London: Roger Federer and Andy Murray breezed into the Wimbledon third round on Thursday as the women’s top 10 lost its fourth seeded player of the week. Rain had delayed the start of play just 24 hours after the mercury had climbed to a blistering 35.7 C. Roger Federer cruised ahead with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 win over Sam Querrey of the USA while Murray brushed aside Robin Haase 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 in just 87 minutes.
Later, defending champion Petra Kvitova reached third round with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Japan’s Kurumi Nara. However, the women’s draw opened up even further when Russian eighth seed Ekaterina Makarova, a quarter-finalist in 2014, went down 2-6, 5-7 to unseeded Magdalena Rybarikova.
Sania-Martina win
Sania Mirza and her partner Martina Hingis advanced to the second round with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan and Saisai Zheng of China. The Indo-Swiss combination converted four of the eight breakpoint opportunities that came their way, while their rivals failed to make use of the six chances and failed to cross the first hurdle.
Key results
(x denotes seeding):
Men’s, second round
James Ward (GBR) bt Jiri Vesely (CZE) 6-2, 7-6 (7/4), 3-6, 6-3; Vasek Pospisil (CAN) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA x30) 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; Andy Murray (GBR x3) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-1, 6-1, 6-4; Roberto Bautista (ESP x20) bt Benoit Paire (FRA) 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3,
6-3
Women’s, 2nd round
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x5) bt Denisa Allertová (CZE) 6-1, 7-6 (8/6); Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP x20) bt Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Angelique Kerber (GER x10) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 7-5, 6-2; Timea Bacsinszky (SUI x15) bt Silvia Soler (ESP) 6-2, 6-1; Sabine Lisicki (GER x18) bt Christina McHale (USA) 2-6, 7-5, 6-1; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x13) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 6-0, 6-2; Petra Kvitova (CZE x2) bt Kurumi Nara (JPN)
6-2, 6-0
