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HIGHLIGHTS-Day Two at Wimbledon

ByReuters

Published 28/06/2016 at 15:40 GMT

Latest news from the second day of Wimbledon on Tuesday (all times GMT):

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1525 MURRAY MAKES SHORT WORK OF BROADY
Men's second seed Andy Murray beat fellow Briton Liam Broady 6-2 6-3 6-4 in a solid start to his bid for a second Wimbledon title.
1520 BERDYCH BACK IN CONTROL
Men's 10th seed Tomas Berdych battled back after losing the second set 7-5 against Croatia's Ivan Dodig to win the third set and lead 7-6(5) 5-7 6-1.
1515 VINCI EDGES PAST BATTLING RISKE
Women's sixth seed Roberta Vinci surged back to defeat American Alison Riske 6-2 7-5 6-3 after dropping the second set.
1510 BAUTISTA AGUT SEES OFF AUSTRALIA'S THOMPSON
Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the men's 14th seed, eased to a 6-3 6-3 6-3 victory over Australian Jordan Thompson.
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1500 TOMIC TAKES CONTROL AGAINST VERDASCO
Men's 19th seed Bernard Tomic lost the first set against Fernando Verdaso of Spain but battled back to take the next two sets and lead 4-6 6-3 6-3
1442 PAIRE WINS FIVE-SET THRILLER
Men's 26th seed Benoit Paire moved into the second round after he beat Croatia's Franko Skugor 3-6 7-6(2) 2-6 6-3 10-8 in just under four hours.
1440 LOPEZ DOWNS RAM TO MOVE INTO SECOND ROUND
Men's 22nd seed Feliciano Lopez booked his passage to the second round, beating American Rajeev Ram 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4.
1440 WAWRINKA OVERCOMES TEENAGER FRITZ
Men's fourth seed Stanislas Wawrinka recovered from a shaky third set to beat American youngster Taylor Fritz 7-6(4) 6-1 6-7(2) 6-4 to progress into the second round.
1435 DEL POTRO MARCHES INTO SECOND ROUND
Juan Martin Del Potro, the 2013 Wimbledon semi-finalist, eased past Stephane Robert of France 6-1 7-5 6-0.
1358 SOUSA OVERCOMES TURSUNOV IN FIVE SETS
Men's 31st seed Joao Sousa beat Russia's Dmitry Tursunov in a a gruelling five-setter 3-6 7-6(2) 4-6 6-3 7-5 to move into the second round.
1325 SERENA MOVES INTO SECOND ROUND
Women's number one Serena Williams eased past Switzerland's Amra Sadikovic 6-2 6-4 to move into the next round. The American defending champion is eyeing Steffi Graf's professional era record of 22 grand slam titles.
1305 KYRGIOS OVERCOMES STEPANEK
Men's 15th seed Nick Kyrgios overcame a lapse of concentration to beat Radek Stepanek 6-4 6-3 6-7(9) 6-1 to move into the second round.
1304 GASQUET EASES TO STRAIGHT-SETS VICTORY
Men's seventh seed Richard Gasquet of France completed a 6-3 6-4 6-3 victory over Britain's Aljaz Bedene.
1250 CIBULKOVA DOWNS LUCIC-BARONI
Women's 19th seed Dominika Cibulkova, a quarter-finalist at Wimbledon in 2011, beat Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 7-5 6-3 to move into the second round.
1245 TSONGA MARCHES INTO SECOND ROUND
France's 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga secured a comfortable straight-sets victory 6-4 7-6(5) 6-4 against Spain's Inigo Cervantes to move into the second round.
1215 TROICKI MOVES INTO SECOND ROUND
Men's 25th seed Viktor Troicki beat France's Tristan Lamasine 6-4 6-2 6-2 to progress into the next round.
1030 PLAY BEGINS ON MAIN SHOWCOURTS
Play begins on the main showcourts on a partly cloudy day with the temperature at 20 degrees Celsius (68°F). Rain is expected later on in the afternoon.
ORDER OF PLAY (PREFIX DENOTES SEEDING)
Centre Court
1-Serena Williams (U.S.) v Amra Sadikovic (Switzerland)
Liam Broady (Britain) v 2-Andy Murray (Britain)
Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v 13-Svetlana Kuznetsova(Russia)
Court One
Taylor Fritz (U.S.) v 4-Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)
Monica Puig (Puerto Rico) v 16-Johanna Konta (Britain)
10-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) v Sorana Cirstea (Romania)
Court Two (Play starts at 1030 GMT)
15-Nick Kyrgios (Australia) v Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic)
Fernando Verdasco (Spain) v 19-Bernard Tomic (Australia)
3-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) v Kateryna Kozlova (Ukrain)
Heather Watson (Britain) v Annika Beck (Germany) (Compiled by Nivedita Shankar and Simon Jennings in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
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