Venus Williams wins 2nd round Wimbledon match

There was no slip ups from Murray though as he made it safely through to the last 16 after beating Australian John Millman 6-3 7-5 6-2 on Centre Court.

Murray is yet to drop a set with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 win over fellow Brit Liam Broady in the first round and a 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 victory against Taiwanese veteran and 2010 quarterfinalist Lu Yen-Hsun in the second. It means the Serb’s incredible match-winning run at the majors is ended at 30, which puts him third in the all-time list behind Australian Rod Laver and American Don Budge. Yeah, I’m a very passionate Liverpool supporter.

“I came off the court and I said to Dani Vallverdu, who I was working with, “He’s top 50 for sure if he keeps going”.

Britain’s Tara Moore played brilliantly to come through her first-round match against Alison van Uytvanck, but she looks set to bow out against Svetlana Kuznetsova. John moves well and doesn’t make too many unforced errors.

“I didn’t really know John before we played in Brisbane but he played extremely well and took it to three sets”.

A number of distinguished Armed Forces personnel were also in the box, including female Second World War Spitfire and Hurricane pilot Joy Lofthouse.

Having broken serve to level at 5-5, Millman had to defend five break-points in the following game and finally cracked, giving Murray the chance to serve out for the set.

“If I was to reach the final, then it may have some bearing, but it doesn’t right now”, he said.

“There’s going to be a match where maybe you don’t play your best, and your opponent plays great tennis”.

“I have tough guys left in my half of the draw, especially in the next round”.

His straight sets triumph sets up a fourth round meeting with either Nick Kyrgios or Feliciano Lopez. Just well done. He just overpowered me.

England’s current football team would not get much of a cheer these days but there was a standing ovation at Wimbledon yesterday for members of the 1966 World Cup-winning side.

The world number 70 from Chinese Taipei had won 11 successive matches on grass before the encounter and knocked Murray out of the 2008 Olympics, and he began by breaking the Scot’s serve in the first game of the match.

Murray had to regroup and there followed an epic game on Millman’s serve which saw both players perform brilliantly at the same time.

The Scot’s odds were immediately slashed to 5-6 last night, with the most successful player in history, Roger Federer, now at 3-1. Novak’s run has been wonderful and he nearly found a way to get back into that one.

The 2013 Wimbledon champion is now the highest seed remaining in the competition following Novak Djokovic’s shock exit at the hands of Sam Querrey.

“I’ve started well here a few times over the years but this was a good match for me and an improvement from the first round, hopefully I can start the next match like I finished this one because that was good tennis”.