Last: Pliskova reaches Wimbledon 3rd Rd for the 1st time

LONDON (AP) Last of Wimbledon (all time local):

4:25 pm

Gael Monfils def. Paolo Lorenzi 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 7 -6 (3) to establish a third round with Wimbledon semifinalist Sam Querrey in 2017.

After winning only four winners in the opening set, the 44th Monfils has improved to a total of 49 for the match and reached the third round at the All England Club for the seventh time of his career

The Frenchman has never been beyond this stage and he will have to defeat Querrey, head of series number 11

Querrey beat Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the third round for a third consecutive year

last year, Querrey defeated Andy Murray to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal, where he was beaten by Marin Cilic

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16h15

Roger Federer won 35 points in a row on his own en route to Lukas Lacko, beating Slovakia 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 in the second round

Federer n & # 39: did not lose a point on his service throughout the second set and kept that series until he was 30-0 at 4-1 in the third, when Lacko sent a winner of setback on the line

In total, the eighth champion lost only nine of the 61 points in his serve and beat Lacko five times, including with forehand forehand to close the game.

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3:45 pm [19659002] Kyle Edmund is facing an unexpected conflict as he prepares for his second-round match at Wimbledon

And it has everything to do with the Cup of the world.

Edmund is English. His trainer, Fredrik Rosengren, is Swedish. Guess who are the two nations competing in the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Russia on Saturday?

On Wednesday, a day after England and Sweden set their match with victories, Edmund posted a photo on his Twitter account. he and Rosengren at the training – posing in a fighting stance and each wearing his country's football shirt.

"When your trainer is Swedish and you tell him he's coming home, let's go!" Said Edmund referring to the slogan used by fans in his country to suggest that their team will win world Cup.

When he beats Bradley Klahn of the United States on Thursday, Edmund hopes his third round Saturday's match is scheduled at a time that does not go against a certain football match .

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15h15

Venus Williams, five-time Wimbledon champion, has once again dropped the first set. dominated the rest of the way to win

The No. 9 seed, aged 38, the oldest of the draw, came back to beat the 141st qualifier Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania 4-6, 6-0 , 6-1 to reach the third round at the All England Club.

Williams was broken in the first game and did not recover in the opening game, in which she made 12 straight fouls, twice as many as Dulgheru. Nine of them were stray strikers

But the American, second at Wimbledon a year ago, then won seven straight games.

In the first round, Williams began by giving up a tiebreaker against 58th-ranked Johanna Larsson before taking 12 of the last 15 games

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15:05 pm

Lucas Pouille became the last seeded player to leave the men's draw at Wimbledon after a record of 6-4, 6-2, 6 -7 (8), 3-6, 6-2, loss to the Austrian Dennis Novak

Apulia, seeded 17th, saved two runs in the third inning before forcing a fifth set, but Novak regrouped for Round Three of a Grand Slam for the first time.

Novak, 171st player, defeated Peter Polansky on Monday to score the first Grand Slam victory of his career

Novak will face Milos Raonic, 2016 runner-up at Wimbledon. , who hit 34 aces in his 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) win over John Millman.

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2:40 pm

Karolina Pliskova qualified for the third round of Wimbledon for the first time with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Victoria Azarenka

Pliskova , seventh seed, has not experienced a break point while she meets a meeting of the two old. # 1 Players on the Central Court

This was the sixth time in seven appearances at the Wimbledon draw that the US Open Vice Champion Pliskova had acceded to the second round, but she did not win. Had not managed to go further.

Azarenka, a two-time Australian Open champion, was vulnerable to second serve throughout the season, scoring seven points out of 18.

Pliskova will face Mihaela Buzarnescu, 29th seeded, after the defeat of Katie Swan. 0, 6-3

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2:25 pm

Raonic Milos struck 34 aces to defeat Australian John Millman in three sets and reach the third round at Wimbledon.

The 2016 finalist won 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4) in a match that included only one break for

Raonic reached the third round for a sixth consecutive year, having lost to future champion Roger Federer in the quarterfinals last year.

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13:45

Wimbledon Commercial Director Roger Federer did not have a problem with a marketing blow on the Central Court

Federer made headlines around the world in wearing a Uniqlo outfit Monday for his opening match after ending his decades-long partnership with Nike. It was the first time that the eighth Wimbledon champion was publicly wearing the mark, but the organizers said he had not broken any of their strict rules regarding the use of the tournament for marketing purposes.

"I guess it was as revealed by Mick Desmond, the commercial and media director of the All England Club. "It's fine, it's obviously a marketing move for Roger."

Desmond said he was not aware of Federer's plans, although staff tournament checks all player kits before the tournament to make sure they do not violate any rules.

"If you comply with the specifications in terms of all-white rule and amount of measures in terms of Branding, so it's okay, "said Desmond." This would have been verified by the club in terms of technical perspective. From a commercial point of view, it is his business.

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13h05

Mihaela Buzarnescu of Romania became the first player to reserve a place in the third round of Wimbledon.

Buzarnescu, seeded, defeated Katie Swan of Great Britain , 6-0, 6-3 and won the match with a winner of the backhand on court No. 3. She was joined in the third round a few minutes later by American Madison Keys, 10th seeded, who sent Luksika Kumkhum, from Thailand, 6-4, 6-3.

Buzarnescu made his first appearance at the Swan Lawn Grand Slam, ranked 204th, was awarded a top spot in the tournament

Keys reached the quarterfinals in 2015, but lost in the second round last year.

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11:45

The third day at Wimbledon, the former runner-up Canada's Milos Raonic is among the first at the start of the second round at the All England Club.

Raonic played against John Millman, d & # 3 9, Australia, while he was trying to reach the third round for a sixth consecutive year. He lost the 2016 final to Andy Murray and reached the quarterfinals last year.

10 Madison Keys, of the United States, was the richest woman in early action, playing Luksika Kumkhum, of Thailand

Roger Federer and Serena Williams were to play at Center Court later.

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10: 45h00

Roger Federer and Serena Williams are both back at the Wimbledon Court Center on Wednesday as they look to move on to the third round.

Federer will play Lukas Lacko of Slovakia while he pursues his quest for a ninth record title at the All England Club. Williams will then face Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova for a 16th consecutive match at the tournament, after missing last year while she was pregnant.

Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki and last year's Men's Vice Champion, Marin Cilic action as they try to avoid more disturbances at the tournament. Three of the top ten seeds lost in the first round, while former champions Maria Sharapova and Petra Kvitova also left on Tuesday.

Forecasts predict a sunnier sky, although there is a 30 percent chance of showers

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