reached the final a couple of years ago. They’re knocking up now...
Murray speaks after his win
First set was tough, I went down a break early and there was a lot of close games. I settled down before the end of the second and in the third I started hitting the ball a lot better. There was a very raindrops starting and it was starting to look dark but thankfully I had a decent lead and it was good to get it done before the rain.
GAME SET AND MATCH ANDY MURRAY! The World No2 wins comfortably 6-3.6-2, 6-1, after breaking Lu for the third time this set (and the seventh time of the match) following a double fault. Murray will be happy with that - he hit 31 winners to 12 unforced errors and after a sluggish start played wonderfully well.
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Third set: Murray* 6-3, 6-2, 5-1 Lu Just trotted back to our press bunker at SW19 so I missed that game, but Murray held to move to one game from victory. But in my short walk from Centre Court it had started to rain, albeit a few specks rather than a proper deluge.
Third set: Murray 6-3, 6-2, 4-1 Lu Lu finally stems the bleeding, holding to 30. Meanwhile Kei Nishikori says his first goal is to reach the quarter-finals after his second-round win today.
I’ve been feeling good on grass, especially today. I started playing much better after second and third set. You know, little by little I’m getting more confidence on grass court. One match at a time and hope I can reach to second week.
Third set: Murray 6-3, 6-2, 4-0 Lu Murray is playing beautifully now, and wins an extraordinary rally in which both plays are shuttle-running from one side to the other while also hitting fantastic shots to go 40-0 up. Lu pulls it back to 40-30, but Murray pings a serve down the middle to hold.
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Third set: Murray 6-3, 6-2, 3-0 Lu Murray breaks again. Meanwhile Gilles Simon has been speaking about his comments to the umpire during his defeat to Grigor Dimitrov that he would “sue him” because it was wet. He says he’s “pissed”.
I feel the day I’m going to get injured on slippery grass, I’m going to sue everyone in the stadium, because it’s just ‑‑ I mean, we try to understand what is happening in both parties, like tournaments and players, but in one point yesterday it was just ridiculous.
I’m just going to tell you what the supervisor told me, and I let you decide how you feel when someone is telling you this straight into your face. He told me, It’s raining but the water is not going to the ground. Like it’s really light rain and it’s there and it stays in the air and it’s flying away. So the grass is not wet. And I have to answer that. So in the match you just see me on TV, like I’m pissed, yes, I’m pissed because I want to destroy him. That’s how it is. It is just not possible to hear it on the tennis court. That’s kind of reason you have.
But on my side, I play, it’s slippery. We all have a bad feeling we want to stop. And the problem is it’s always on the tournament side. Always force you to play and you cannot say anything. You discuss. You say, Come on, the grass is wet. And then you have the famous water that is not touching the grass reason that force you to play. It’s complicated.
Third set: Murray 6-3, 6-2, 2-0 Lu Murray hold to 15 after delighting the crowd with his soft hands during a drop-shot rally. Meanwhile a good stat from one of the best tennis writers around, Chris Clarey from the New York Times:
Cepelova has only played three different top 10 players in the last three seasons. She has beaten them all (Serena, Halep & now Muguruza)
— Christopher Clarey (@christophclarey) June 30, 2016
Third set: Murray 6-3, 6-2 1-0 Lu* Murray breaks to love and this match enters its death throes.
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Second set: Murray* 6-3, 6-2 Lu Easy does it for Murray who takes the second set to 15. Meanwhile Angelique Kerber, the fourth seed, has been giving her answers to a few off-beat questions:
Q. Could I ask you a few quick questions with one‑word answers for the fun of it? The player you most like to see play? ANGELIQUE KERBER: I like to see Roger to playing.
Q. The athlete who you haven’t met who you’d like to meet? Pass. Championship in sport outside of tennis that you would most like to win? ANGELIQUE KERBER: I love to watch the footballs, so football games. But it’s a team sport, so I like also playing on a team.
Q. Your favourite movie? ANGELIQUE KERBER: Notebook.
Q. And actress to play you in the movies? ANGELIQUE KERBER: Julia Roberts.
Q. If you had to eat one food for the rest of your life, what would that food be? ANGELIQUE KERBER: I love bread, so I would like always eating bread.
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Second set: Murray 6-3, 5-2 Lu* A tale of two net cords at deuce: first Lu benefits as his pile driver zonks into the net and the dribbles over. Then Murray benefits as a net cord allows him time to play yet another drop shot. A double fault from Lu means he is broken again. Meanwhile on No1 Court there has been a huge shock, with women’s No2 seed Garbine Mugurza going down 3-6, 2-6 to the Slovak Jana Cepelova.
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Second set: Murray 6-3, 4-2 Lu Murray hasn’t played quite as well this set, but nor has Lu. However a couple of loose shots from the Scot leaves him 30-4o down. Murray’s response? A brilliant drop shot, a bludgeoned ace, and a shot that lands on the baseline that forces an error. Meanwhile Milos Raonic has denied reports that he has stopped working with John McEnroe.
I was just told about it. It’s inaccurate. He was there with me this morning. Obviously he’s trying to be there as much as he can. It depends what kind of commentating schedule he gets that day. For the first round, it worked out. Today it didn’t because I believe he was calling the first two matches on Centre Court.
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Second set: Murray 6-3 3-2 Lu* Laughs and cheers around Centre Court as Lu misses an easy smash to go 15-40 down on his serve. The second set is slipping away from him fast - but then Murray misses an easy pass to break and then is beaten by a Lu drop shot. He pulls up and walks back to collect his towel a little gingerly. Think he’s OK though. Lu, however, is encouraged and holds on.
Second set: Murray* 6-3 3-1 Lu Murray holds again without undue fuss. Meanwhile over on Court One Garbine Muguruza is now 3-6 1-4 behind to Jana Cepelova. I’m not watching the match, but Cepelova has hit just 38% of her first serves in but benefitted from Muguruza making 16 unforced errors to nine winners.
Second set: Murray 6-3 2-1 Lu* Lu finally stems the bleeding after losing seven games in a row. But it’s going to be a long way back.
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Second set: Murray 6-3 2-0 Lu* Murray is cruising now, and earns the biggest cheers of the day as he runs down a short one from Lu and guides it past him. But it is not so comfortable for some of the other seeds: Gilles Simon has lost to Grigor Dimitrov, while Ivo Karlovic is also out. Meanwhile on Court No1 the women’s French Open champion Garbine Muguruza is 6-3, 3-0 down to Jana Cepelova.
Second set: Murray 6-3 1-0 Lu* It’s not looking good for Lu now. Murray breaks immediately, mopping up the game with a lovely, feathered forehand pass.
First set: Murray* 6-3 Lu Suddenly and unexpectedly Lu’s radar, which has gone awol these past 15 minutes, comes back. A smash earns him breakpoint and suddenly Wimbledon is nervous again. He can’t take advantage, ripping a backhand into the net, but he gets another chance when he pushes Murray back and forces the error. But another breakpoint goes begging when he flicks a Murray dropshot long and - just like that - the set is gone. A Murray ace followed by a Lu mistake puts the Scot a set up.
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First set: Murray 5-3 Lu* Suddenly all the shots from Lu that were clipping the lines are now straying over them. Murray has hit hard on the accelerator and won four games in a row.
First set: Murray* 4-3 Lu Murray is looking a lot more comfortable now, and moving through the gears beautifully: first he beats Lu with a perfect drop shot; then, on the next point, he invites him forward again before arcing a topspin lob over him. He looks to have sealed the game to love only for HawkEye to overrule the line judge. Lu then is the beneficiary of a net cord. But no bother: an unplayable serve down the middle seals the game and puts Murray ahead for the first time in the match.
First set: Murray 3-3 Lu* The wind is ever so picking up on Centre Court, and so is Murray: a fierce forehand return put him 15-30 up on the Lu serve and the first “Come on!” is heard from the World No2. When Lu nets on the next point, Murray has two break points. The first is saved with a huge serve, but after the longest rally of the match Lu errs with a drop shot and we are level again.
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First set: Murray* 2-3 Lu Centre Court sighs as Murray misses a straightforward put-away, but that is his only false step as an ace takes the game to 15.
First set: Murray 1-3 Lu* The confidence Lu has absorbed from winning 11 straight matches on grass - his last defeat was against Dustin Brown a year ago at Wimbledon - is clearly carrying over to this match because he is taking this to Murray at the moment. A series of winners takes him to 40-0, but while Scot takes it back to 40-30, a venomously smash seals the game.
First set: Murray* 1-2 Lu Better from Murray: two big serves quickly takes him to 30-0. A fierce forehand makes it 40-0. But Lu isn’t in the mood to concede anything. He forces an error from the British No1 on the next point, and then takes it to 40-30 after a brilliant rally in which he pushes Murray back and, eventually, takes the point. But Murray’s serve gets him out of a hole.
First set: Murray 0-2 Lu* There have been several intricate rallies from the back of the court already, with lots of sliced shots brushing the net cord, but Lu is so far able to match Murray before hitting an impressive backhand winner to hold to 15.
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First set: Murray* 0-1 Lu There are loud appreciative cheers as Murray steps onto court to serve, but it doesn’t go to script as two errors in a row, including a wild forehand, gifts Lu a 0-30 lead. Murray wins the next point, a long rally, but then ties a dropshot that sits up ... allowing Lu to hit an easy winner. Lu then tries a dropshot of his own. And breaks!
So who is Yen-Hsun Lu? On the surface the 32-year-old from Chinese Taipei hasn’t got much hope given that he is ranked 76nd in the world. But after missing the first four months of the season due to an injured elbow he is currently on a 11-match winning streak on grass having won two Challenger titles prior to coming here. He also beat Murray back in the 2008 Olympics and pushed him quite hard at Queen’s last year before going down 6-4, 7-5.
I’ve decamped to Centre Court ... where Andy Murray has just started knocking up with his opponent today Yen-Hsun-Lun. Unsurprisingly there have already been plenty of cries of “Come on Andy!”
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I haven’t been watching but the 7th-seed Belinda Bencic is out after retiring after being a set down against the qualifier Julia Boserup from the US. Meanwhile Kei Nishikori has won his match on Centre Court against Julien Benneteau 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. Which means we’ll have Andy Murray in the next 20 minutes or so ...
Meanwhile after a rickety first set against Benneteau, Nishikori is 4-1 up in the fourth set and two games from victory. Marin Cillic, the ninth seed, is through after beating Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4.
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There was one other interesting moment from the press conference with Heather Watson, when she was asked: How bright a light is the Olympics at the end of the tunnel you’re looking at right now?
Well, I packed in my schedule this summer so I could make that cut. You know, that was my priority, and I’m so glad I’ve made it. But it’s cost me in other areas. But that was my number one priority this year. I wouldn’t change it, so...
She was then asked whether she could elaborate ...
I had this ab tear the whole of the clay court season. I had to play through it. Because of the grass court season, I wanted to play all the tournaments. I didn’t get the time to recover from it fully. I was playing matches where I wasn’t recovered. Even if you lose those matches, it does play on your confidence. Just doing the whole week in, week out thing, I’ve just played every week this whole couple months.
Heather Watson has also been discussing about the abuse she gets on Twitter ... and says that today’s defeat led to more abuse.
It’s funny you say that, I was just in the changing rooms with Naomi Broady and Tara Moore talking about it. After a loss like this, I’m so angry with myself, I feel like I need to punish myself. I just went on Twitter. There was plenty [of abuse].
Watson was then asked what do you feel should be done about that kind of thing? It’s happening to more and more players, particularly women.
Is it more women? I’d say it’s more women, I don’t know why they bet on us because our results are all over the place. First of all, that’s not very smart from them. What can you do? There’s always going to be people saying stuff. It’s, like, it comes with it. You’ve just got to deal with it.
Watson was also asked why she wanted to “punish” herself by looking at Twitter - and whether it cheered her up?
I was just in a terrible mood. Why would that cheer me up? People saying nasty things. I was in a bad mood. It’s like when you’re in a bad mood and you bang your racquet, it’s not a positive thing.
Heather Watson has been speaking about her devastating loss to Annika Beck earlier, which she says was one of the worst in her career
For me today, that was one of the worst. I wasn’t pleased with the match in general, how I played. And obviously having match points in the match, not being able to win here at Wimbledon, like, is the worst. I take losses badly anyway, but this is one of the worst. I have to give her credit. She’s a wall. She doesn’t miss anything. On important points, she raises her level. But, like, I didn’t get beat today; I made the errors. I didn’t have winners flying past me. I wasn’t outplayed. I let her back into the match.
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Meanwhile an email from Kate Bullock:
The women seem far less friendly towards one another than the men, barely acknowledging one another at the end of a match. Why is this?
My colleague Simon Cambers, who spends much of his year covering both tours, agrees with you - but says he’s not sure why it’s the case. Interestingly Eugenie Bouchard touched on it yesterday when she was asked about her interactions with other players, or rather ‘co-workers’ as she called them ...
Well, you know, what I said was I wouldn’t consider anyone, you know, a best friend, a great friend, because it would be hard for me to have to compete against someone like that in a, you know, huge match, huge moment with so much on the line. But I have always been, since I was in the juniors and on the professional tour, very friendly with my co‑workers, I guess I can call them. So that’s been the same ever since. Maybe as the years go on and you know them a little bit better, you are a little bit more friendly. But, I mean, I have always ‑‑ I have always been nice to everyone.
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The fifth seed Kei Nishikori, who lost the first set against Julien Benneteau ... is now two sets to one up, with a break. So Britain’s Andy Murray could yet be on court in the next hour. Meanwhile on No1 Court Gilles Simon has won the third set and is 3-1 up in the fourth against Grigor Dimitrov, so we could be set to go all the way in that one.
Venus Williams is through to the third round ... she serves out to win a hugely enjoyable encounter with Sakkari 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.
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Madison Keys has just appeared in the press conference room after beating former semi-finalist Kirsten Flipkens 6-4 4-6 6-3 ... although the questions took an unusual turn halfway in.
Q. Just one word answers about your favourite things. Your favourite movie? MADISON KEYS: Pretty Woman.
Q. Your favourite actor or actress? MADISON KEYS: Julia Roberts.
Q. Who would you want to play you in a movie? MADISON KEYS: Julia Roberts.
Q. Championship you’d like to win outside of the sport of tennis?MADISON KEYS: Super Bowl.
Q. If you had to eat a food for the rest of your life, it would be? MADISON KEYS: Ice cream.
Q. Fashion faux pas that you’d most like to erase? MADISON KEYS: That chokers are no longer in style.
Q. Is there anything, apart from your kit, that you never travel without, home comforts or anything like that? MADISON KEYS: Something that I never travel without? I don’t think so. I kind of mix it all up. I have a ridiculous amount of hair products, though. Between like shampoo, conditioner, hair mask, like leave‑in conditioner, hair spray, bobby pins. There’s a lot of toiletries in my bag every tournament.
Q. If you play Cornet next, what is the game plan against her? What do you need to focus on on your side of the net to get that done? MADISON KEYS: I haven’t played Cornet in a really long time. To be honest, I don’t hundred percent know the answer to that question.
Speaking about arguing with umpires ... Venus Williams was just given a time violation at 4-2, deuce, in the final set. That meant she lost her first serve. Clearly angry, Williams whacked a winner, held her serve to go 5-2 up, and waggled her finger angrily at the umpire. It did seem an overly harsh punishment - Williams wasn’t taking that long.
The 16th seed Gilles Simon has looked unhappy for much of his match with Grigor Dimitrov on Centre Court ... but he has broken to lead 3-1 in the third set. I didn’t realise it earlier, but when drizzle passed over the All-England Club just after 1.30pm, Simon threatened to sue the umpire. As Simon, who was 40-30 down in the second game of the second set, he walked to his chair and exchanged words with John Blom:
I don’t want to play, when it’s raining, on grass. That’s it,” he was heard saying, before adding: “If I play and get injured, I will sue you and you will pay.”
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On Court 18 it’s still with serve ... and Sakkari is still playing extraordinary well to stay with Venus Williams. At 3-2 down and facing a breakpoint at 40-30 she shows some guts by hitting a clean winner. But Venus soon gets another chance, which she takes to lead 4-2 in the final set.
Meanwhile Kei Nishikori has won the second set against Benneteau ... it’s one set all on Centre Court. On Court One, Dimitrov is now two sets up against 16th-seed Gilles Simon.
14th-seed Samantha Stosur, who was pummelled 4-6 2-6 to the big-serving German Sabine Lisicki, has been talking about her defeat
When you are playing a player who’s playing very well, you have to find a way to do anything you can. I felt like I did that. I tried my hardest. You know, I guessed on a few serves. I tried to stand back a bit further to try and just give her something different to look at. But when she’s hitting the line on those serves, even if I went the right way, I wasn’t going to reach them very good. Yeah, when you’re serving out a match like she was and you can serve like that, it’s fantastic, seems very easy.
I’m sure she loves playing here. Her confidence really rises when she wins a couple matches. So if she can be on it like she was today, then she’s certainly got the weapons to beat most players in the draw.
Two seeds have bitten the dust: the 13th seed David Ferrer, who has lost in straight sets to Nicolas Mahut, and in the women’s draw 15th-seed Karolina Plíšková who surprisingly goes down to Misaki Doi.
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I’m increasingly impressed with the 20-year-old Greek Sakkari ... who is 5-4 up in the second set against Venus Williams with three set points at 40-0. The first one she screws just wide of the line, and by the time she decides to challenge is told by the umpire that she didn’t ask quickly enough. Then she chucks in a double fault. But what a response! After a fierce exchange of shots, she powers a double-hander down the line to win the set!
On Court 18 Venus Williams is 4-2 down in the second set to the 20-year-old Greek qualifier Maria Sakkari. To be honest, I don’t know that much about her: I can tell you, however, that Sakkhari is in her first visit to SW19, has never played a top-10 ranked player before ... and her favourite player is Serena Williams.
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It would be a major surprise if Benneteau was to beat the fifth seed here ... The 34-year-old Frenchman has slipped to 547 in the world after missing eight months of the tour last year because of abductor surgery. And he only ended an 11-match Tour-level losing streak when he won his first round match on Tuesday. That said, he did beat Nishikori at the Australian Open in 2012.
Meanwhile I’ve been keeping one eye on Kei Nishikori’s match against Julien Benneteau on Centre Court ... It’s been a bit low-key so far. But suddenly Nishikori loses his balance on his backhand to give Benneteau a breakpoint, which the Frenchman takes to win the set 6-4!
Isner has also been praising Novak Djokovic for his professionalism:
What everyone sees on the practice court and in the locker room and, you know, you hear everything about him in the hyperbaric chambers, he leaves no stone unturned. He does that in Australia. He puts absolutely everything he possibly can into his game.
Of course on the practice court, everything he does off the court, he’s so, so professional about what he eats and how he stretches and how he sleeps. I mean, everything he does is, absolutely everything he does is to make himself a better player.
There’s no one more professional than him on tour. He does everything the right way. It certainly shows. On top of that, he’s extremely talented and extremely gifted. You roll all that together and it makes a pretty good tennis player.
John Isner, who won through in straight sets against Marcos Baghdatis has been talking about how dangerous the courts were yesterday...
It felt a bit dangerous. When you slip early on in the match, it kind of gets in your head a little bit and you’re very tentative out there moving. It’s already tough for me moving on this surface given how the balls are bouncing and whatnot. But yesterday was ‑‑ it was very slippery. I think Marcos fell a bunch of times, as well. I think most players that were playing, you know, during the couple‑hour period that we were able to play, pretty much agreed on the fact that it felt like we were on ice skates and everyone was pretty tentative out there.
The lightest spurt of drizzle is still coming down, but play is continuing for now. Meanwhile there have been no problems for fifth seed Simona Halep ... who has beaten the Italian Francesca Schiavone 6-1, 6-1.
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Meanwhile my colleague Bryan Armen Graham, who is watching Venus Williams’ play the Greek qualifier Maria Sakkhari, on Court 18 tweets ...Williams, incidentally, has just won the first set 7-5.
First drops of rain on Court 18. #Wimbledon
— Bryan Armen Graham (@BryanAGraham) June 30, 2016
Evans is asked whether he has chatted with Marcus Willis since he played Roger Federer
You’re kidding, right? He’s spending all his time looking at his phone!
He is then asked whether he will be asking Willis for advice about how to play Federer, who he meets in the third round. Cue another joke:
Er, no, he lost in straight sets.
Dan Evans is asked what he attributes his improvement to ...
I still like a night out, that hasn’t changed, but it is about doing it at the right time. I’ve been trying to play as much tennis as possible, it’s been a gradual process over a year and a half but I’ve enjoyed it. And hopefully I’ve now reaped the rewards.
Dan Evans is asked where that ranks in the best matches he has played.
It was a good one, especially in England. I felt coming good coming in and could move pretty well and use my strengths. It was a really good performance, it flowed pretty well. I served well, I probably won’t realise how well I played until I watch it myself. Before I knew it, it was over.
The main interview room is filling up for Dan Evans’ press conference. I’ll relay the best bits. Meanwhile over on Court 6, yhe 26th seed Kiki Bertens has had a decent win over Mona Barthels 6-4, 6-4.
Just keeping an eye on Grigor Dimitrov’s match against Gilles Simon on Court One ... and so far he’s playing very well. He’s already broken the 16th seed and hasn’t lost a point on serve yet. Still, early days - it’s only 4-1 in the first set.
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So we’re about to get underway on the show courts ... It’s Julien Benneteau against fifth seed Kei Nishikori on Centre Court, while on Court No1, Grigor Dimitrov and Gilles Simon resume their contest, which was aborted after one game last night due to the inclement weather.
Here’s Simon Cambers’ report from Dan Evans’ impressive win over Alexandr Dolgopolov, which sets up a third-round meeting with Roger Federer:
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Meanwhile on Court 11 ... The Italian Fabio Fognini has beaten the Argentinian Federico Delbonis 6-4, 1-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3.
Heather Watson is two match points down on Court 12 ... She saves the first with a full-blooded forehand, but after a long rally on the next point she hits the ball just out. Cue polite applause and obvious deflation. After 2hr 52 minutes, Watson loses 3-6, 0-6, 10-12 to Annika Beck.
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There’s a pained shout of “Come on Heather!” on Court 12. But the British No2 has just been broken and is now down 11-10 in this sprawling, intriguing and hugely unpredictable third set.
But on Court 12 Heather Watson has just blown three match points. She went 0-40 up on Beck’s serve, but couldn’t seal the match - although in fairness to Beck she held her nerve brilliantly, including finding the outside of the line after a long rally at 30-40, before holding on. It’s now 6-3, 0-6, 10-10.
Dan Evans, who plays Roger Federer next, is talking about his performance and his next opponent:
“I got used to his game a bit more today. Yesterday it was wet but today because of the drier conditions I was able to move my movement more. I can’t wait to play Roger Federer in the third round. It’s going to be an amazing experience. I’ve got to prepare like I have a chance to win the match, and that’s what I am going to do. He’s one of the greatest players to have ever played the game but I’ve got to put that at the back of my mind.”
Brilliant from Dan Evans, who has just put out 30th seed Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-6, 6-4, 6-1. The bald scoreline is impressive enough. But the stats are even better: Evans hit 13 aces and just two double faults and 39 winners compared to 14 unforced errors. As my colleague Simon Cambers points out, that is Murray or Djokovic like.
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Dan Evans is romping away with this. Incredibly he’s now 5-1 up against Dolgopolov in the third set. Meanwhile it’s now 8-8 in the Watson - Beck game
But wait one ruddy second. Watson breaks back! It’s now 7-7 in the third set.
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Not such good news on Court 12 ... where after a long see-sawing game Watson is broken. Beck will be coming out to serve for the match shortly. Evans, though, has broken in the third set against Dolgopolov and is flying.
Well played Dan Evans! He’s just gone two sets up against 30th seed Alexandr Dolgopolov. If Evans can hold on that would be some result, given he usually scratches around the challengers and his Wimbledon record is pretty scratchy (one win and three defeats).
Heather Watson’s match is still on serve. She leads 6-5 in the final set. A quick scoot around the courts: John Isner broke back against Marcos Baghdatis and won the second set tie-break to love - he now leads 7-6, 7-6. Another American, Donald Young, has beaten Leonardo Meyer 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. And the 28th seed Sam Querrey is also through, beating Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.
Heather Watson is mounting a comeback on Court 12. She’s now back to 4-4 in the final set to Annika Beck after breaking twice in succession. Oh, speaking to my colleague Simon Cambers, he points out that the consequence of Wawrinka - Del Potro not playing today (and there are other seeds also not scheduled, including Nick Kyrgios against Dustin Brown) is that the winners will have to play both days on Friday and Saturday, which is far from ideal.
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An email from Krishnan Patel:
Any idea why the tournament organisers are prioritizing Nishikori and Thiem over Stan Wawrinka-Del Porto blockbuster? The top 4 seeds should get Center Court or at least court one priority to finish their schedule right?
I agree with you Krishnan: I saw a bit of Del Potro’s first round match and while his backhand is still not 100% after his very serious wrist injury - there were a lot of slices in the mix - his serve looked as thunderous as ever, and his forehand was accurate too. Think it’s a more intriguing match than either the Nishikori or Thiem games today, but maybe because Wawrinka had a show court in the opening round they decided to shake things up?
Meanwhile some rare cheers from Court 12 tells you that Heather Watson’s is still hanging in there ... she was broken again in the third game of the final set, and faced game point to go 4-0 down. But she came back to break Annika Beck back (if that’s not too much of a tongue-twister) and the score is now 3-1 in the third. Meanwhile the American 28th seed Sam Querrey is now two sets up against Thomaz Bellucci
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Dan Evans has a set point at 6-5 in the first set break, but screws it out by this much. He asked for a Hawkeye review which showed it missed the line by a couple of millimetres. But no fear: he wins the next point and takes the set 7-6 (6) when Dolgopolov doubles faults. Meanwhile on Court 8 the big-serving American 18th seed John Isner has been broken and is now 4-2 down in the second set to Marcos Baghdatis, having won the first 7-6.
Annika Beck holds her serve ... which means Heather Watson has now lost eight games in row. Meanwhile Dan Evans has a mini-break in his tie-break with Dolgopolov and leads 4-2 as the players change ends.
It will be interesting to see how sprightly Beck moves when play resumes ... she was leading 3-6, 6-0, 1-0 (with a break) last night when she slipped heavily on the court and needed her ankle taped up. Judging by the knock-up her movement isn’t noticeably impaired, but we’ll see.
The players are beginning to arriving on the outside courts. Two British players will be completing their first round matches from the off: women’s No2 Heather Watson, who is tied at one set all against the German Annika Beck, and Dan Evans, who is at level 6-6 in the first set against Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgoplov.
Good morning everyone from a bright and sunny Wimbledon. Some showers are expected later in the day, but as thing stand play will start at 11am, 30 minutes earlier than usual, to make up the hours lost due to rain on Tuesday and Wednesday. Here’s the order of play on the main courts:
Centre Court (all times BST)
13:00: Julien Benneteau (Fra) v (5) Kei Nishikori (Jpn), Lu Yen-hsun (Tpe) v (2) Andy Murray (Gbr), Eugenie Bouchard (Can) v (16) Johanna Konta (Gbr)
Court 1
13:00: Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) v (16) Gilles Simon (Fra), Jana Cepelova (Svk) v (2) Garbine Muguruza (Spa), (8) Dominic Thiem (Aut) v Jiri Vesely (Cze)
Court 2
11:00: Daniel Evans (Gbr) v (30) Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukr), (5) Simona Halep (Rom) v Francesca Schiavone (Ita), Radu Albot (Mol) v (19) Bernard Tomic (Aus), (3) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) v Ana Konjuh (Cro)
Court 3
11:00: (11) Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) v Luksika Kumkhum (Tha), Andreas Seppi (Ita) v (6) Milos Raonic (Can), Julia Boserup (USA) v (7) Belinda Bencic (Swi), Serena Williams (USA) & Venus Williams (USA) v (11) Andreja Klepac (Slo) & Katarina Srebotnik (Slo)
Court 12
11:00: Heather Watson (Gbr) v Annika Beck (Ger), (9) Marin Cilic (Cro) v Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr), (7) Richard Gasquet (Fra) v Marcel Granollers (Spa), (27) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v Timea Babos (Hun)
Court 18
11:00: Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) v (31) Kristina Mladenovic (Fra), (8) Venus Williams (USA) v Maria Sakkari (Gre), Varvara Lepchenko (USA) v (4) Angelique Kerber (Ger), (19) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) v Daria Gavrilova (Aus), Jonathan Erlich (Isr) & Colin Fleming (Gbr) v (3) Jamie Murray (Gbr) & Bruno Soares (Bra)
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