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Fritz holds off Diallo 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(0), 4-6, 6-3
And Fritz finishes it off, helped out by a couple of Diallo unforced errors. He advances to a third-round tie with the winner of the match between Botic Van de Zancschulp and Aleandro Davidovich Fokina, which was suspended for darkness and will resume tomorrow.
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Diallo does his part in holding from love-15 down. Now the fifth-seeded Fritz will serve for a spot in the third round.
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Fritz strolls through another service game as the match spills into a fourth hour. He closes out the hold with a 131mph ace out wide and takes a 5-2 lead in the decider. Diallo will serve to stay in the tournament after the changeover.
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Another straightforward hold for Fritz, who pounds another two aces. Then after the change of ends, a moment of danger as Diallo goes behind 15-30 on his serve. The Canadian rips another ace for 30-all, but a botched volley at the net gives Fritz a break-point chance at 30-40. And he converts it, getting the better of Diallo over a 12-shot exchange! Fritz to serve at 4-2 in the fifth in an attempt to back up the break.
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Fritz breezes through another service game, closing it out with a 108mph ace out wide. Diallo responds with a hold at love for 2-2 in the fifth. On we go.
Fritz holds from 30-all to open the fifth set. Diallo does the same, crunching his 20th, 21st and 22nd aces of the match along the way.
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Diallo has served out the fourth set and levelled this match at two sets apiece. We’re headed to a decider on No 1 Court. It will be Fritz’s 10th set in two matches here after playing a final in Eastbourne last week.
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There will be blood. And it’s flowing from the wound on Fritz’s elbow, who opened it while crashing to the grass in a lunging attempt at a return. He’s now being treated by a physio and it’s taken enough time where he’s required to take a medical timeout. Fritz will have another break point when play resumes with Diallo 6-3, 2-6, 6-7(0), 3-2, 30-40.
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Aleandro Davidovich Fokina has a match point over on Court 6. Botic Van de Zancschulp saves it for 5-5 in the fourth. And moments later play is suspended for darkness. Fokina will serve at 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 5-5 when play resumes in the morning.
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The tension is mounting in the early stages of the fourth set between Fritz and Diallo. After breaking for 2-1, the Canadian consolidated with a marathon 22-point game that included eight deuces. Heady stuff.
Fritz and Diallo are back under way after an 18-minute break. Meanwhile, a vulnerable Katie Boulter laments her shock defeat in the main interview room:
I mean, of course it hurts. It’s a really tough pill to swallow. It always is here. Unfortunately it’s just the way that it is.
Sometimes I just have to accept that my moment might not come at some point. I’m just going to keep working hard and keep trying my hardest. Ultimately that’s all I can do and keep putting myself out there and keep improving every single year.
Also suspended: the match on Court 17 between France’s Arthur Rinderknech and the Chilean lucky loser Cristian Garin with Rinderknech leading 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3).
British wildcard Arthur Fery, who was born in France but educated at nearby King’s College Wimbledon and then at Stanford, faces an uphill battle after falling behind 6-4, 6-3 against Italy’s Luciano Dardieri. But that battle will extend another day as their second-round title on No 2 Court has also been suspended for darkness.
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Fritz has run away with the third-set tiebreaker over Diallo over on No 1 Court, rattling off seven unanswered points for a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(0) lead. The match has been suspended to the retractable roof. No such luck for Auger-Aliassime and Struff, whose match on Court 18 has been called for darkness only moments after the German leveled it at one set apiece by pulling out the second-set breaker, 11-9.
Bellucci breaks Lehecka with a gorgeous forehand passing winner, then closes out the 7-6(4), 6-1, 7-5 victory with a tidy love hold. That ensures one of Harry Fonseca, Bellucci or Norrie will reach the last eight.
Elsewhere on the outer courts, the No 31 seed Ashlyn Krueger from the United States has been eliminated in straight sets by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. That’s two more seeds out. Only five more singles matches still happening around the grounds.
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Mattia Bellucci was on the cusp of knocking out yet another seed in No 23 Jiri Lehecka. But the 23-year-old Czech was unable to serve out the match and was broken in a marathon game spanning 12 points and more than 10 minutes. They’re back on level terms in the third set, but the Italian is still in firm control with a 7-6(4), 6-1, 5-5 lead.
A couple more results from the outer courts are trickling through. No 14 seed Elina Svitolina has seen off the Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich in straight sets. Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak has brushed aside Ethan Quinn of the United States, also in straights. And the Aussie Jordan Thompson has fought back from a two-sets-to-one deficit to oust Benjamin Bonzi in five.
Turns out the carnage at the top of the women’s draw is historic. This marks only the second major tournament in the Open era (since 1968) where four of the top five women’s seeds failed to make it past the second round. The first was Wimbledon 2018.
Fritz could be in for another long night on No 1 Court. He’s breezed through the second set in 25 minutes to square things with Diallo at one set apiece. The American won 92% of the points on his first serve in the second frame, up from 69% in the opener.
Paolini beaten by Rakhimova in three sets
Another top player crashes out as fourth-seeded Jasmine Paolini bows 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to world No 87 Kamilla Rakhimova. It’s the biggest win of the 23-year-old Russian’s career and it comes against last year’s runner-up. Paolini’s departure makes it 28 seeds to have gone out of the tournament in less than four completed days – 14 apiece on the men’s and women’s sides – including the No 2, No 3, No 4 and No 5 women’s seeds.
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“I knew today I had to be aggressive because Marketa would beat me if I pushed the ball around,” Raducanu says. “The atmosphere was electric and I’m just so happy to get to play another match here.”
Asked about her Friday date with Sabalenka, the British No 1 is to the point: “Of course she’s No 1 in the world right now, so dominant on the tour, has won literally everything. It’s going to be a very difficult match. All I can do is control my side of the court as much as possible. I guess there’s no pressure on me in the next round at all.”
Raducanu beats Vondrousova in straight sets
Raducanu closes it out like she’s got a taxi waiting. She breaks Vondrousova to close out a 6-3, 6-3 win over the 2023 Wimbledon champion in 82 minutes. It’s as well as we’ve seen her play in some time and her reward for her trouble will be a third-round date with top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka.
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Upset watch on No 3 Court. Jasmine Paolini, the No 4 seed from Italy, is down a break in the decider against Kamilla Rakhimova. The Russian is serving at 4-6, 6-4, 4-3, threatening another blow at a women’s singles draw that’s already in tatters.
Center Court is buzzing as Raducanu is within touching distance of the third round after backing up a break for a 6-3, 4-2 lead over Vondrousova. Brilliant stuff from the 2021 US Open champion, who is all over the court and striking the ball brilliantly.
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More good news for Canada. Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 25 seed and a quarter-finalist here four years ago, has taken the opening set from Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff on Court 18.
Gabriel Diallo has taken the opening set from Taylor Fritz on No 1 Court. The 23-year-old Montrealer got the better of his opponent in a 16-shot rally, the longest of the match so far, to break for 5-4. From there he showed no nerve in coolly serving it out, closing the frame with a 115mph ace out wide.
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We’ve got a marathon unfolding with the shadows lengthening on Court 15, where Australian’s Justin Thompson has dragged Medvedev-slayer Benjamin Bonzi into a fifth set in a match that just entered its fourth hour.
A rocky start for No 5 seed Taylor Fritz on No 1 Court. He was broken in his opening service game and finds himself in a 0-3 hole against Gabriel Diallo, the in-form 23-year-old from Montreal who is fresh off his first tour-level title at ’s-Hertogenbosch.
Elsewhere, fourth-seeded Jasmine Paolini is headed to a decider with Kamilla Rakhimova after dropping the second set on No 3 Court.
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Raducanu takes the first set, 6-3. After breaking Vondrousova in a marathon eighth game for a 5-3 advantage, the British No 1 served her way to triple set point. She frittered two of them away before Vondrousova overcooked a forehand, sending the Centre Court crowd into roars.
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Naomi Osaka has reached the third round at Wimbledon for the first time in seven years after finishing off a 6-3, 6-2 win over Katerina Siniakova. She will face the winner of tonight’s match between Ashlyn Krueger and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova for her first ever place in the Wimbledon round of 16.
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Emma Raducanu appeared to have drawn first blood on Centre Court, passing Marketa Vondrousova with a dazzling backhand winner for 4-2, only to quickly go triple break point down in the ensuing game. Raducanu saved two of them but a biffed forehand from the baseline gifted the break back to Vondrousova, who will serve at 3-4 after the change of ends.
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It got late early for the No 12 seed Diana Shnaider over on Court 18. She dropped 10 of the final 11 games in a 6-4, 6-1 defeat to the French qualifier Diane Parry, who progresses to face the British 23-year-old Sonay Kartal next.
Solana Sierra backed into the main draw after losing in the third round of last week’s qualifying tournament. It’s been a much longer time in London than expected, which has forced her to change her apartment three times. Today’s win means she and her mother will be moving house a fourth time. “Like we said, it’s a good problem,” she says.
Boulter beaten by Sierra in three sets
Katie Boulter is out in the second round at Wimbledon for the second straight year. Last year it was Harriet Dart who did the honours. This time it’s Solana Sierra, the 21-year-old lucky loser from Argentina who has won 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-1 for her first career win over an opponent in the top 50.
“It feels amazing,” Sierra says. “I knew it was a tough match. Katie is an amazing player, so I tried to focus on myself and enjoy the moment because it’s a dream to play at Wimbledon and on this court and in front of this crowd.”
It was a day to forget for the 28-year-old from Leicestershire, whose 36 unforced errors included 14 double faults.
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Amanda Anisimova is through to round three after a straightforward 6-4, 6-3 win over Mexico’s Renata Zarazua. The No 13 seed from the United States advances to face Hungary’s Dalma Galfi, the world No 110 who upset Beatriz Haddad Maia earlier today.
Emma Raducanu and Marketa Vondrousova have taken Centre Court for their peach of a teatime fixture between former grand slam champions. The Briton impressed in her first-round win over Mimi Xu, showcasing a more aggressive forehand, the product of recent technical tweaks under new coach Mark Petchey. That shot will be vital against the 2023 Wimbledon champion, a clever lefty who thrives on disrupting rhythm with spin and court craft.
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Also in trouble is the No 12 seed Diana Shnaider. She is being given a run for her money on Court 18 by the French qualifier Diane Parry, who has won four straight games from a break down to take the first set, 6-4.
Elsewhere, the No 24 seed Elise Mertens has finished off Philadelphia’s Ann Li, fighting back to win 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2 and book a place in the third round. She will face the winner of today’s match between Aliaksandra Sasnovic and the 14th-seeded Elina Svitolina.
More trouble for Katie Boulter, who is broken at love to open the third set. Sierra, the world No 101 making her main-draw debut here, quickly backs up the break for a 6-7(7), 6-2, 2-0 edge.
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Thanks, Will. The British hope Katie Boulter is into a decider with the Argentinian lucky loser Solana Sierra on No 1 Court after dropping the second set, 6-2. Boulter won just 8% of her points behind her second serve in that set and her negative body language has prompted some spirited words of encouragement from her coach.
On that note, I am going to head off and Bryan Armen Graham will be taking over for the remainder of this blog.
Alcaraz embraces Tarvet warmly at the net and offers a few kind words and some obvious respect.
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Alcaraz beats Tarvet in straight sets
Carlos Alcaraz has seen off Ollie Tarvet (6-1, 6-4, 6-4). It was anything but straightforward for the Spaniard who was made to work extremely hard by the British qualifier, allowing the loser on this occasion to leave with great pride and a growing reputation.
Tarvet’s service game begins with raucous noise from the stands. Tarvet, however, pings a backhand into the net as Alcaraz sense victory. Not to worry, he wins the next couple of points as the Spaniard struggles returning. Alcaraz will have to serve to win this match.
This is not offence to Ollie Tarvet but what these opening two matches have shown for Alcaraz is that he is certainly not at his best. Others looking to challenge for the title will be less worried about him than when they arrived. Admittedly, he is one game away from being in the third round but is really having to work for it.
And Boulter is broken, Sierra sending a rocketing forehand that is too fast for the Briton. This game could be going the distance at this rate.
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Once again, being broken has irked Alcaraz. Bish, bash, bosh and the Spaniard has three Break Points. A ripping return to a second serve does the job. 4-3 to Alcaraz in the third, he serves next.
TARVET BREAKS BACK! Tarvet earns himself two break points after Alcaraz’s backhand volley at the net goes awry. Tarvet drops to his knees after Alcaraz loosely sends one long.
It is not vintage stuff in Boulter v Sierra but the Briton is gritting it out. It looks plain sailing in her opening service game of the second set but she throws away a couple of set points, leading to Deuce. After a few false starts, she eventually fires and Sierra can’t do much about it.
Tarvet has great speed across the court and takes plenty of pleasure in chasing down an Alcaraz drop shot, sliding across the turf to do so, winning the point in the process. He offers up a hot dog on the next point but to no avail. The game eventually goes to Deuce where Alcaraz takes control and breaks with a whipped forehand.
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It is going with serve on Centre in the third. Alcaraz finishes off his latest service game by pushing Tarvet out wide. The Briton manages to return but Alcaraz has little trouble finding the vacant space to make it 2-2 in the third.
BOULTER WINS THE FIRST SET! Boulter and Sierra end up in a first set tie-break. Boutler rattles to an early 4-1 lead. Sierra manages to battle back and the tie-break reaches 6-6 as she maintains her composure in a lengthy rally. Boulter earns the chance to serve for the set but needlessly whacks a backhand into the net. Boulter and Sierra seem to be fighting themselves as much as one another. At the fourth time of asking, Boulter wins Set Point to get her up and running.
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Tarvet will keep fighting to the bitter end, that’s for sure. The opening point of Alcaraz’s service game producing a lengthy rally, ended by a pummelling forehand from Tarvet at the baseline. From here on it, however, it is all Alcaraz, who does not give Tarvet anything to work with.
Tarvet went for a little break and is back on court against Alcaraz. He opens the third – and probably – final set and battles his way to Deuce with a cracking serve down the middle as he saves two break points. It takes a bit of back and forth but eventually Tarvet completes the hold to earn a roar on Centre Court.
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Nuno Borges knocks out Billy Harris. The Briton gave it everything in the third set tie-back but his opponent progresses (6-3, 6-4, 7-6).
After all that hard work, Boulter opens with a double fault. Boulter does, however, recover from this mishap and takes the game after Sierra miscues a return. The scores are level at 5-5!
Billy Harris battles to extend the match against Borges, taking the third set to a tie-break.
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BOULTER BREAKS! Sierra leads 5-4 but Boulter takes things back on serve.
Alcaraz wins the second set 6-4 against Tarvet.
Boulter produces some big serves which Sierra cannot return as she manages to hold and stay in the opening set. Sierra, however, has the chance to serve it out.
You can tell how hard Alcaraz is finding things because he is really celebrating every point won. The Spaniard wins the first few points of Tarvet’s service game, leaving the Briton irked by his own profligacy. Alcaraz breaks and has the chance to serve for the second set.
A double fault from Boulter gifts Sierra a second break of the opening set. Boulter needs to improve her serving quickly to avoid a dismal afternoon.
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A stunning rally finishes with a stupendous Tarvet forehand from the baseline which has too much pace and power for Alcaraz, who sticks out a forlorn racket. He eventually beats the hold by racing to reach a drop shot and just getting it back over, leaving Alcaraz with little chance to return.
Tarvet is certainly not being outclassed, producing some fine tennis that any of the top 20 would be proud of and is certainly making Alcaraz work. Tarvet has an impressively mentality where he fights for every point to the end, unperturbed by who his opponent is. Admittedly, it is not enough on this occasion as Alcaraz holds to make it 3-3 in the second.
Naturally, Sierra breaks straight back against Boulter and then holds to take a 2-1 lead in the opening set.
Tarvet does hold! Tarvet is doing his bet to work Alcaraz around the court but it is an unenforced error as the Spaniard sends a drop shot into the net.
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A fine day for Cameron Norrie.
After a couple of breaks in a row, Alcaraz holds. There is a moment of amusement after Tarvet top edges a shot into the crowd and a fan does not want to give it back until a sheepish steward shows up. Can Tarvet hold?
Things start very well for Boulter as she breaks Sierra in the first game of the match on Court One. That should be a useful confidence booster.
Katie Boulter is underway in her clash with Solana Sierra. One to keep an eye.
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Unfortunately for Tarvet, he then allows Alcaraz to immediately break back. I suspect the original break may have irritated Alcaraz, who complete the job with a straightforward backhand return from the baseline.
Doubles news! Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara have seen off Dan Evans and Henry Searle (6-7 (4-7) 4-6) to progress.
Tarvet breaks! What a moment for the young man as he gets the better of Alcaraz on his serve. There was degree of luck about it, instead he is producing some wonderful tennis to challenge arguably the world’s best player.
One final whizz around the grounds before I hand you over to Will Unwin: 18-year-old Brazilian Joao Fonseca has defeated the American Jenson Brooksby 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 to become the youngest man to reach the third round since 2011; Britain’s Billy Harris is now two sets down against Nuno Borges, 6-3, 6-4; and Joshua was on to something when he said South Africa’s Lloyd Harris could do some damage against the 14th seed Andrey Rublev – they’re locked at one set all, with Harris thumping down 17 aces already. Thanks for your company today. See you for more of the same tomorrow. Bye!
Tarvet may be two breaks down to Alcaraz now, trailing 5-1, but he’s having the time of his life on Centre Court, saving two set points with some panache and to rapturous applause, and now he’s got a break point … his sixth of the match. He’s not taken any so far. And this one goes the same way. As does the seventh. And the eighth. And Alcaraz eventually claims the set 6-1 when Tarvet prods Alcaraz’s lob into the tramlines.
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Norrie’s thoughts:
I was really happy when I saw the schedule. Court 1 is my favourite court. I stayed calm, I took it point by point. I was really happy with my level, it didn’t drop too much.
It’s so special. You just feel goose bumps. It’s such a special court and such a special tournament. I just walked out and smiled as much as I could. And then you have to go out to battle. I’m really happy with my level today.
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Norrie takes out Tiafoe 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
Norrie v Tiafoe is really coming to the boil at the end of the fourth set. At 5-5, Tiafoe sends an ill-advised drop shot into the net, handing Norrie two break points … and Tiafoe thwacks a forehand long! It leaves Norrie serving for the match … he sprints to 40-15 courtesy of two aces … and gets the job done from there! The former British No 1 has a huge smile back on his face, after a testing 12 months in which he almost dropped out of the top 100 because of injury and illness. And Tiafoe’s exit means the seed casualty count is now up to 26 (!!).
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Tarvet, like Norrie, is a British product of the US college system. But unlike Norrie, Tarvet is still playing college tennis, and therefore can’t claim most of his £99,000 prize money for getting this far. Under National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules, players can make only $10,000 (about £7,300) in profit every year, as well as any expenses incurred during the events. Tarvet joked after his first-round win that he’d pay his coaches extra and fly business class. I wonder what he’d try to pass off as expenses if he made £152,000 for reaching the third round. It’s very much a hypothetical though, given the stature of his opponent this afternoon, but he does at least get himself on the scoreboard with his first hold, to 30. Alcaraz leads 3-1.
Norrie breaks. Tiafoe breaks back. Alcaraz breaks. Alcaraz consolidates the break. That means it’s Norrie* 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 4-5 Tiafoe and Alcaraz 3-0 Tarvet*.
Given yesterday’s carnage, it had been a relatively calm start to the afternoon for the seeds, but the chaos has returned. Last year’s semi-finalist Donna Vekic is out, losing 6-1, 6-3 to Spain’s Cristina Bucsa, while the 29th seed Leylah Fernandez, the runner-up to Emma Raducanu at the US Open in 2021, has lost 6-2, 6-3 to Germany’s Laura Siegemund. So that’s two seeds who’ve departed in just six completed second-round matches, to add to the 23 from the first round.
Tarvet’s confidence doesn’t appear totally misguided when he gets himself to break point in the opening game. Cue gasps from the crowd and general amazement. Alcaraz smartly hits back behind the Brit for the winner. Deuce. But here’s a second break point for Tarvet at the 21-year-old’s advantage. Tarvet hits long. And Alcaraz averts a third break point with another winner. The defending champion holds from there, with a wonderful volley, but, just as in the opening round in his five-setter against Fabio Fognini, Alcaraz looks vulnerable.
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Sabalenka’s victory means that Ollie Tarvet’s big moment is here, as the British world No 733 steps on to Centre Court, aiming to pull off a Wimbledon shock for the ages against Carlos Alcaraz. Tarvet was hailed as a British wall by his first-round victim, Leandro Riedi, but he’ll become a British wonder if he somehow overcomes the two-times defending champion. Tarvet isn’t short of confidence, though, saying: I’m quietly confident I can win against anyone. Alcaraz isn’t an exception to that. He’s done an incredible amount in the tennis world. He’s a difficult guy not to respect. I will just try and treat it like another match. At the end of the day, for me, I try and play the ball, not the player.”
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There isn’t a spare seat in the house on Court 4 for the first-round men’s doubles match featuring three Brits, with Dan Evans and Henry Searle taking on the defending champions Henry Patten and Finland’s Harri Heliovaara. It’s going on serve, with Searle and Evans – who faces Novak Djokovic in the singles tomorrow – leading 4-3.
Harris concedes the first set 6-3. And it’s been something of a, um, learning experience for Learner Tien, the 19-year-old American, who’s been bundled out 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 by Chile’s Nicolás Jarry, who’s likely to face João Fonseca next. The Brazilian whippersnapper now leads Jenson Brooksby by two sets to one.
Sabalenka beats Bouzkova 7-6, 6-4
Sabalenka, though, looks as if she could stay on Centre Court all day, soaking in the applause, as she completes a straight-sets victory over the Czech, with the huge-hitting top seed pummelling another forehand into the corner on match point.
“We played a lot of close matches in the past and I’m really happy to get through,” says Sabalenka. “Honestly it’s very sad to see so many top players lose in the first round. It’s better to stay focused on yourself and not look at the bigger picture. I hope it is no upsets any more in this tournament, if you know what I mean!”
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Norrie has set point at 40-30. Tiafoe tonks his return long and Norrie, the 2022 semi-finalist, takes the third set! Tiafoe takes his leave and heads off court for a bathroom break/change of clothes/stern talking to.
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Better news for another of today’s British Seven on No 1 Court, where Norrie has two break points at 15-40 on Tiafoe’s serve. Take one of these and it would leave Norrie serving for a two sets to one lead at 5-3. And the left-hander fizzes a forehand down the line on the second break point! From a set down, Norrie is now 4-6, 6-4, 5-3 ahead against the 12th seed.
Harris is attempting to bridge a gap of 114 places in the world rankings against the No 37 Borges, and the early signs are not good for the 30-year-old from Nottingham, who’s making only his second grand slam appearance. He trails 4-1.
“LET’S GO!” screams Sabalenka on Centre Court as she whacks away a smash to give herself three break points … and the world No 1 claims the first break of the second set when Bouzkova nets. Sabalenka then consolidates the break with a hold to love, finished off with another overhead winner, to lead 7-6, 4-2. She’s two games away from a third-round meeting with a certain Emma Raducanu or Marketa Vondrousova.
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Those two wins mean that Britain’s Billy Harris, who qualified for the main draw on the strength of his ranking for the first time this year, having been awarded a wildcard in 2024, is up next on No 2 Court against Portugal’s Nuno Borges, while on Court 3 it’s the 14th seed Andrey Rublev against South Africa’s Lloyd Harris. Rublev made the headlines last year for his self-flagellation during his first-round defeat, when he repeatedly hit and hurt himself with his own racket, but he says he’s got a new outlook on life and tennis this time around, now he’s working with the former world No 1 Marat Safin.
Sonay speaks:
I felt good on court today. I was hitting it really clean. It was one of those good days at the office.
I wanted to back up [last year’s run to the third round] this year. This tournament I wanted to show I’m at this level and can consistently play here.
The last 12 months I have thrown myself on to the scene. This year I’ve taken a conscious effort of only wanting to play the bigger matches against the best players on tour, day in, day out. I’m playing with more freedom and more confidence.
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Thanks Tom. What an impressive win for Sonay Kartal, who must have a thing about threes, reaching round three on day three as the British No 3 on Court 3, which is turning into her lucky court at Wimbledon. She could face Diana Shnaider, the Russian 12th seed next, which would be tough, but she’s full of confidence. Kudos to Keys, too, who’s through to the third round for the ninth time, but given that her big-hitting game is suited to the grass, it’s a quirk that this is the only grand slam where she’s never reached a semi-final.
Skimming round the courts, the much-heralded Brazilian João Fonseca has been pegged back by the American world No 101, Jenson Brooksby, who’s won the second set 7-5 on Court 12 to level it up at one set all. And Sabalenka has won the first set on a tiebreak (7-4) against Bouzkova.
And here comes Katy, back from lunch. Catch you’se later.
Cameron Norrie wins the second set 6-4 against Frances Tiafoe. While I was watching Keys take care of business, Norrie gets himself another trio of break, nay set, points, against Tiafoe, who brings it back to deuce on the first two occasions. But on the third, Tiafoe unfurls a ripping passing shot down the line from the back of the court to level it up at 1-1. This could be a long one, and hurrah for that.
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Madison Keys beats Olga Danilovic 6-4, 6-2
Keys is seeing and hitting as cleanly as you like now, and a forehand winner gives her three match points. Two are saved nervelessly by Danilovic but she overcooks a forehand next to send the Australian Open champion into the next round in fine fettle.
Also high up in the women’s draw, Sabalenka is in a first-set tiebreak with Bouzkova.
Over on Court No 1, Cam Norrie gets a glimmer with a break point at 3-4 in the second set but expert serve-and-volleying from Tiafoe saves that and two unanswerable serves, letting out a guttaral roar. 4-4. The American then races to three break points with an effortless backhand volley at the net. Norrie claws them all back but not without Tiafoe entertaining the crowd with a couple of excellent wide-of-court attempted winners that just drift out. Norrie goes on to hold. This one is worth sticking with – terrific entertainment.
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Sonay Kartal beats Viktoriya Tomova 6-2, 6-2!
She’s done it with ease! A brilliant double-handed backhand from back of court puts Kartal 0-30 up and an angled forehand winner hands her three match points. She only needs one of them though, gaining the ascendancy through a marathon rally with another fine back-of-court winner. What a prospect she is.
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Tomova zips through her service game to reduce the deficit to 4-2 – just giving Kartal a little test of temperament here, which she passes with ablomb, one unforced netting error aside. She’s a game away from round three at 5-2.
Elsewhere Sabalenka and Bouzkova are locked on serve at 5-4 to the former in the first set on Centre Court. Norrie and Tiafoe also going with serve in the second set at 4-3 Norrie.
Thanks Katy. And I greet you with the breaking of Kartal’s winning streak, as Tomova breaks back to love, successfully steering the Briton round the back of the court in a series of gruelling baseline rallies. Kartal’s still a break to the good at 4-1 and a set up though. Keys has also lost a game, but still leads Danilovic 6-4, 4-1.
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It’s a seventh straight game for Kartal. And a fourth for Keys, who’s 6-4, 2-0 ahead. These two are now in a race to be the first winner on day three. I’m off to grab some lunch quickly, so Tom Davies is here to guide you through what look likely to be the closing stages …
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Kartal, in the form of her life, is on the charge now, ripping through a fifth successive game. Make that six. The British No 3 leads Tomova 6-2, 2-0 and is well on her way to a place in the last 32 for the second straight year.
Keys recovers immediately, breaking Danilovic with a forehand winner to secure the opening set 6-4. Meanwhile on Court 12 there’s barely room to move – or hear – as the Brazilian fans chant for their man Fonseca, who’s now 6-4, 0-1 up on Brooksby.
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Kartal breaks again to seal the first set 6-2. But Keys is broken when serving at 5-3. And it’s 15-0, 30-0, 40-0, game and first set Tiafoe.
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Kartal, Keys and Tiafoe all back up their breaks. And here comes Aryna Sabalenka on Centre Court. The world No 1’s status as the favourite for the title has been strengthened by the departure of three of the top five women’s seeds, including Coco Gauff, even though Sabalenka has never been beyond the semi-finals at Wimbledon. This afternoon the Belarusian is up against the Czech Marie Bouzkova, and despite a double fault in the opening game, shows exactly what she’s about with some big, big hitting for 1-0.
Keys, after a tough three-set examination in the first round, doesn’t appear to be in the mood to hang around today. The temperature may have fallen, but a scorching forehand down the line secures the break for 4-2. Just as Kartal has a break point against Tomova … but the Bulgarian saves it with a looping backhand winner that just lands on the sideline. Kartal makes no mistake on the second break point and she’s also 4-2 to the good.
João Fonseca, the 18-year-old Brazilian sensation who defeated Britain’s Jacob Fearnley in the first round after bursting on to the scene at this year’s Australian Open where he took out Andrey Rublev, also has an early break, leading the American Jenson Brooksby 4-3.
Tiafoe’s a great entertainer and the No 1 Court crowd are already admiring his showmanship. It’ll be interesting to see which way the spectators go this afternoon – Norrie is the home player, of course, but his understated style isn’t as easy to get behind as Tiafoe’s crowd-pleasing ways. Tiafoe has the fans gasping with a lob that Norrie can’t reach and then rips a forehand winner down the line and a backhand pass down the other. It’s break point Tiafoe … and soon a second break point … and he takes it for a 3-2 lead.
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Kartal v Tomovoa and Norrie v Tiafoe are both level at one game all. Meanwhile on No 2 Court, which accounted for the third seed Jessica Pegula and the seventh seed Lorenzo Musetti yesterday, Keys will be hoping to avoid a similar fate. The big-hitting Australian Open champion slams down an unreturned serve and she leads Serbia’s Olga Danilovic 2-1 on serve.
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As for Norrie, his decline over the past year has been in contrast to Kartal’s rise, but the former British No 1 is enjoying having a little less expectation on him this year. The world No 61 said he felt “like a kid playing Wimbledon again” after his first-round win – but today could be less enjoyable for him if the charismatic American 12th seed known as “Big Foe” hits the form he’s capable of, but hasn’t always shown at Wimbledon. On the 50th anniversary of Arthur Ashe winning his landmark Wimbledon, Tiafoe, the son of Sierra Leonean immigrants, has spoken of how much it would mean to him to emulate the trailblazer by having a successful run this year.
Having been ranked 281 in the world this time last year, Kartal is now in the top 50 for first time – and the Londoner is chasing down her childhood rival Raducanu in the rankings. After a fine win over the former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in the first round, the 23-year-old will fancy her chances of a second successive visit to the last 32 here, by defeating Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova, who benefitted from poor Ons Jabeur’s retirement on Monday.
We’ve waited two hours for a match … and then of course they all come at once. Just as Cameron Norrie and Frances Tiafoe step on to No 1 Court to begin the show court action, Kartal, Keys, Fonseca, Tien, Fernandez and Khachanov are all warming up on the outside courts. We’ll have some play very shortly.
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Royal Box roll call. It’s a rather eclectic mix today, ranging from the England head coach Thomas Tuchel, to Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, wrestler John Cena and Glastonbury headliner Olivia Rodrigo. If it wasn’t for the Centre Court roof, I’d love to see what entertainment they’d put on between them during the rain breaks.
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Game on! The net has been put up on Court 3, where Sonay Kartal, the British No 3, will be playing Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova. There’s similar action around the grounds, with Madison Keys, João Fonseca, Learner Tien, Leylah Fernandez and Karen Khachanov also due to weave and wind their way to the outside courts shortly, though the skies are still fairly grey. We’ve got Cameron Norrie v Frances Tiafoe on No1 Court at 1pm too.
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Some emails.
Marcus Walsh is on the side of the bots: “I’m a tennis player from Finland; I wonder did Hugh Muir ask any of the players about absent line judges before writing his column?Because there’s nothing more excruciating emotionally than being on the receiving end of a - sometimes really obvious - bad line call. No player - really none - will miss those. Tennis is often a game of minuscule margins - you can win the match having won less points than your opponent. Which means that a badly timed poor call can decide a match – even a grand slam final. If technology one day allows, it might be interesting to go back over some GS finals and check whether the title in fact went to the wrong person...”
And here’s one from “I like Biltong”: “My name is Joshua, and as you might be able to tell from my email address, I may be a bit biased, but I feel that the South African Lloyd Harris is going to pull off an upset in the second match on Court 3 today against the 14th seed Andrey Rublev. He’s a dangerous server (22 aces in R1), so keep your eyes out for him.”
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A magnificent seven British players will be attempting to make the last 32 today. Ollie Tarvet is the big story, as the world No 733 looks to follow in the footsteps of George Bastl, Lukas Rosol and others by plotting one of Wimbledon’s greatest ever shocks. He’s up against the two-times defending champ Carlos Alcaraz, while Emma Raducanu also faces a former Wimbledon winner in Marketa Vondrousova. The pair have history here, with Raducanu beating the Czech back in 2021.
Katie Boulter plays Argentina’s lucky loser Solana Sierra, Cameron Norrie faces Frances Tiafoe, the American 12th seed, while Sonay Kartal, Billy Harris and Arthur Fery are also in action.
Ho-hum. Hopefully this will keep you going.
CORENTIN MOUTET SHOT OF THE TOURNAMENT AGAIN.
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Strike that. Play’s been pushed back to 12.30pm. Do remember you can get in touch with any predictions/predilections. Mail me here.
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Turns out I was being a bit too pessimistic. The covers are now off on the outside courts, so barring any more rain, the 12.15pm start looks to be on.
It’s the perfect Wimbledon. The sun is out, the Brits are firing and as for the scoring, that too will be somewhat perfect, this being the first Wimbledon since the tournament told the line judges, long the arbiters of accuracy, that after 148 years, their services will no longer be required.
Arguments, unpredictability and, as the cameras zoom in to the line judge whose eyesight judgment prompts a participant explosion, buttock-clenching awkwardness in close-up: goodbye to all that. Hello, AI and sharp-eyed robots, analysing in real time 18 lots of footage.
It’s perfect now, but is it progress? After the first day, players complained that while the calls were perfect in their accuracy, they were imperfect in that the gizmo’s volume was set too low and they could not hear the verdicts.
To some extent, Wimbledon is falling into line – both the Australian and US Opens, and very many of the lesser professional tournaments, have waved goodbye to the humans and embraced electronic line calling. The players wanted it. They strive truly, madly and deeply for perfection; their short, explosive careers cannot hinge on the human fallibility of others.
But look at Centre Court without the sentries posted around the border, and without the quiet ceremony that has always marked the departure of one set of line judges and the arrival of another. One day their absence will feel natural and maybe we’ll forget they were ever there, barking their assessments. But for now, their absence feels like a loss. Game, set and match to the gizmos.
Of the grand slams, the premier tournaments of world tennis, only the French Open has resisted the temptation to shoo away the line judges and embrace electronica, and you may think therein lies a morality tale of sorts. When the Wimbledon plan was mooted, one experienced line judge there spoke not just of the hurt of being abruptly discarded but also of her worry that line judges, drawn from clubs around the country, were a crucial link between the elite game, with its Wimbledon showpiece, and the grassroots, which has perennially felt neglected. They saw being asked to participate at Wimbledon as a reason to stay connected, a kind of lodestar. “I worry that smaller tournaments will struggle to find line judges soon,” she said.
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Apart from the fallen stars and the hot hot hot first two days, one of the other stories of the tournament so far has been AI’s overthrow of the line judges. But for Hugh Muir, the perfection of the technology has made things, well, rather imperfect …
As expected, the rain is not relenting yet. Play has been pushed back to 12.15, at the earliest. Though looking at the forecast there could be another couple of hours of drizzle before what’s forecast to be a clear mid-afternoon/evening.
Emma Raducanu stressed the importance of leaning on her support network at Wimbledon as she prepares for her challenging second-round match against Marketa Vondrousova, the 2023 champion.
Raducanu, who reached the second round on Monday with a solid 6-3, 6-3 win over the 17-year-old British wildcard Mimi Xu, reflected on the additional support she has received at the All England Club. “At Wimbledon, it’s particularly special. I had really good friends in the box there,” said Raducanu, before reeling off a list of names. “To have them all here in this one week, and the way the stars align that they could be here, it means so much when I see them there. It just makes me really happy.”
After her win, Raducanu said that it was emotional to catch up briefly with those close friends and the feeling of being supported contrasts sharply to her solitary existence the rest of the tennis season. “Big time,” said Raducanu. “After the match there, I just went outside to see them for five or 10 minutes and speak to them. And that’s just an opportunity that is so rare, and you don’t really get that at other tournaments, because I don’t really travel my friends out. They have lives. So I have a few friends in other cities, but to have my real core, best friends here, it means a lot.”
The 22-year-old is accompanied at Wimbledon by her coach, Mark Petchey, and the former player Jane O’Donoghue, who acts as an elder sister figure. With her fitness coach, Yutaka Nakamura, away for personal reasons, Raducanu is working with Ian Aylward, a strength and conditioning coach for the LTA, and the rest of the British governing body’s fitness personnel.
She will need all of their encouragement as she faces an extremely difficult task in round two against the in-form Vondrousova. Two years ago, the Czech produced one of the most surprising title runs in Wimbledon history. She was a French Open finalist in 2019 aged 19 and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medallist, but Vondrousova’s career has been ravaged by serious injuries. After already missing significant periods in her career because of multiple wrist operations, she underwent surgery on her left shoulder in 2023 shortly after her Wimbledon title run.
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There’s a chance the show courts could get going before all the courts that don’t have a roof, with Cameron Norrie first up on No 1 Court against Frances Tiafoe at 1pm and Aryna Sabalenka opening on Centre against Marie Bouzkova at 1.30pm. Also on the show courts today: world No 733 Ollie Tarvet’s big date with Carlos Alcaraz, Katie Boulter v the lucky loser Solana Sierra, Taylor Fritz v Gabriel Diallo and Emma Raducanu v the former champ Marketa Vondrousova. Here’s Tumaini’s preview of Raducanu’s match …
Greg Rusedski is confident that order will be restored at the All England Club today. “All the upsets due to heat and faster conditions on the grass,” the former British No 1 says. “Harder to control the ball and you can actually hit through the grass courts because of it. Back to normal today with rain and temperature.”
It’s a good 10C cooler today – and unfortunately it’s still raining. When play does eventually get under way, Madison Keys, Sonay Kartal, João Fonseca, Learner Tien, Leylah Fernandez and Karen Khachanov will be among the early runners and riders on the outside courts.
If you haven’t now been inspired to start your own chain reaction, Jannik Sinner reflecting on his rivalries with Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic is well worth a watch too:
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The bad news: the umbrellas are up and the covers are on. There’ll be no play on the outside courts until 11.45am at the earliest.
The good news: this seems like a very good excuse to show you this. Enjoy.
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The first-round carnage among the seeds has broken several records. Four of the top ten went out on both the men’s and women’s side — the most in the opening round at any major in the open era. Thirteen men’s seeds stumbling at the first hurdle is an all-time grand slam record. And that’s 23 seeds in all who’ve departed. Here are the names who’ve claimed an undesirable place in history:
Gauff (2), Pegula (3), Zheng (5), Badosa (9), Muchova (15), Ostapenko (20), Frech (25), Kostyuk (26), Linette (27), Kessler (32).
Zverev (3), Musetti (7), Rune (8), Medvedev (9), Cerundolo (16), Humbert (18), Popyrin (20), Tsitsipas (24), Shapovalov (27), Bublik (28), Michelsen (30), Griekspoor (31), Berrettini (32).
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Let’s hit rewind quickly on yesterday’s action:
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Today’s order of play
Centre Court (1.30pm UK time)
(1) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) v Marie Bouzkova (Cze)
Oliver Tarvet (GB) v (2) Carlos Alcaraz (Spa)
Emma Raducanu (GB) v Marketa Vondrousova (Cze)
No1 Court (1pm)
Cameron Norrie (GB) v (12) Frances Tiafoe (US)
Katie Boulter (GB) v Solana Sierra (Arg)
(5) Taylor Fritz (US) v Gabriel Diallo (Can)
No2 Court (11am)
Olga Danilovic (Ser) v (6) Madison Keys (US)
Nuno Borges (Por) v Billy Harris (GB)
Naomi Osaka (Jpn) v Katerina Siniakova (Cze)
Arthur Fery (GB) v Luciano Darderi (Ita)
No3 Court (11am)
Viktoriya Tomova (Bul) v Sonay Kartal (GB)
(14) Andrey Rublev (Rus) v Lloyd Harris (Rsa)
(4) Jasmine Paolini (Ita) v Kamilla Rakhimova (Rus)
Botic Van de Zandschulp (Ned) v (26) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spa)
Court 12 (11am)
Joao Fonseca (Bra) v Jenson Brooksby (US)
Renata Zarazua (Mex) v (13) Amanda Anisimova (US)
(23) Jiri Lehecka (Cze) v Mattia Bellucci (Ita)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) v (14) Elina Svitolina (Ukr)
Court 18 (11am)
Shintaro Mochizuki (Jpn) v (17) Karen Khachanov (Rus)
(12) Diana Shnaider (Rus) v Diane Parry (Fra)
(25) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) v Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger)
Emily Appleton (GB) & Heather Watson (Gbr) v (5) Mirra Andreeva (Rus) & Diana Shnaider (Rus)
Court 4 (11am)
Xin Yu Wang (Chn) & Saisai Zheng (Chn) v (2) Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) & Erin Routliffe (Nzl)
Daniel Evans (GB) & Henry Searle (GB) v (2) Harri Heliovaara (Fin) & Henry Patten (GB)
Jodie Burrage (GB) & Sonay Kartal (GB) v Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spa) & Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (Spa)
Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (Col) & Alycia Parks (US) v Alicia Barnett (GB) & Eden Silva (GB)
Court 5 (11am)
(16) Yuki Bhambri (Ind) & Robert Galloway (US) v Romain Arneodo (Mon) & Manuel Guinard (Fra)
Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser) & Andreas Mies (Ger) v (4) Marcel Granollers (Spa) & Horacio Zeballos (Arg)
Qianhui Tang (Chn) & Lin Zhu (Chn) v (12) Xinyu Jiang (Chn) & Fang-Hsien Wu (Tpe)
Court 6 (11am)
Rafael Matos (Bra) & Marcelo Melo (Bra) v Ivan Dodig (Cro) & Orlando Luz (Bra)
Fernando Romboli (Bra) & John-Patrick Smith (Aus) v MacKenzie McDonald (US) & Alex Michelsen (US)
Angelica Moratelli (Ita) & Sabrina Santamaria (US) v Sorana Cirstea (Rom) & Anna Kalinskaya (Rus)
Court 8 (11am)
Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) & Peyton Stearns (US) v Hao-Ching Chan (Tpe) & Barbora Krejcikova (Cze)
Tomas Machac (Cze) & Jakub Mensik (Cze) v Pedro Martinez (Spa) & Jaume Munar (Spa)
David Goffin (Bel) & Alexandre Muller (Fra) v Nicolas Barrientos (Col) & Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli (Ind)
Nadiia Kichenok (Ukr) & Yuliia Starodubtseva (Ukr) v (14) Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) & Shuai Zhang (Chn)
Court 9 (11am)
Ariel Behar (Uru) & Joran Vliegen (Bel) v (7) Simone Bolelli (Ita) & Andrea Vavassori (Ita)
Anna Blinkova (Rus) & Yue Yuan (Chn) v (15) Nicole Melichar-Martinez (US) & Ludmilla Samsonova (Rus)
Jakob Schnaitter (Ger) & Mark Wallner (Ger) v Sebastian Baez (Arg) & Francisco Comesana (Arg)
Shuko Aoyama (Jpn) & Ena Shibahara (Jpn) v Magda Linette (Pol) & Bernarda Pera (US)
Court 10 (11am)
Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) & Elena Gabriela Ruse (Rom) v Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) & Yanina Wickmayer (Bel)
Theo Arribage (Fra) & Patrik Trhac (US) v Quentin Halys (Fra) & Nicolas Mahut (Fra)
Damir Dzumhur (Bos) & Skander Mansouri (Tun) v (12) Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) & Andres Molteni (Arg)
Aleksandar Kovacevic (US) & Learner Tien (US) v N.Sriram Balaji (Ind) & Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (Mex)
Court 11 (11am)
Kimberly Birrell (Aus) & Maya Joint (Aus) v Ulrikke Eikeri (Nor) & Makoto Ninomiya (Jpn)
(13) Irina Khromacheva (Rus) & Fanny Stollar (Hun) v Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) & Suzan Lamens (Ned)
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Arg) & Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Arg) v Hendrik Jebens (Ger) & Albano Olivetti (Fra)
Rinky Hijikata (Aus) & David Pel (Ned) v (14) Andre Goransson (Swe) & Sem Verbeek (Ned)
Court 14 (11am)
(29) Leylah Fernandez (Can) v Laura Siegemund (Ger)
(3) Kevin Krawietz (Ger) & Tim Puetz (Ger) v Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Sander Gille (Bel)
Eva Lys (Ger) v (30) Linda Noskova (Cze), Kamil Majchrzak (Pol) v Ethan Quinn (US)
Court 15 (11am)
Nicolas Jarry (Chi) v Learner Tien (US)
(21) Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) v Dalma Galfi (Hun)
Jordan Thompson (Aus) v (9) Benjamin Bonzi (Fra)
Hailey Baptiste (US) & Catherine McNally (US) v (11) Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) & Laura Siegemund (Ger)
Court 16 (11am)
Adrian Mannarino (Fra) v Valentin Royer (Fra)
McCartney Kessler (US) & Clara Tauson (Den) v Harriet Dart (GB) & Maia Lumsden (GB)
(31) Ashlyn Krueger (US) v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus)
(16) Caroline Dolehide (US) & Sofia Kenin (US) v Bibiane Schoofs (Ned) & Dayana Yastremska (Ukr)
Court 17 (11am)
(1) Marcelo Arevalo (Esa) & Mate Pavic (Cro) v Roberto Carballes Baena (Spa) & Laslo Djere (Ser)
Cristina Bucsa (Spa) v (22) Donna Vekic (Cro)
(24) Elise Mertens (Bel) v Ann Li (US)
Christian Garin (Chi) v Arthur Rinderknech (Fra)
Preamble
Hello and welcome to our coverage of Wimbledon day three. After a Tumultuous Tuesday, which stirred memories of 2013’s infamous Black Wednesday with its levels of destruction, the remaining leading names will be hoping the shockwaves subside as the second round gets under way without 23 (!) seeds, including four of the top ten in both the men’s and women’s draws.
But with the world No 733 Oliver Tarvet up against the two-times defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, Emma Raducanu facing the 2023 winner Marketa Vondrousova and Cameron Norrie taking on the 12th seed Frances Tiafoe, the British players will attempt to continue the devastation – along with the opponents of the top seed Aryna Sabalenka, Australian Open champion Madison Keys, last year’s runner-up Jasmine Paolini and the fifth seed Taylor Fritz, who survived a two-day, five-set serve-off with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard to avoid going the way of Coco Gauff, Alexander Zverev et al.
Also in action are Elina Svitolina, Naomi Osaka, Andrey Rublev, the up-and-comers João Fonseca and Learner Tien, the 13th seed Amanda Anisimova, plus Britain’s Katie Boulter, Sonay Kartal, Arthur Fery and Billy Harris. And this year’s doubles events begin too. But after a high of 33C yesterday, the real British summer has decided to turn up, and showers could affect play on the outside courts early on.
Play is due to start at: 11am UK time on the outside courts (depending on the weather), 1pm on No 1 Court and 1.30pm on Centre Court.
If the first two days have taught us anything: make predictions at your peril.
