I also have tomorrow’s order of play on you
MONDAY'S ORDER OF PLAY (CENTRE COURT)
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 3, 2016
Federer v Johnson
Serena v Kuznetsova
Kyrgios v Murray#Wimbledon
MONDAY'S ORDER OF PLAY (NO.1 COURT)
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Halep v Keys
Venus v Suarez Navarro
Gasquet v Tsonga#Wimbledon
MONDAY'S ORDER OF PLAY (NO.2 COURT)
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 3, 2016
Doi v Kerber
Cilic v Nishikori
Goffin v Raonic#Wimbledon
Murray and Soares beat Delbonis and Schwartzman 6-3, 6-3
You may have spotted a wee faux-pas from yours truly earlier on – the weather problems earlier in the competition did of course reduce the first and second rounds to best of three sets. Which in short means that Murray and Soares are one game from victory at 5-3 up. Delbonis and Schwartzman are serving however – it’s 30-30 but some remarkable reactions from Soares bring up a match point – it’s saved so we’ll have a deuce but Murray and Soares eventually close the game and with it the match out, straight sets for the third seeds.
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Here’s how the men’s draw is shaping up for Manic Monday …
The line up for the Gentlemen's Singles 4R is complete...
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 3, 2016
Top half:
Querrey v Mahut
Goffin v Raonic
Federer v Johnson
Cilic v Nishikori
Bottom half:
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 3, 2016
Vesely v Berdych
Tomic v Pouille
Gasquet v Tsonga
Kyrgios v Murray#Wimbledon
Murray and Soares, the third seeds remember, are making hay against Delbonis and Schwartzman – they’re a break up in the second and closing in on the second at 4-3 to the good.
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Over on Court 12, Murray and Soares have taken the first set 6-3. I’ll be continuing with some updates from there so don’t go anywhere!
And having just said, like clockwork, Vesely breaks and is 6-5 up and currently serving for a thoroughly convincing three-set victory. And he does so with the minimum of fuss – an ace to be precise. Very impressive from Vesely who will now face his compatriot Berdych.
The third set between Sousa and Vesely is building nicely towards the business end. We’re still on serve at 5-5.
Here’s a match report of Serena Williams’s 300th grand slam victory for you …
Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares meanwhile, are cruising against Federico Del Bonis and Diego Schwartzman in their first set – they lead 4-1.
A spot of doubles news for you, seeing as there is only one singles match remaining – Heather Watson and Naomi Broady have beaten Alexandra Panova and Shelby 7-6, 7-6.
Over on Court No1, Sousa has at least stopped the rot – the third set is on serve with Sousa 3-2 to the good.
Tomas Berdych beats Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Berdych holds again and Zverev – who is looking increasingly drained by the occasion perhaps more than the match – is serving to stay in it. It looks like his day is done. Berdych wins the first two points, or rather Zverev loses them, and a wayward backhand hands Berdych three match points.
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Berdych holds but again without showing a great deal of conviction but you get the impression that has settled him down at 3-1 up in the fourth set. It would certainly appear that way as Zverev finds himself 0-30 down and when he sends a forehand long it’s 0-40. The first goes begging – Berdych sends a backhand wide – but the Czech takes the second when Zverev nets. He has some breathing space at 4-1 now.
Vesely shows no signs of slowing down and he serves out the second set in just 53 minutes. Sousa, lest we forget, is seeded, albeit 31st, but he is very much second best at present.
Berdych has settled down a touch and after another lengthy game, with a number of deuces, the Czech moves a break up in the fourth set. Zverev is far from finished however.
Vesely certainly had his porridge this morning. He’s 5-1 up in the second set in 45 minutes – Sousa is playing rather awfully. He’s just had a massive air shot.
Berdych finally serves out for 1-1 in the fourth set. Zverev is making him work for every point however and the Czech is nowhere near the form he showed in the first two sets.
Vesely is already a break up in the second set against Sousa who needs to do something quickly to arrest his slump. Vesely has never been beyond the third round of a major but the left-hander looks a good bet to end that record.
Meanwhile, Vesely has sealed the first set against Sousa 6-2, and in double quick time.
Berdych’s turn to wobble now – he’s serving to stay in the third set at 4-5 down and he’s 0-30 down. Make that 0-40 … three set points for Zverev. Berdych saves the first, keeping his composure with an overhead that he had to reach a fair old way for, and he saves the second with an ace. One more to go … and Zverev takes the set as Berdych hits a forehand wide.
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Meanwhile, Vesely has raced into a 5-1 lead against Sousa – it could be an all Czech fourth-round tie.
Zverev is wobbling as he attempts to close in on the third set. Berdych has had his chances to break back – the seventh match of this third set is an epic with seemingly endless deuces – but Berdych gets another – and again Zverev responds. Deuce once more. Finally, at the fourth time of asking, Berdych breaks back. We’re back on serve and it’s going to be tough for the young German to respond from that.
Here’s a hot take on Kyrgios’s victory over Lopez for you to feast your eyes upon …
Meanwhile, seven of the eight men’s fourth round matches are known with the winner of Berdych and Zverev facing Vesely or Sousa, which will get underway on Court No1 imminently. It’s looking like Berdych – the Czech leads two sets to love – but the 19-year-old German is rallying and has just taken a 4-1 lead in the third.
Women's fourth round draw
Another result to bring you up to speed about – Ekaterina Makarova has beaten Barbora Strycova 6-4, 6-2 which means that the womens’ fourth round draw is complete. And here it is …
The Ladies' Singles 4R is now set...
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 3, 2016
Serena v Kuznetsova
Pavlyuchenkova v Vandeweghe
Radwanska v Cibulkova
Makarova v Vesnina#Wimbledon
Halep v Keys
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 3, 2016
Doi v Kerber
Venus v Suarez Navarro
Shvedova v Safarova
Who are your picks to make the quarter-finals?
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beats John Isner 6-7, 3-6, 7-6. 6-3, 19-17
So Tsonga serves for the match … and he begins imperiously as two booming serves bring up a 30-0 lead. Isner nets a forehand and looks beaten at 40-0 … and Tsonga goes for a huge second serve and it’s a double fault. No matter, a backhand volley brings victory in just under four-and-a-half hours which, considering the scoreline, is a remarkably short amount of time.
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Tsonga has a break point at 30-40 but Isner wallops a first serve in and while Tsonga gets a racket to it, it’s nowhere near to going back over the net. Deuce. Another break point for Tsonga though … and he’s wide with a forehand with half the court to aim at! Tsonga leads in the final set 18-17.
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Nick Kyrgios beats Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4
Kyrgios opens with a wild forehand. 0-15. But hits back with a guided backhand down the line. 15-15. Another ace brings him to two points away but that’s a wild forehand lob for 30-30 – Lopez is going to make him win it …
Lopez can’t return a powerful body serve for another match point and Kyrgios wraps up the match after the Spaniard is too long. Kyrgios will face Andy Murray in the next round.
Kyrgios kept cool despite a time violation at match point which is remarkably harsh, considering how he normally rattles through his points. Anywho, he’s through.
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On Centre Court, Berdych has won the second set 6-4 – again one break proving enough in a professional performance so far from the Czech.
We’re at deuce between Lopez and Kyrgios meanwhile, and the Spaniard produces an expert volley for advantage and eventually holds. Very impressive but Kyrgios will now serve for the match.
Tsonga saves the match point. It came about with a quite remarkable rally, Tsonga just missing a volley and thrashing a ball from his pocket into the stratosphere in disgust. The Frenchman holds and he’s happy with that – 16-16.
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Kyrgios steps on to the offensive and earns a match point. His crosscourt backhand looks good but Lopez reaches it and with the help of the top of the net, wins the point. Deuce. Another match point though … but he shoves his forehand wide.
There’s a match point to Isner by the way. Match points all over the place!
Isner leads 16-15 but the American has just taken a sore looking tumble. He’s limping a bit but play will continue.
Kyrgios has just given up two break points at 4-3 up but he’s managed to save both – the second ridiculously close to being out. So it’s deuce. Lopez sends a forehand long but Kygrios, who looks a little nervous, is wide with a backhand. Deuce again. Advantage Kyrgios after a timely ace and game after a very fortunate net cord. Lopez will serve to stay in the match.
Tsonga holds comfortably to love for 15-15. Just a reminder that we’ve a way to go yet until we reach Isner v Mahut territory. That was 70-68 in the final set in a match that last for 11 hours and five minutes …
Isner’s turn to work for it now. He’s 0-30 down … but recovers to 30-30 despite a miraculous attempt from Tsonga to chase down an Isner volley. Ace. 40-30 but a remarkable backhand winner, down the line, from Tsonga brings up deuce. Tsonga shoots from the hip on the return but his crosscourt forehand drifts wide and Isner wraps up the game. 15-14.
Tsonga is 15-30 down, serving at 13-14 … it’s the closest we’ve come to a break point but Isner shoves one wide. 30-30. Tsonga can’t buy a first serve but bludegons a forehand winner for 40-30 and it’s soon game for 14-14.
@gerard_meagher @JacobSteinberg can only be a matter of time before people start using 'isner' as a verb: v. Go large; elongate
— paul (@pfon73) July 3, 2016
Kyrgios is playing extremely well and looks in a hurry to get this one finished. He can’t reach a superb drop-shot from Lopez but he serves out for 3-1 with an ace.
It’s 13-13 between Isner and Tsonga in the decider and closing in on four hours. There’s a hint of joylessness to it all at the moment though – maybe when they get into the 20s …
Kyrgios is really making Lopez work to hold his service games and the Spaniard may not hold this one. Kyrgios fires a backhand across the court for another break point and he converts this one with a powerful forehand that Lopez can only net. He’s 2-1 up in sets and likewise in games.
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Meanwhile on Centre Court, Berdych has started very well to move into a 6-3 lead. Continue this kind of form and Zverev’s debut in this particular arena will not be a memorable one.
A result for you that slipped through the net a bit earlier, Richard Gasquet is into the fourth round after a 2-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Albert Ramos-Viñolas. Gasquet plays either Isner or Tsonga in the next round. They’re at 11-11 in the fifth set.
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Kyrgios appears to be right at the top of his game at present but then hits a rank backhand slice into the net. No matter, his big-serving brings about two set points … and he only needs one as Lopez goes long. Kyrgios leads two sets to one.
Kyrgios has earned another two break points over on court No1 – Lopez saves the first with a fine inside out forehand but the Australia is fist-pumping like nobody’s business after finally taking the second. He leads 5-3 in the third set.
It’s 10-10 between Isner and Tsonga by the way.
Kyrgios has just attemped a return of serve but hit the ball straight into the ground and up into his chin. Inverdale is tickled. Kyrgios is inspired with two excellent backhand winners … but Lopez responds very well to hold. 3-3 in third – all the threes
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Berdych is taking control of his first set against Zverev on Centre Court and he leads 3-1 after breaking his 19-year-old opponent with relative ease.
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He’s just hit a forehand that won’t land for an hour or two but he seems relaxed enough about it. It’s 2-2 in the third set. Kyrgios to serve, Lopez to return.
Isner holds to love. I may leave that one until we have a break point…
Let’s see what sort of mood Kyrgios is in shall we?
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Tsonga holds, again. 7-7.
Isner holds, again. Nick Kyrgios and Feliciano Lopez are up and running on Court No1, it’s 1-1 in the third set and one-set all. Zverez, the highly-rated 19-year-old, who recently claimed the scalp of Roger Federer at Halle, looks composed in the early stages of his Centre Court debut against Tomas Berdych, the finalist in 2010.
Tsonga holds to love against Isner, impressive that as he may have been a bit peeved with himself after failing to capitalise on a break point in the previous game. 6-6.
On Court No12, Juan Martin Del Potro’s run has been ended by France’s Lucas Pouille. The Argentinian, who after years of wrist injuries beat Stan Wawrinka on Friday, has gone down 6-7, 7-6, 7-5, 6-1.
For Pouille though, it’s a first ever appearance in the fourth round of a major.
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Isner looks a little sluggish on Court No2, surprising considering his form for long matches here, and a double fault brings deuce and is met with a tired-looking sigh from the American. Another double fault … ace. Deuce. Ace. Advantage Isner. Booming serve. Game Isner, who leads 6-5 in the fifth.
On Centre Court now is Alexander Zverev against Tomas Berdych, which is the last match scheduled there for today. There’ll no doubt be some doubles on afterwards but the crowd, the People no less, could do with a five-setter.
Those at the All England Club appear to be enjoying it though …
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Tsonga looks comfortable enough, if a touch error prone, to move to 40-30 and he closes out the game with a fierce forehand. 5-5 – this one could go on for a while …
Let’s go straight over to Court No2 two now. It’s still on serve with Isner leading Tsonga 5-4 so the Frenchman will serve to stay in the match. Cumulative time on court is closing in on three hours.
Serena Williams had a quick chat with Gary Richardson after her victory in 51 minutes, her 300th grand slam win.
“I was very focused and calm today,” she said, no doubt in reference to her previous round.
Richardson then asks what it was like to play on a Sunday. “It was nice,” is Williams’ reply …
Svetlana Kuznetsova beats Sloane Stephens 6-7, 6-2, 8-6
It’s gripping on Court No1 at the moment – 30-30 with Kuznetsova serving for the match. Deuce now. And Kuznetsova has a match point after another lengthy rally ends with Stephens hitting a forehand wide. And that’s the match … I think. Stephens’ backhand is called wide, and the replays confirm it is. A fine win, high on intensity if lacking in a bit of quality, for Kuznetsova.
A deserved standing ovation for both players ensues.
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Serena Williams defeats Annika Beck 6-3, 6-0
Serena Williams hasn’t lost a point on her serve in the second set, and doesn’t look like she will. 30-0 with an emphatic forehand. 40-0 with a seventh ace of the match and game, set and match when Beck nets her return.
That was as commanding a victory as they come and expunges any lingering doubts after flirting with defeat in the previous match.
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Stephens, who had a bit of a tumble at the end of the last game, is 15-40 down at 6-6 in the decider, and Kuznetsova breaks. She’s won five of the last six games and will now serve for the match.
Williams is toying with Beck on Centre Court. She’s 4-0 up and has two break points – she only needs one; smashing a crosscourt forehand. This one has been on for 48 minutes and it almost certainly won’t reach the hour.
We’re at 6-6 in the decider on Court No1 after both Stephens and Kuznetsova successfully hold serve.
On Court 12, Juan Martin Del Potro is up and running against Lucas Pouille, trailing two sets to one overnight.
Williams is taking control against Beck in the second set. She’s 3-0 up with a double break and will serve for 4-0. As Garry Richardson might say, she might just make a late lunch up in the Village at this rate.
Isner v Tsonga meanwhile, has indeed gone into a fifth set. It’s 2-1 to Isner in the decider, which nearly rhymes. On serve.
Stephens responds by upping her game again. Pressure is now on Kuznetsova at 0-30 down but the Russian responds with an excellent wide serve. 15-30. Another big serve brings 30-30 and when Stephens clips the top of the net on the run it’s 40-30 only for Kuznetsova to push a forehand long for deuce but she eventually holds. 5-5.
Stephens isn’t serving this out with any authority. 15-30 becomes 15-40 when he sends a backhand just long. Two break points and the door opens for Kuznetsova – who walks right through it after adjusting to a net cord particularly well. Back on serve with Stephens leading 5-4, having led 5-2.
We’re reaching the business end on Court No1 now. Kuznetsova is 2-5 in the third set and it’s 30-30 on her serve. A preposterously bad backhand from Stephens is followed by a long forehand from the American though. 5-3 in the third – Stephens to serve for the match.
Serena Williams wins first set against Annika Beck
A stray forehand from Beck, after the ball had sat up nicely, hands Williams a 30-0 lead. 123mph serve – 40-0. Ace. Game. First set.
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Williams is closing in on the first set particularly quickly. Beck’s serve just isn’t up to speed and even a woeful drop-shot from the American isn’t punished – Williams telegraphing the passing shot and putting the volley away. Two set points. She wastes the first, pushing long, and thrashes the second wide. Deuce. Another deuce after Beck atones for an untimely double fault. And a miraculous shot from Beck, scrambling all the way across the court and forcing Williams to volley into the net. Beck holds but Williams will serve for the set.
Tsonga meanwhile, is rattling through the fourth set with Isner on Court No2 – the Frenchman, who has performed so well here in the past, is currently 5-1 up. That one is very much headed for a fifth set.
Stephens is now in the ascendancy in her topsy-turvy clash with Kuznetsova. She’s 4-2 up and serving in the decider – you get the feeling there’s a twist or two left in that one though.
Williams is on the offensive now and after a commanding hold it’s another break point, this time converted for 4-2. Beck is going to need to add some more juice to her serve if she’s going to live with Williams here.
Williams has broken back immediately for 2-2 on Centre Court – which is also the score on Court No1 between Kuznetsova and Stephens.
Serena in crisis*! Broken in third game of first set!
— Jacob Steinberg (@JacobSteinberg) July 3, 2016
*Will win in three sets.
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Do have a watch of Saturday’s highlights if you get a moment – scroll up to the top, where the picture used to be, if click here if that feels like a bit of an effort.
Ooof. Beck, Heather Watson’s conqueror no less, has broken for 2-1 in the first set on her Centre Court debut.
Isner v Tsonga has resumed on Court No2 – Isner is two sets to one up, but Tsonga is a break up a 1-0 to the good in the fourth. Memories of 2010 are beginning to surface.
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Serena Williams has made a fast start against Beck, holding her opening service game and earning a break point but her German opponent rallies and levels at 1-1 when Williams shoves a forehand long. At the risk of sounding patronising, Beck will take heart from that and she receives warm applause from the crowd.
And Kuznetsova seals the second set 6-2 comfortably enough. Consistency, or more precisely an absence there of, seems to be the big problem for Stephens. Game on.
On Centre Court, Serena Williams and Annika Beck are warming up and will begin shortly.
This is some response from Kuznetsova on Court No1. She’s 5-2 in the second set against Stephens and serving for the second set, having lost the first in (on?) a tie-break.
On Court No2, Pavyluchenkova has wrapped things up against Bacsinszky which is an average typist’s relief. Pavyluchenkova seal a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 win.
An answer which seems the most plausible, but it does raise the question as to what comprises the crowds on all the other days. Overlords? Bees? An army of chinos?
Vandeweghe chats with Garry Richardson who makes a slight faux-pas – hinting that Sunday lunch is next but the American has some mixed doubles to play. Oh Garry – park the Sunday lunch jokes, yeah?
I’ve not got any quotes from Vandeweghe for you I’m afraid, it was an entirely forgettable conversation, the lunch nonsense aside.
Meanwhile, Kuznetsova is 3-0 in the second set on Court No1 after Stephens won the first set.
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Vandeweghe beats Vinci in straight sets
Vandeweghe is sailing along smoothy enough and when Vinci can only scramble long, it’s match point. A minor trouble or two with her serve but Vinci goes long again and Vandeweghe wraps up a straight sets victory, 6-3, 6-4.
A victory for power over precision there.
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A question of some relevance. It does have a whiff of pomposity to it but as I don’t know the answer for sure I’m refrain from passing judgment and I’ll open the floor …
Vinci is serving to stay in the match and kicks things off with a superb single handed backhand down the line. A delightful backhand stop volley makes it 30-0 and the Italian hold. Vandeweghe to serve for the match.
Striking fear into strawberry smugglers the length and breadth of SW19 …
How awesome are the #Wimbledon sniffer dogs https://t.co/cpJZm6PYlq pic.twitter.com/iaV4Zh7s1V
— Nicolas Atkin (@natkinESPN) July 3, 2016
Having said that, Vinci is producing moments of undoubted quality, like the forehand the clipped the line on the way to holding for 3-4. Vandeweghe on the other hand can look pretty average but when she finds her range the ball is unlikely to be coming back.
Over on Centre Court, Vandeweghe is chugging along, still a break up in the second set after winning the first. She has just held for 4-2. It’s hard to imagine that she is seeded 27th and Vinci sixth but I’m sure the Wimbledon bods have their reasons.
Stephens wins the first set 7-6 against Kuznetsova, wrapping up the tie-break with an inside out forehand right into the corner and a pretty woeful attempted lob from her opponent.
A tie-break it is between Kuznetsova and Stephens. The American takes a 3-0 lead, a touch fortuitously after a fine forehand from Kuznetsova is just long. Make that 4-0 though – a long way back from here.
On Court Two, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has won the first set against Timea Bacsinszky 6-3 by the by.
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Vandeweghe, smarting from here first loss of serve so far, breaks back immediately. Vinci is not going queitly but when the American’s eye is in she has too much power.
On Court No1, it’s looking like a tie-break, Stephens is serving at 5-6.
Ooooh, a second break point of the championship against Vandeweghe (who is already a break up in the second set). And Vinci takes it! 1-1 in the second set. “All things are possible in the sporting arena,” says Barry Davies, somewhat overstating the matter.
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Someone isn’t sitting on the fence …
Kygrios ia emblematic of his facebook, selfie obsessed generation. What a self entitled little shit. He is the antithesis of Aussie sportsmanship. UnAustralian.
Fairly typical of Kyrgios though, he certainly polarises opinion.
We’re back on serve on Court No1, Stephens has followed a back break with a hold after Kuznetsova bludgeons a fourhand into the net. 5-5 – what did I tell you? To the wire …
Oooosh. Powerful again from Vandeweghe who seems intent on digging a hole across the net. Two sets points after a thumping forehand, Vinci saves one with a delicate half-volley but a backhand down the line from the American is too good. Vandeweghe takes the first set 6-3.
Kuznetsova has broken Stephens on Court No1 and will also serve for the first set.
Set points for Vandeweghe. The first one is walloped long but she’ll have another. It’s whacked wide, she challenges the serve but it was just in. Deuce. And Vinci digs in to hold. Vandeweghe will serve for the first set though.
Over on Court No1, the fourth game of the first set is an epic, advantages everywhere and deuces aplenty. Kuznetsova eventually grinds out a hold though for 4-3 against Stephens, on serve. It’s shaping up to go to the wire.
Vandeweghe is very much exerting her authority on this one. A commanding hold is followed by a couple of bruising points, climbing into one fierce backhand for a 0-30 lead. Vinci gets her angles right to rally though and holds after Vandeweghe’s radar goes awry. 4-2 to Coco.
On Centre Court, both Vandeweghe and Vinci have started solidly enough – Vandeweghe’s serving stats seem impressive, only one break point against, and while Vinci gets the crowd excited a cheeky lob, Vandeweghe’s power induces the first break after an untimely double fault from Vinci at deuce. It’s 3-1 in the first set of the battle of the Vs …
The majority of the BBC’s cameras seem to be trained on the training ground – Federer’s twins causing a bit of a stir – but we’re underway around the courts now.
I can confirm Andy Murray was having a sit down on the training ground earlier. Sources suggest he has since stood up.
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Sue and Tim are wagging their chins on Centre Court presently, both sporting a dark beige number, both of which remind me of the little present my cat left for me this morning.
Djokovic’s defeat remains the topic of conversation. Read more about that here.
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Forthcoming highlights
Kicking things off on Centre Court is Coco Vandeweghe, the American 27th seed and self-styled ‘total California girl’ according to Wikipedia, up against Italy’s Roberta Vinci.
Over on Court No1 Sloane Stephens faces Svetlana Kuznetsova in a battle that pits 13th seed against 18th but perhaps the most eye-catching matches are scheduled for a wee bit later …
Serena Williams, having overcome a considerable scare last time out, faces Germanys’ Annika Beck, second on Centre Court, while we’ll have Nick Kyrgios against Spain’s Feliciano Lopez second on Court No1.
We’ll also have Juan Martin Del Potro, resuming at two sets to one down against France’s Lucas Pouille and John Isner and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga resuming a match that has all the hallmarks of a five-set slugfest.
Play to begin shortly so pour yourself a Pimm’s, then pour it away because it’s disgusting, pour yourself something palatable, sit back and enjoy …
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Lest we forget, that while the players and Wimbledon workforce don’t get a rest, the plush grass in Wimbledon Park, just across the road must. For there is no Queue today – instead 22,000 tickets went on sale at 3.00pm yesterday and sold out within 27 minutes.
That doesn’t mean View From the Q gets a day off though …
After the GB team kindly dropped it off, the Davis Cup is today on display below the Wimbledon shop in the Museum 🏆 pic.twitter.com/oTsrWNayPj
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 3, 2016
Preamble
Hello world! And welcome to Middle/People’s/Getting Me To Work Far Earlier Than Anticipated Sunday at Wimbledon. It’s just the fourth time in the history of the competition that there will be play on the traditional rest day. Woof. Novak is out – no year grand slam, or whatever the bods call it, in 2016 – but the show must go on.
The last time Middle Sunday was an actual thing was back in 2004, before that it was 1997 – when Tiger Tim beat a chap called Haarhuis 14-12 in the final set – and then there was 1991, when this happened …
Remembering the first Middle Sunday, featuring Jimmy Connors...#BeLegacy #Wimbledon https://t.co/gKzVNBJYJ1
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 3, 2016
Here’s hope for some equally red hot tennis action today. Play will get underway at 11.30am BST, the weather is set fair and below is the feast that awaits …
Centre Court
11:30: (27) Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v (6) Roberta Vinci (Ita), (1) Serena Williams (USA) v Annika Beck (Ger), (24) Alexander Zverev (Ger) v (10) Tomas Berdych (Cze)
Court 1
11:30: (18) Sloane Stephens (USA) v (13) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus), (15) Nick Kyrgios (Aus) v (22) Feliciano Lopez (Spa), Jiri Vesely (Cze) v (31) Joao Sousa (Por)
Court 2
11:30: (11) Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) v (21) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus), (18) John Isner (USA) v (12) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra), Malek Jaziri (Tun) & Lukas Rosol (Cze) v (2) Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA), Madison Keys (USA) & Sloane Stephens (USA) v (5) Timea Babos (Hun) & Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz)
Court 3
11:30: Oliver Marach (Aut) & Fabrice Martin (Fra) v Kenneth Skupski (Gbr) & Neal Skupski (Gbr), Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) v (24) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze), (1) Martina Hingis (Swi) & Sania Mirza (Ind) v Eri Hozumi (Jpn) & Miyu Kato (Jpn), Jocelyn Rae (Gbr) & Anna Smith (Gbr) v (4) Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) & Elena Vesnina (Rus)
Court 4
11:30: Max Stewart (Gbr) v Daniel Altmaier (Ger), Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) v Eugenie Bouchard (Can) & Sabine Lisicki (Ger), Treat Huey (Phi) & Alicja Rosolska (Pol) v Marcelo Demoliner (Bra) & Nicole Melichar (USA), David Marrero (Spa) & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) v Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) & Oksana Kalashnikova (Geo)
Court 5
11:30: Konstantin Kravchuk (Rus) & Denys Molchanov (Ukr) v (11) Raven Klaasen (Rsa) & Rajeev Ram (USA), Christina McHale (USA) & Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) v (13) Vania King (USA) & Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus), Santiago Gonzalez (Mex) & Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) v (7) Raven Klaasen (Rsa) & Raquel Atawo (USA), Dustin Brown (Ger) & Madison Brengle (USA) v Oliver Marach (Aut) & Jelena Ostapenko (Lat)
Court 6
11:30: Anastasia Zarytska (Ukr) v (11) Yuki Naito (Jpn), Ryan James Storrie (Gbr) v Jeffrey John Wolf (USA), Kenneth Skupski (Gbr) & Tara Moore (Gbr) v Robert Lindstedt (Swe) & Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa), Scott Lipsky (USA) & Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) v (12) Daniel Nestor (Can) & Chia-Jung Chuang (Tpe)
Court 7
11:30: Emiliana Arango (Col) v Francesca Jones (Gbr), (6) Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) & Lucie Hradecka (Cze) v Alize Cornet (Fra) & Xenia Knoll (Swi), Daria Gavrilova (Aus) & Daria Kasatkina (Rus) v (7) Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) & Lucie Safarova (Cze), (1) Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra) & Nicolas Mahut (Fra) v Adrian Mannarino (Fra) & Lucas Pouille (Fra)
Court 8
11:30: Alexandra Sanford (USA) v Wushuang Zheng (Chn), (5) Kayla Day (USA) v Dominique Schaefer (Per), Lara Escauriza (Par) v Karman Thandi (Ind), Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spa) v (12) Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser)
Court 9
11:30: Sam Riffice (USA) v Nicola Kuhn (Spa), Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) & Andrea Petkovic (Ger) v Johanna Konta (Gbr) & Maria Sanchez (USA), (10) Alexander Peya (Aut) & Andreja Klepac (Slo) v Dominic Inglot (Gbr) & Laura Robson (Gbr)
Court 10
11:30: (10) Yunseong Chung (Kor) v Kacper Zuk (Pol), Charlotte Robillard-Millette (Can) v Malene Helgo (Nor), Luke Hammond (Gbr) v Dan Added (Fra), Chihiro Muramatsu (Jpn) v Michaela Gordon (USA)
Court 11
11:30: (8) Julia Goerges (Ger) & Karolina Pliskova (Cze) v Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) & Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk), (10) Henri Kontinen (Fin) & John Peers (Aus) v Marcin Matkowski (Pol) & Leander Paes (Ind), Juan Sebastian Cabal (Col) & Mariana Duque-Marino (Col) v (3) Horia Tecau (Rom) & Coco Vandeweghe (USA), Andre Sa (Bra) & Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) v (6) Lukasz Kubot (Pol) & Andrea Hlavackova (Cze)
Court 12
11:30: Elena Vesnina (Rus) v Julia Boserup (USA), (32) Lucas Pouille (Fra) v Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg), Naomi Broady (Gbr) & Heather Watson (Gbr) v Alexandra Panova (Rus) & Shelby Rogers (USA), Federico Del Bonis (Arg) & Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) v (3) Jamie Murray (Gbr) & Bruno Soares (Bra)
Court 14
11:30: Wesley Koolhof (Ned) & Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) v (15) Martin Cuevas (Uru) & Marcel Granollers (Spa), Shuai Peng (Chn) & Shuai Zhang (Chn) v (2) Caroline Garcia (Fra) & Kristina Mladenovic (Fra), Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) & Kveta Peschke (Cze) v (16) Kiki Bertens (Ned) & Johanna Larsson (Swe), Julian Knowle (Aut) & Shuai Zhang (Chn) v Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) & Raluca Olaru (Rom)
Court 15
11:30: Youssef Hossam (Egy) v Eduard Guell Bartrina (Spa), Baijing Lin (Aus) v Varvara Gracheva (Rus), Tung-Lin Wu (Tpe) v Alexei Popyrin (Aus), Iga Swiatek (Pol) v (9) Usue Maitane Arconada (USA)
Court 16
11:30: Alastiar Gray (Gbr) v (3) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can), Melany Solange Krywoj (Arg) v Oana Gavrila (Rom), Taylor Johnson (USA) v Eden Richardson (Gbr), Gabriella Taylor (Gbr) v Morgan Coppoc (USA)
Court 17
11:30: Ali Collins (Gbr) v (8) Sofia Kenin (USA), Ema Lazic (Gbr) v (2) Rebeka Masarova (Swi), Jay Clarke (Gbr) v Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Arg), Marvin Moeller (Ger) v Finn Bass (Gbr)
Court 18
11:30: (3) Hao-Ching Chan (Tpe) & Yung-Jan Chan (Tpe) v Jelena Jankovic (Ser) & Aleksandra Krunic (Ser), (7) Richard Gasquet (Fra) v Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa), (8) Vasek Pospisil (Can) & Jack Sock (USA) v Quentin Halys (Fra) & Tristan Lamasine (Fra), Florin Mergea (Rom) & Tamira Paszek (Aut) v Artem Sitak (Nzl) & Laura Siegemund (Ger)
Court 19
11:30: Anastasia Detiuc (Mol) v (16) Mai Hontama (Jpn), Yiena In-Albon (Swi) v Maria Lourdes Carle (Arg), Evan Furness (Fra) v (13) Benjamin Sigouin (Can), (8) Geoffrey Blancaneaux (Fra) v Yuto Shimizu (Jpn)
Updated
People's Sunday, because almost all centre and number 1 tickets are available for the general public. Rather than just a small fraction of them, as is the case on every other day.