DAY 2

Murray eases through against J. Hajek (CZE)  7-5, 6-1, 6-2.

Nadal opens title with a solid win over K.Nishikori (JPN) 6-2,6-4,6-4.

Serena off to flying start bgts M. Larcher De Brikto 6-0, 6-4.

Day 1 - Wimbledon 2010

No one could have imagined the drama in store when the All England Club opened its gates on Day 1 of the 2010 Championships. A day when the tournament came within a whisker of losing its No 1 Seed and 6 times mens singles champion Roger Federer. Federer was up against World No 60 Alejandro Falla the Colombian played the “match of his life” and found himself serving for the match at 5-4 in the fourth set before Federer hit back to record a 5-7, 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 ,6-0 victory.

The 11th seed M. Cilic was the biggest casualty in the mens draw when he went down 6-2, 6-4,7-6 and the other 3 seeds to go out on Day 1 was Croat I.Ljubicic (17), S.Wawrinka (20) and Spaniard T.Robredo (30)  who all crashed out.

Last years Runner-up Andy Roddick looked in great shape as he breezed past fellow American R Ram 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

In the womens draw there was just one casualty as 5th seed Francesca Schiavone lost out 6-7, 7-5, 6-1  finding the transition from clay to grass too hard.

Venus Williams (2) blasted her way past Paraguays Rossana De Los Rios 6-3, 6-2.

Wimbledon welcomed back two familiar faces as Belgian Kim Clijsters & Justine Henin both made successful starts to their campaigns.

Jelena Jankovic had too much experience for young Britain Lara Robson.

Day 1 finally ended with the first outing of the Centre Court roof of the 2010 Championships closed due to fading light during the match between Djokovic and Rochus. After a marathon 5 setter, the Serb came back from 2-1 down and the match was stopped at almost 11p.m  at 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 around 20 mins later than Andy Murrays famous night match against Warinka in 2009.

Andy Murray advances to the fourth round of the BNP Paribas open as World number 1 Roger Federer makes a shock exit at the hands of Marcos Baghdatis.

ROUND 3 ATP BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells, California, U.S.A

Melzer bt Greul W/O                                      Roddick bt De Bakker 6-3,6-4

Baghdatis bt FEDERER 5-7, 7-5 7-6       Robredo bt Sela           6-3.6-0

Murray bt Russell         6-3,7-5                  Soderling bt F.Lopez 7-6,6-4

Troiki bt Davydenko W/O                          Almagro bt Blake 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Tsonga bt Montanes 4-6,6-3 6-3

MENS RANKINGS A.T.P Singles

1. R.Federer 2. N.Djokovic 3. R.Nadal 4. A.Murray 5. Juan Martin Del Potro 6. N.Davydenko 7.R.Soderling 8. A. Roddick 9. M.Cilic 10. F. Gonzalez

Other Britons in Top 300

155. Alex Bogdanovic 249. James Ward 252. Daniel Evans 283. Jamie Baker

W.T.A RANKINGS - Womens Rankings

1. S.Williams 2.D.Safina 3.S.Kuznetzova 4.C.Wozniacki 5.V. Williams 6.V.Azarenka 7.E. Dementieva 8. A. Radwanska 9. J. Jankovic 10. Na Li

Britons in Top 250

65. E. Baltacha  100. Katie O’Brien 123. Anne Keothovang 199. Naomi Cavaday 227. Melanie South

Great Britain narrowly missed out on a 5th place finish in  their Europe/ African Zone Fed Cup group as they lost 2-1 to Netherlands in Lisbon.

Anne Keothang recently back from a knee injury recovered from a 3-0 first set deficit to beat World No 397 Chayenne Ewijik 7-6 (5), 6-3 and secure a 1-0 lead for GB.

In the 2nd singles rubber Katie O’Brien went down to Dutch No 1 Arantxa Rus.

In the deciding doubles Sarah Borwell and O’Brien were comfortably beaten 6-4, 6-2 by Nicole Thysson and Richel Hogenkamp.  GB Captain Nigel Sears said “they had come here to win the group and gain promotion and finishing 2nd was  frustrating but they had lost to a good team”.