Wimbledon Gets Its First Taste of Rain

Italian Andreas Seppi or promising 18-year-old Croatian Borna Coric await Murray in the next round as he continues his bid for a second title at the All England Club.

As Haase cranked up his forehand, unleashing a handful of violent winners in between overhit and wayward groundstrokes, Murray was momentarily in a contest. That was the kind of the match I was expected in the middle of the second and third set.

Third seed and 2013 champion Murray raced through the first two sets in less than an hour, displaying power from the back of the court, as well as an aggressive approach which saw him come to the net on a number of occasions.

But Haase will prove to be a challenging opponent, especially given the manner with which he has troubled Murray in the past. On grass? It’s going to be even more hard.

Speaking before the match, Murray told reporters Haase was someone he was familiar with, so there wouldn’t be any surprises on Thursday, per the Guardian’s Kevin Mitchell: “He is someone I grew up with, in juniors and stuff like that”. A Wimbledon spokesman said an electrical fault might have caused the fire, which happened around an hour after the close of play.

“Being on grass, being with him on the court and having won the last match, it made me feel more comfortable”, Brown said.

“There are still nerves throughout the match, that is good for me because I like it when I am nervous”.

Andy Murray is scheduled to play his second round match at 1pm on No1 Court against Netherland’s Robin Haase.

The seven-time champion struggled with Querrey’s serve in the first set before breaking for a 5-4 lead, and then dominated the last two sets.

The veteran Dutchman actually played well at times, particularly in the third set.

As the last Briton left standing in the ladies’ singles, Watson came into her second-round clash with a degree of pressure to contend with. The 28-year-old wildcard banked £77,000 by beating Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic in four sets.

“He can be pretty flashy and play two or three great games in a row and I wanted to make sure that I didn’t give him that opportunity”.

“It was a good match from my side”, said 1.82-metre (six feet) tall Kvitova, who towered over the 1.55-metre (five feet, one inch) tall Nara, the smallest player in the world top 100.

The only time Federer has lost before the third round at a Grand Slam in his last 48 major appearances was at 2013 Wimbledon, when he was defeated by Sergiy Stakhovsky in the second round.

“I moved well, hit the ball a lot cleaner from the back of the court”.