Round-up from Day Two at Wimbledon

ByReuters

Published 28/06/2016 at 19:23 GMT

A round-up of action from a rain-disrupted second day of Wimbledon on Tuesday:

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SERENA MOVES INTO SECOND ROUND
Women's number one seed 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.
Serena toils to scrappy opening victory
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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.
No sentiment as Murray beats fellow Brit Broady
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.
Erratic Wawrinka sees off teenager Fritz
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.
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 over Spain's Inigo Cervantes to move into the second round.
France's Gasquet, Tsonga win with one eye on Euros
KUZNETSOVA BEATS WOZNIACKI IN STRAIGHT SETS
Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, the women's 13th seed, beat Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki 7-5 6-4 under a closed roof on Centre Court.
Kuznetsova dumps out sinking Wozniacki
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.
Stepanek might coach me one day, Kyrgios says
DEL POTRO MARCHES INTO SECOND ROUND
Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro, the 2013 Wimbledon semi-finalist, eased past Stephane Robert of France 6-1 7-5 6-0.
Del Potro back on big stage after injury nightmare
(Compiled by Nivedita Shankar and Simon Jennings in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
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