Wimbledon 2017, day three: Rafa Nadal beats Donald Young after Petra Kvitova's surprise defeat

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Wimbledon: Day three (Getty)

Home fans will be treated to a double-bill of British number ones at Wimbledon on Wednesday when Johanna Konta stars in a revenge play against Croatia's Donna Vekic before defending champion Andy Murray takes to the stage.

With world number two Rafa Nadal bringing down the curtain on the scheduled matches, taking on the United States' Donald Young, a few more chapters in the quest for this year's titles will be written by the end of the day.

Sixth seed Konta, 26, lost to 21-year-old Vekic, ranked 58, in the final of the Nottingham grasscourt tournament last month.

Twice champion Murray, who has been suffering with a sore hip, has already dispatched one player with an armoury of unconventional shots, Kazakh Alexander Bublik.

He now takes on 97th ranked Dustin Brown of Germany, whose trademark dreadlocks are often sent flying as he leaps for seemingly ungettable balls.

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[5 July 2017 18:39 · Ed Malyon]

Williams wins in three to avoid upset

Venus Williams is into the third round after a three-set win over Qiang Wang on Court One. 

The five-time champion and 10th seed this year dropped the first set but recovered to win 4-6 6-4 6-1 in an hour and 51 minutes. 

[5 July 2017 18:45 · Ed Malyon]

Nadal* 1-0 Young (*denotes next server)

Rafael Nadal is off to the perfect start against Donald Young on Centre Court. The Spaniard has broken his American opponent in the opening game of the match.

[5 July 2017 19:04 · Ed Malyon]

Janowicz beats 14th seed Pouille

Jerzy Janowicz has fond memories of SW19 after making the last four here in 2013 - and he's intent on making more memories this year. The Pole has just beaten 14th seed Lucas Pouille in four sets (7-6 7-6 3-6 6-1).

[5 July 2017 19:12 · Ed Malyon]

Nadal 5-3 Young* (*denotes next server)

The final match on Centre Court has gone with serve since Young was broken in the opening game of the set.

[5 July 2017 19:32 · Ed Malyon]

Nadal 6-4 2-0 Young* (*denotes next server)

Just like at the start of the match, Nadal breaks Young in the opening game of the second set. The Spaniard then consolidates to move into a 2-0 lead.

[5 July 2017 19:56 · Ed Malyon]

French Open champion Ostapenko trails

Jelena Ostapenko, the 20-year-old Roland Garros champion, is a set away from second-round elimination at SW19. 

She has just lost the opening set 7-5 against world No 142 Francoise Abanda.

[5 July 2017 20:32 · Ed Malyon]

Nadal* 6-4 6-2 4-3 Young (*denotes next server)

Nadal grabs the crucial break in the seventh game of the third set. He's just two games away from the third round now.