Andy Murray vs Liam Broady as it happened: Wimbledon 2016 latest as Murray sees off fellow Brit in style
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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to The Independent's live coverage of Wimbledon as Andy Murray gets his campaign underway with an intriguing clash with fellow Brit Liam Broady - ranked 235th in the world.
The Scot is under no illusions about the threat posed by Broady - ranked 235th in the world - as the eyes of the nation turn on Centre Court this afternoon.
"It's an opportunity for him to play on one of the biggest courts in the world with a huge audience and try to cause an upset," said Murray, famously a Wimbledon champion in 2013.
Taking part in his first Grand Slam since reuniting with coach Ivan Lendl, Murray will be under pressure to dispatch Broady swiftly ahead of a grueling summer schedule.
Centre Court order of play...
- Serena Williams (USA) [1] 6-2 6-4 Amra Sadikovic (Sui)
- Liam Broady (Gbr) 6-2 6-3 6-4 Andy Murray (Gbr) [2]
- Caroline Wozniacki (Den) v Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) [13]
Follow live coverage from SW19 below...
Full order of play:
Centre Court (1pm start):
Serena Williams (USA) [1] v Amra Sadikovic (Sui)
Liam Broady (Gbr) v Andy Murray (Gbr) [2]
Caroline Wozniacki (Den) v Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) [13]
No 1 Court (1pm start):
Taylor Fritz (USA) v Stan Wawrinka (Sui) [4]
Monica Puig (Pur) v Johanna Konta (Gbr) [16]
Petra Kvitova (Cze) [10] v Sorana Cirstea (Rou)
No 2 Court (11.30am start):
Nick Kyrgios (Aus) [15] v Radek Stepanek (Cze)
Fernando Verdasco (Esp) v Bernard Tomic (Aus) [19]
Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) [3] v Kateryna Kozlova (Ukr)
Heather Watson (Gbr) v Annika Beck (Ger)
No 3 Court (11.30am start):
Richard Gasquet (Fra) [7] v Alijaz Bedene (Gbr)
Alison Riske (USA) v Roberta Vinci (Ita) [6]
Dominic Thiem (Aut) [8] v Florian Mayer (Ger)
Timea Bacsinszky (Sui) [11] v Luksika Kumkhum (Tha)
Court 12 (11.30am start):
Inigo Cervantes (Esp) v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) [12]
Stephane Robert (Fra) v Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg)
Eugenie Bouchard (Can) v Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) v Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) [31]
Court 18 (11.30am start):
Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) [19] v Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Cro)
Ivan Dodig (Cro) v Tomas Berdych (Cze) [10]
John Isner (USA) [18] v Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp)
Sloane Stephens (USA) [18] v Shuai Peng (Chn)
Court 4 (11.30am start):
John Millman (Aus) v Albert Montanes (Esp)
Pauline Parmentier (Fra) v Katerina Siniakova (Cze)
Horacio Zeballos (Arg) v Mikhail Youzhny (Rus)
Court 5 (11.30am start):
Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) v Joao Sousa (Por) [31]
Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) [21]
Lucas Pouille (Fra) [32] v Marius Copil (Rou)
Court 6 (11.30am start):
Vasek Pospisil (Can) v Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Esp)
Cagla Buyukakcay (Tur) v Caroline Garcia (Fra) [30]
Donald Young (USA) v Leonardo Mayer (Arg)
Court 7 (11.30am start):
Tristan Lamasine (Fra) v Viktor Troicki (Ser) [25]
Rajeev Ram (USA) v Feliciano Lopez (Esp) [22]
Evgeniya Rodina (Rus) v Lesia Tsurenko (Ukr)
Court 8 (11.30am start):
Daria Gavrilova (Aus) v Qiang Wang (Chn)
Benjamin Becker (Ger) v Facundo Bagnis (Arg)
Tara Moore (Gbr) v Alison Van Uyyvanck (Bel)
Monica Niculescu (Rou) v Aleksandra Krunic (Srb)
Court 9 (11.30am start):
Luke Saville (Aus) v Dennis Novikov (USA)
Roberto Bautista Agut (Esp) [14] v Jordan Thompson (Aus)
Julia Boserup (USA) v Tatjana Maria (Ger)
Court 10 (11.30am start):
Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) v Alexander Kudryavtsev (Rus)
Elena Vesnina (Rus) v Tamira Paszek (Aut)
Albano Olivetti (Fra) v Matthew Barton (Aus)
Court 11 (11.30am start):
Benoit Paire (Fra) [26] v Franko Skugor (Cro)
Federico Delbonis (Arg) v Fabio Fognini (Ita)
Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) v Johanna Larsson (Swe)
Court 14 (11.30am start):
Christina McHale (USA) v Daniela Hantuchova (Svk)
Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) v Marina Melnikova (Rus)
Jiri Vesely (Cze) v Igor Sijsling (Ned)
Court 15 (11.30am start):
Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) v Ying-Ying Duan (Chn)
Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) v Martin Klizan (Svk)
Karin Knapp (Ita) v Ana Konjuh (Cro)
Court 16 (11.30am start):
Dusan Lajovic (Srb) v Dustin Brown (Ger)
Katie Swan (Gbr) v Timea Babos (Hun)
Alexander Zverev (Ger) [24] v Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra)
Court 17 (11.30am start):
Taro Daniel (Jpn) v Juan Monaco (Arg)
Andrea Petkovic (Ger) [32] v Nao Hibino (Jpn)
Coco Vandeweghe (USA) [27] v Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr)
Court 19 (11.30am start):
Marcel Granollers (Esp) v Victor Estrella Burgos (Dom)
Gastao Elias (Por) v Radu Albot (Mda)
Mandy Minella (Lux) v Anna Tatishvili (USA)
Matches to be arranged (not before 5pm):
Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) v Belinda Bencic (Sui) [7]
Anett Kontaveit (Est) v Barbora Strycova (Cze) [24]
Where can I watch Wimbledon?
Coverage of the tournament begins at 11.30am on BBC Two. Andy Murray's opening match is scheduled to be broadcast on BBC One from 1.45pm, with games also shown on the BBC red button and BBC online.
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