Wimbledon 2019: Roger Federer survives early wobble to see off Lloyd Harris
Re-live all the action from the world No 2's opening match
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Roger Federer is safely through to the second round of Wimbledon despite dropping the first set to little-known South African Lloyd Harris.
The eight-times champion had a set taken off him in his first-round match at Wimbledon for only the second time in 17 years.
But Federer, the second seed, recovered to beat 22-year-old SW19 debutant Harris 3-6 6-1 6-2 6-2. Follow the live action below:
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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the second day of play at Wimbledon 2019.
The big story from the first day of play at The Championships is that five-time champion Venus Williams has been knocked out in the first round by 15-year-old sensation Cori Gauff.
Samuel Lovett was on Court 1 for that extraordinary match and you can read his report here:
Welcome to Day 2 of Wimbledon 2019!
It's an absolutely cracking order of play today, with big-name players and great match-ups on all the outside courts.
Those in action include: Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal, Ashleigh Barty, Dominic Thiem, Angelique Kerber and Jo Konta (as well as seven other Brits in action overall).
Here's the order of play in full:
Federer is playing world number 86 Lloyd Harris in the second match on Centre Court.
Regardless of her tactics, former world number 1 Victoria Azarenka will be in round two after beating Alize Cornet in straight sets yesterday.
Our Wimbledon columnist Nick Bollettieri had his say on world number 2 Naomi Osaka's shock defeat in the first round yesterday...
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