Wimbledon 2017 - as it happened: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem all through to second round
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Your support makes all the difference.Day one of the 2017 Wimbledon Championships saw Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal open their campaigns with straightforward straight-sets wins.
Today Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, who have won 10 titles at SW19 between them, will attempt to do the same when they take on Alexandr Dolgopolov and Martin Klizan respectively on Centre Court.
One player who they won't want to follow in the footsteps of is Stanislas Wawrinka. The world No 3 was the biggest casualty of the opening day, losing in four sets to the world No 49 Daniil Medvedev.
Also in action on Tuesday is women's No 1 Angelique Kerber, the reigning US Open champion and a finalist here last year.
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Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the second day of Wimbledon!
We've got an action-packed day of tennis ahead of us, with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Angelique Kerber and Grigor Dimitrov all set to get their campaigns underway. There are also five British players in action, two of whom are playing against each other!
Don't go anywhere.
Ward a break up in battle of the Brits
British duo Kyle Edmund and Alexander Ward are currently doing battle on Court Three.
World No 50 Edmund is ranked more than 800 places higher than the 869th-ranked qualifier Ward, but it is Ward who currently leads 3-2 with a break of serve in the opening set.
Gulbis races to opening set
Latvian Ernests Gulbis has won the first set of day two, taking it 6-1 against Victor Estrella.
Djokovic practices ahead of Klizan opener
Nole will take on Martin Klizan on Centre Court after the completion of Angelique Kerber's match against Irina Falconi, which begins at 1pm.
Who's that?
John McEnroe rocks up to the All England Club in perhaps the worst disguise ever.
Edmund levels proceedings
Kyle Edmund has taken the second set 6-3 to level things up at one set all against Alex Ward on Court Three.
Gasquet two sets down; Kokkinakis level against Del Potro
Richard Gasquet will have to go the distance if he wants to make it beyond the first round. The French 22nd seed currently trails David Ferrer by two sets to love (6-3 6-4).
Meanwhile Thanasi Kokkinakis has levelled proceedings against Juan-Martin Del Potro on Court Two. The Australian lost the first set 6-3 but has won the second by the same scoreline.
Edmund takes third set against Ward
Kyle Edmund leads Alex Ward by two sets to one in the battle of the Brits on Court Three (4-6 6-3 6-2).
Vandeweghe progresses
The women's 24th seed Coco Vandeweghe is through to the second round after a 7-5 6-2 win over Mona Barthel.
Wildcard Bethanie-Mattek Sands and Magdalena Rybarikova are also through after their respective wins over Magda Linette and Monica Niculescu.
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