Follow the latest updates live from day three at Wimbledon where men’s world No 1 Novak Djokovic is back in second round action, as well as British No 1 Kyle Edmund and the American teenage sensation Cori Gauff.
Day two brought plenty more upsets as the likes of Maria Sharapova and Garbine Muguruza crashed out of the first round, but the show goes on with the second round of singles action on Wednesday. Djokovic headlines Centre Court and will be up last against Denis Kudla once Karolina Pliskova faces Monica Puig and Edmund takes on Fernando Verdasco.
Heather Watson is also back in action against Anett Kontaveit, but all eyes will be on No 2 Court where 15-year-old Gauff returns to action fresh from her incredible victory over Venus Williams. Follow all the action and results live.
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CENTRE COURT UPDATE
Karolina Pliskova has stormed to the first set against Monica Puig – a 6-0 bagel.
Puig is on the scoreboard though, 2-1 to Pliskova on serve in the second set…
The grounds are now packed, as play is underway on all courts…
BREAKING NEWS
Andy Murray and Serena Williams will play Andreas Mies and Alexa Guarachi in round one:
Here’s a piece on British doubles player Joe Salisbury, who is about to go onto court 9 for his first round doubles match:
COURT 1 UPDATE
Watson has been broken back by Kontaveit – it’s now 3-3 in the first set.
SCORES UPDATE
Court 2 – Stan Wawrinka (22) 5-7 6-3 6-4 2-3 Reilly Opelka
Court 12 – Daniil Medvedev (11) 6-6 Alexei Popyrin
Court 14 – Ivo Karlovic 3-6 3-3 Thomas Fabbiano
Court 16 – Pablo Cuevas 6-4 6-7(5) 4-5 Jiri Vesely
Court 17 – Leonardo Mayer 5-5 Hubert Hurkacz
Court 18 – Jeremy Chardy 2-6 2-1 David Goffin (21)
COURT NO.1 UPDATE
Heather Watson is up against Anett Kontaveit, and she is a break up early on! She leads 2-0…
CENTRE COURT UPDATE
Play is underway on Centre Court, where Olympic champion Monica Puig is playing 3rd seed Karolina Pliskova. It’s on serve early on…
Ouch. She was a set up as well…
LATEST SCORES
Stan Wawrinka has levelled things up on court 2, taking the second set 6-3 – he is also a break up in the third, leading 4-2.
And Ivo Karlovic is currently in action on court 14, playing Thomas Fabbiano – it’s on serve, 3-2 in the first set.
RESULTS
Two other singles matches have also been completed in less than 70 minutes…
Karolina Muchova (CZE) def. Madison Brengle (USA) 6-3 6-4
Maria Sakkari (GRE, 31) def. Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 6-4 6-1
Wow, that was quick.
Victoria Azarenka progresses into round two with a 6-2 6-0 demolition of Ajla Tomljanovic.
SCORES UPDATE
On Court 2, three-time major winner Stan Wawrinka has dropped the first set to big-serving American Reilly Opelka, 7-5. Stan is however up a break, 3-1 in the second.
Elsewhere:
Court 3 – Elina Svitolina (8) 5-7 0-0 Margarita Gasparyan
Court 12 – Victoria Azarenka 6-2 4-0 Ajla Tomljanovic
Court 14 – Marie Buozkova 4-6 1-2 Maria Sakkari (31)
Court 15 – Benoit Paire 7-6(5) 1-2 Miomir Kecmanovic
Court 16 – Pablo Cuevas 6-4 1-1 Jiri Vesely
Court 17 – Madison Brengle 3-6 4-2 Karolina Muchova
Court 18 – Su-Wei Hsieh (28) 7-6(3) 2-0 Kirsten Flipkens
15-year-old Cori Gauff is also in action today – she’s playing Magdalena Rybarikova in the fourth match on Court 2.
Former Wimbledon champion Lindsey Davenport has spoken out about the rules not allowing Gauff to play a full schedule.
BRIT WATCH
There are two British players in singles action today:
First, Heather Watson opens up play on Court 1, against the 20th seed Anett Kontaveit from Estonia.
Then, Kyle Edmund plays Fernando Verdasco in the second match on Centre Court.
On Serena, The Independent columnist Nick Bollettieri has had his say on what the 7-time champion must change if she is to be a threat in the singles this year:
We’ll also be bringing you the mixed doubles draw, live from Wimbledon at midday! Everyone will be glued to see who these two end up facing:
Many players have been out practicing early, out on the practice courts at Aorangi Park:
ORDER OF PLAY
CENTRE COURT – SHOW COURT – 13:00 START
1 Monica Puig (PUR) 94 vs Karolina Pliskova (CZE) [3] 96
2 Kyle Edmund (GBR) [30] 25 vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 28
3 Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] 1 vs Denis Kudla (USA) 3
No.1 COURT – SHOW COURT – 13:00 START
1 Heather Watson (GBR) 86 vs Anett Kontaveit (EST) [20] 88
2 Karen Khachanov (RUS) [10] 49 vs Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 52
3 Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) [14] 113 vs Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 115
No.2 COURT – SHOW COURT – 11:00 START
1 Stan Wawrinka (SUI) [22] 41 vs Reilly Opelka (USA) 44
2 Simona Halep (ROU) [7] 97 vs Mihaela Buzarnescu (ROU) 99
3 Kevin Anderson (RSA) [4] 33 vs Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 35
4 Cori Gauff (USA) 110 vs Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 111
No.3 COURT – SHOW COURT – 11:00 START
1 Elina Svitolina (UKR) [8] 65 vs Margarita Gasparyan (RUS) 67
2 Robin Haase (NED) 46 vs Milos Raonic (CAN) [15] 48
3 Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) [19] 9 vs Corentin Moutet (FRA) 12
4 Madison Keys (USA) [17] 105 vs Polona Hercog (SLO) 107
COURT 12 – SHOW COURT – 11:00 START
1 Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 102 vs Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 103
2 Daniil Medvedev (RUS) [11] 17 vs Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 20
3 Andreas Seppi (ITA) 37 vs Guido Pella (ARG) [26] 40
NOT BEFORE 18.00
4 Danielle Collins (USA) 77 vs Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) [12] 80
COURT 18 – SHOW COURT – 11:00 START
1 Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) [28] 89 vs Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 92
2 Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 21 vs David Goffin (BEL) [21] 24
3 Sofia Kenin (USA) [27] 121 vs Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 123
COURT 14 – 11:00 START
1 Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 69 vs Maria Sakkari (GRE) [31] 72
2 Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 30 vs Thomas Fabbiano (ITA) 31
3 Marcel Granollers (ESP) 14 vs Ugo Humbert (FRA) 15
COURT 15 – 11:00 START
1 Benoit Paire (FRA) [28] 57 vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 60
2 Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 126 vs Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 127
COURT 16 – 11:00 START
1 Pablo Cuevas (URU) 61 vs Jiri Vesely (CZE) 63
2 Steve Darcis (BEL) 53 vs Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) [23] 56
3 Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 118 vs Shuai Zhang (CHN) 119
NOT BEFORE 18.00
4 Petra Martic (CRO) [24] 73 vs Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 75
COURT 17 – 11:00 START
1 Madison Brengle (USA) 82 vs Karolina Muchova (CZE) 83
2 Leonardo Mayer (ARG) 6 vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 7
