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HIGHLIGHTS-Day Three at Wimbledon

ByReuters

Published 29/06/2016 at 17:33 GMT

Latest news from the third day of Wimbledon on Wednesday (all times GMT):

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1725 FEDERER POWERS TO STRAIGHT-SETS WIN
Men's third seed and seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer beat Britaian's world number 772 Marcus Willis 6-0 6-3 6-4
1721 THIEM BREEZES PAST MAYER
Men's eighth seed and 2016 French Open semi-finalist Dominic Thiem beat Germany's Florian Mayer 7-5 6-4 6-4 to move into the next round.
1704 KVITOVA BEATS CIRSTEA
Women's 10th seed and twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova breezed past Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-0 6-4 to move into the second round.
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1645 BRITAIN'S KONTA DOWNS PUIG
Women's 16th seed Johanna Konta beat Monica Puig of Puerto Rico 6-1 7-5 to join compatriot Tara Moore in the second round.
1645 TEENAGER ZVEREV THROUGH TO SECOND ROUND
Men's 24th seed Alexander Zverev beat France's Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3 6-4 6-2 to move into the second round.
1617 TOMIC WINS IN FIVE SETS
Men's 19th seed Bernard Tomic battled past Spain's Fernando Verdasco 4-6 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-4 in a rain interrupted match to move into the second round.
1614 PAVLYUCHENKOVA MOVES INTO SECOND ROUND
Women's 21st seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova overcame Su-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan 7-5 1-6 6-1 to progress into the next round.
1600 PLAY RESUMES ON OUTSIDE COURTS
Following a near four-hour rain delay, play resumed on the outside courts at Wimbledon.
1540 DJOKOVIC OVERCOMES MANNARINO IN STRAIGHT SETS
Men's number one seed Novak Djokovic sealed his third-round spot after he comfortably beat Adrian Mannarino of France 6-4 6-3 7-6(5).
1315 RADWANSKA RACES TO VICTORY
Women's third seed and 2012 Wimbledon finalist Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland stormed into the second round with a 6-2 6-1 victory over Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine.
1200 PLAY SUSPENDED ON OUTSIDE COURTS
Rain has forced suspension of play on outside courts.
1210 BERDYCH BATTLES PAST DODIG
Men's 10th seed Tomas Berdych came through a tough match against Croatia's Ivan Dodig 7-6(5) 5-7 6-1 7-6(2) to move into the second round.
1145 PETKOVIC THROUGH TO ROUND TWO
Women's 32nd seed Andrea Petkovic came back from a set down to beat Wimbledon debutant Nao Hibino of Japan 3-6 7-5 6-2 to move into the second round.
1030 RAIN DELAYS START OF PLAY
Rain has interrupted the start of play on the main showcourts at Wimbledon, where the temperature is 17 degrees Celsius (62.6°F). More rain is expected throughout the day.
ORDER OF PLAY (PREFIX DENOTES SEEDING)
Centre Court
3-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) v Kateryna Koslova (Ukraine)
1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v Adrian Mannarino (France)
3-Roger Federer (Switzerland) v Marcus Willis (Britain)
Court One
16-Johanna Konta (Britain) v Monica Puig (Puerto Rico)(to finish)
Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) v 16-Gilles Simon (France)
Andreas Seppi (Italy) v 6-Milos Raonic (Canada)
Court Two (Play starts at 1030 GMT)
Fernando Verdasco (Spain) v 19-Bernard Tomic (Australia) (to finish)
Dan Evans (Britain) v 30-Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine)
5-Simona Halep (Romania) v Francesca Schiavone (Italy)
Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) v 2-Garbine Muguruza (Spain) (Compiled by Nivedita Shankar and Simon Jennings in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
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