Aussie qualifier wins 14-12 in 5th set

“Tickets will only be available for purchase in advance online on a first-come first-served basis with a limit of two per household”.

Thiem reached the semifinals at the French Open and won a grass-court warm-up in Stuttgart.

A Wimbledon spokeswoman said there would be no further play before 4.30pm, but said the tournament was ” optimistic” there would be dry periods later in the day. But No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska, the 2012 Wimbledon runner-up, saved three match points, then took advantage when her opponent, 18-year-old Ana Konjuh of Croatia, twisted her right ankle by accidentally stepping on a tennis ball during a point.

SOLIHULL’S Dan Evans has made it through to the third round of Wimbledon after defeating Alexendr Dolgopolov in straight sets (7-6, 6-4, 6-1) at Wimbledon this morning.

In addition, men’s doubles matches have been reduced to best-of-three sets, instead of best-of-five, for the first and second rounds.

French Open champion and 2015 Wimbledon runner-up Garbine Muguruza has been stunned in the second round at the All England Club by a qualifier ranked 124th.

The unseeded Johnson reached the third round for the first time after a 6-1, 7-6 (6), 6-3 win over Jerome Chardy. Cepelova had a first-serve percentage of just over 40 percent, but still outplayed Muguruza with 14 winners and 12 errors.

Cepelova has equaled her best showing at a Grand Slam tournament by getting to the third round.

A day after saving a match point, Sloane Stephens quickly completed her match at Wimbledon and advanced to third round. And at Charleston, South Carolina, in 2014, Cepelova defeated top-ranked Serena Williams.

The second-seeded Spaniard, who lost to Serena Williams in last year’s final, dropped the first set 6-3 and was down 0-3 in the second. Britain’s Marcus Willis, the world number 772, celebrates his victory over 54th-ranked Lithuania’s Ricardas Berankis 6-3 6-3 6-4 on day one of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Monday, June 27, 2016.

Earlier, two-time defending champion Novak Djokovic won his 30th straight match at a major tournament, sweeping into the third round with a clinical 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over Adrian Mannarino.

Williams, seeded eighth, was a surprise choice to play on one of Wimbledon’s smaller outside courts.

Young, meanwhile, won his first match at Wimbledon after losing in the first round in his five previous appearances.

Ninth seed Marin Cilic joins Raonic in the next round after the Croat beat Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-2 6-7(6-8) 6-4 6-4.

Juan Martin del Potro, playing at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in more than two years, knocked fourth-seeded Stan Wawrinka out of Wimbledon.

All but two men’s third-round matches are billed to be finished by the end of Saturday, although the weather could prevent that.

All England Club spokesman Johnny Perkins said Friday evening that the decision had been made to add the extra day of play, necessitated by repeated rain delays during Week 1 that created a backlog of matches.

Olivetti also piled up 108 winners, compared to 88 for Barton. The American beat Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010 in a match that went to 70-68 in the fifth set and lasted more than 11 hours over three days.

Novak Djokovic and Sam Querrey are back out on court after their third rain delay of the day.

Play on all other courts at the All England Club is being delayed by rain and is not expected to begin again for about 45 minutes – or more.

The seven-time champion – perhaps the greatest player of all time – showed little mercy Wednesday against Marcus Willis, a 772nd-ranked British qualifier who had never won a tour-level match until this week and has captivated the home nation with his improbable run.