LONDON (Reuters) – Highlights of the second day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Tuesday (times GMT):
1655 OSTAPENKO SEES OFF TOMLJANOVIC
Latvian 13th seed Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion and 2018 Wimbledon semi-finalist, eliminated Australian Ajla Tomljanovic after a dominant 6-1 6-2 victory.
1626 KALINSKAYA SENDS UDVARDY PACKING
Anna Kalinskaya, the Russian 17th seed, comfortably beat Hungary’s Panna Udvardy 6-3 6-2.
1625 RUBLEV MAKES EARLY EXIT AFTER COMESANA DEFEAT
Russian sixth seed Andrey Rublev fell to a 6-4 5-7 6-2 7-6(5) loss to 23-year-old Argentine Francisco Comesana, who was making his Grand Slam debut.
1612 DJOKOVIC STORMS PAST KOPRIVA
Second seed Novak Djokovic, seven-times Wimbledon champion, made a winning return from a knee injury, defeating Czech Vit Kopriva 6-1 6-2 6-2.
1542 ZVEREV DOWNS BAENA
German fourth seed Alexander Zverev brushed aside Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2 6-4 6-2.
1534 DE MINAUR DEFEATS DUCKWORTH
Lucky loser James Duckworth tested fellow Australian Alex de Minaur, but the ninth seed ultimately prevailed 7-6(1) 7-6(3) 7-6(4).
1519 PLAY RESUMES AFTER RAIN DELAY
Play resumes on outside courts after being suspended around 1422 due to rain.
1417 HURKACZ PASSES ALBOT TEST
Seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz rallied from a set down to beat Radu Albot of Moldova 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-4.
1346 HOLDER VONDROUSOVA STUNNED BY MANEIRO
Marketa Vondrousova became the first women’s defending champion in 30 years to fall in the Wimbledon first round after the Czech sixth seed was beaten 6-4 6-2 by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain.
Steffi Graf is the only other women’s champion to perish in the first round since tennis turned professional in 1968.
1320 RYBAKINA CRUSHES RUSE
Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina had little trouble in beating Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse, sealing a 6-3 6-1 victory.
1127 PLAY SUSPENDED DUE TO RAIN
Play was suspended on the outside courts due to rain, but later resumed.
1110 PEGULA BREEZES PAST KRUEGER
Fifth seed Jessica Pegula made light work of fellow American Ashlyn Krueger 6-2 6-0 to advance to the second round.
1010 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play began under cloudy skies, with the temperature hovering around 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit).
0936 MURRAY PULLS OUT
Twice Wimbledon champion Andy Murray pulled out of the singles competition due to a back injury in what will be the 37-year-old Briton’s final appearance at the grasscourt major. He will play in the doubles with his brother Jamie, a seven-times Grand Slam doubles champion.
ORDER OF PLAY DAY TWO
Centre Court (1230 GMT):
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spain) v 6-Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic)
Vit Kopriva (Czech Republic) v 2-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
28-Jack Draper (Britain) v Elias Ymer (Sweden)
Court one (1200 GMT):
4-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania)
Roberto Carballes Baena (Spain) v 4-Alexander Zverev (Germany)
1-Iga Swiatek (Poland) v Sofia Kenin (U.S.)
Court two (1000 GMT):
Ashlyn Krueger (U.S.) v 5-Jessica Pegula (U.S.)
6-Andrey Rublev (Russia) v Francisco Comesana (Argentina)
17-Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) v Thanasi Kokkinakis (Australia)
10-Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) v Moyuka Uchijima (Japan)
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Defending champion Marketa Vondrousova falls at first hurdleElena Rybakina swats aside qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Jessica Pegula romps to easy first-round win over Ashlyn Krueger
Andy Murray pulls out of singles in Wimbledon farewell, to play doubles
Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Coco Gauff open Wimbledon campaigns in style, injury rules out Aryna Sabalenka
Coco Gauff ready to turn Wimbledon nightmare into a dream
Naomi Osaka wins see-saw match to reach Wimbledon round two
Emma Raducanu offers home cheer on day one at Wimbledon
Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka out of Wimbledon with shoulder injuries
Carlos Alcaraz sees off spirited Mark Lajal to reach Wimbledon second-round
(Reporting by Shifa Jahan, Pearl Josephine Nazare and Chiranjit Ojha, Editing by Ed Osmond and Alison Williams)
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