Wimbledon 2016: Britain's Dan Evans stuns Dolgopolov to make third round; Federer up next

The Briton resumed at 6-6 in the opening set against the Ukraine world number 33 following Wednesday's rain, and promptly got off to a fine start by winning a hard-fought tie-break.

He then broke early in the second set, broke again, and never looked back thereafter save one wobble to lose his serve late in the second set.

He bounced back to close that set out, however, and in the third his domination was complete.

Evans's reward is a match against Roger Federer, who beat unknown British tennis coach Marcus Willis in the second round on Wednesday.

The 26-year-old said in a courtside interview: "It's going to be ...an amazing experience...I have to put to the back of my mind that he is one of the best players ever to play the game."

Evans has only once made the third round of a grand slam before, back at the US Open in 2013.

This is his seventh attempt at Wimbledon - on three of his previous six appearances he didn't even make it through qualifying.

But it seems that being part of last year's Davis Cup-winning British squad might have boosted his confidence - certainly he played far above anything he has produced at Wimbledon in the past.

Whether he will have enough to give Federer a match in the next round is a different issue, however. It will be a new experience, at least, since the world number 91 has never before played the seven-times champion.