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Your support makes all the difference.Wimbledon 2018 - day two: Order of play, prize money, how to get tickets, everything you need to know.
No. 3-seeded Garbine Muguruza begins the defence of her title against British wild card Naomi Broady, while newly crowned French Open champion and No. 1-seeded Simona Halep also plays on Centre Court against Kurumi Nara of Japan.
On the men's side, former champions Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic feature. No. 2-seeded Nadal faces Dudi Sela of Israel, while 12th-seeded Djokovic takes on Tennys Sandgren of the United States.
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Order of play, day two:
CENTRE COURT - SHOW COURT - 13:00 START
1 Garbine Muguruza (ESP) [3] 33 vs Naomi Broady (GBR) 34
2 Dudi Sela (ISR) 127 vs Rafael Nadal (ESP) [2] 128
3 Simona Halep (ROU) [1] 1 vs Kurumi Nara (JPN) 2
No.1 COURT - SHOW COURT - 13:00 START
1 Kyle Edmund (GBR) [21] 73 vs Alex Bolt (AUS) 74
2 Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 31 vs Petra Kvitova (CZE) [8] 32
3 Tennys Sandgren (USA) 79 vs Novak Djokovic (SRB) [12] 80
No.2 COURT - SHOW COURT - 11:30 START
1 Johanna Konta (GBR) [22] 9 vs Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) 10
2 James Duckworth (AUS) 95 vs Alexander Zverev (GER) [4] 96
3 Dominic Thiem (AUT) [7] 65 vs Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 66
4 Vitalia Diatchenko (RUS) 23 vs Maria Sharapova (RUS) [24] 24
No.3 COURT - SHOW COURT - 11:30 START
1 Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) [5] 97 vs Peter Gojowczyk (GER) 98
2 Angelique Kerber (GER) [11] 49 vs Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 50
3 Matthew Ebden (AUS) 111 vs David Goffin (BEL) [10] 112
4 Belinda Bencic (SUI) 63 vs Caroline Garcia (FRA) [6] 64
COURT 12 - SHOW COURT - 11:30 START
1 Ashleigh Barty (AUS) [17] 41 vs Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 42
2 Nick Kyrgios (AUS) [15] 81 vs Denis Istomin (UZB) 82
3 Jack Sock (USA) [18] 105 vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 106
4 Heather Watson (GBR) 19 vs Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 20
COURT 18 - SHOW COURT - 11:30 START
1 Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 91 vs Jay Clarke (GBR) 92
2 Taro Daniel (JPN) 119 vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) [19] 120
3 Monica Niculescu (ROU) 55 vs Naomi Osaka (JPN) [18] 56
4 Jana Fett (CRO) 47 vs Daria Kasatkina (RUS) [14] 48
COURT 4 - 11:30 START
1 Ana Bogdan (ROU) 5 vs Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 6
2 Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL) 35 vs Polona Hercog (SLO) 36
3 Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 125 vs Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 126
4 Benoit Paire (FRA) 101 vs Jason Jung (TPE) [0] 102
COURT 5 - 11:30 START
1 Alize Cornet (FRA) 11 vs Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 12
2 Marius Copil (ROU) 83 vs Robin Haase (NED) 84
3 Julien Benneteau (FRA) 69 vs Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 70
4 Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 13 vs Sachia Vickery (USA) 14
COURT 6 - 11:30 START
1 Damir Dzumhur (BIH) [27] 89 vs Maximilian Marterer (GER) 90
2 Jennifer Brady (USA) 37 vs Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) 38
3 Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 123 vs Mischa Zverev (GER) 124
4 Magda Linette (POL) 45 vs Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 46
COURT 7 - 11:30 START
1 Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 99 vs Federico Delbonis (ARG) 100
2 Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) 93 vs Taylor Fritz (USA) 94
3 Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 29 vs Taylor Townsend (USA) 30
4 Alison Riske (USA) 61 vs Mariana Duque-Marino (COL) [0] 62
COURT 8 - 11:30 START
1 Daria Gavrilova (AUS) [26] 25 vs Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 26
2 Diego Schwartzman (ARG) [14] 113 vs Mirza Basic (BIH) 114
3 David Ferrer (ESP) 67 vs Karen Khachanov (RUS) 68
4 Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 59 vs Kaia Kanepi (EST) 60
COURT 9 - 11:30 START
1 Jiri Vesely (CZE) 115 vs Florian Mayer (GER) 116
2 Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) 109 vs Stephane Robert (FRA) 110
3 Sofia Kenin (USA) 21 vs Maria Sakkari (GRE) 22
4 Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) [27] 57 vs Carina Witthoeft (GER) 58
COURT 11 - 11:30 START
1 Ana Konjuh (CRO) 51 vs Claire Liu (USA) 52
2 Frances Tiafoe (USA) 71 vs Fernando Verdasco (ESP) [30] 72
3 Gilles Simon (FRA) 107 vs Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 108
COURT 14 - 11:30 START
1 Christian Harrison (USA) 87 vs Kei Nishikori (JPN) [24] 88
2 Gabriella Taylor (GBR) 43 vs Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 44
3 Katie Boulter (GBR) 53 vs Veronica Cepede Royg (PAR) 54
COURT 15 - 11:30 START
1 Su-Wei Hsieh (TPE) 7 vs Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) [30] 8
2 Pablo Cuevas (URU) 117 vs Simone Bolelli (ITA) [0] 118
3 Guido Andreozzi (ARG) 77 vs Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 78
COURT 16 - 11:30 START
1 Shuai Peng (CHN) 27 vs Samantha Stosur (AUS) 28
2 Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 75 vs Bradley Klahn (USA) 76
3 Saisai Zheng (CHN) 3 vs Qiang Wang (CHN) 4
COURT 17 - 11:30 START
1 Bernard Tomic (AUS) 85 vs Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 86
2 Denisa Allertova (CZE) 39 vs Anett Kontaveit (EST) [28] 40
3 Marco Cecchinato (ITA) [29] 121 vs Alex De Minaur (AUS) 122
NOT BEFORE 18.00
4 Danielle Collins (USA) 15 vs Elise Mertens (BEL) [15] 16
MATCHES TO BE ARRANGED
NOT BEFORE 17.00
1 Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 103 vs Denis Shapovalov (CAN) [26] 104
2 Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) [12] 17 vs Katy Dunne (GBR) 18
Edmund 1-0 Bolt
A strong start for the British No 1, who breaks at the first time of asking.
In case you missed it, Paul Newman earlier wrote this profile on Broady, which includes an explanation as to why the talented British No. 4 has never represented Great Britain at the Fed Cup.
It has been a good start for the Australian women on day two of Wimbledon 2018.
Ashleigh Barty, the 17th seed, made it to the second round for the first time in her career, beating Stefanie Voegele 7-5 6-3.
Her compatriot Daria Gavrilova was also a winner, getting the better of American Caroline Dolehide 6-2 6-3.
Muguruza 2-0 Broady
Oosh. Broady certainly made her opponent work for this one but, with a sublime looping lob shot, it was Muguruza who ended up on top to break the Briton and pull ahead in this first set.
Konta 7-5 6-6 Vikhlyantseva
We're into a tiebreaker, with the Russian refusing to role over as Konta attempts to prevent this match from going to a third and final set.
Muguruza 3-0 Broady
Broady had break point but the Spaniard was having none of it as she fired down a thumping serve to the left of the Briton. The home hopeful got in the return but it was long, taking the game to deuce.
From there, the reigning champion wrapped up proceedings to take the first set to 3-0.
Muguruza 3-1 Broady
At last, a first game for the Brit. She settled it with a fierce serve that Muguruza could only return as far as the net. The home crowd lets out a sigh of relief.
Del Potro 6-3 6-4 5-3 Gojowczyk
Not long to go now. The Argentine is closing in on a spot in the second round having comprehensively schooled his German opponent today.
Game. Set. Match.
Konta 7-5 7-6 (9-7) Vikhlyantseva
The Briton has done it. After a closely contested tiebreaker, Konta has booked her place in the next round of Wimbledon. She avoided a third set but no doubt she'll be feeling drained from what looked to be a physically demanding first match.
Nick Kyrgios has just began his Wimbledon 2018 campaign over on Court No. 12.
The unpredictable Aussie is in action against Denis Istomin - who famously defeated Novak Djokovic at the 2017 Australian Open - and it's currently on serve in the first.
And don't forget we sat down with Kyrgios ahead of The Championships for a very revealing interview, which you can read here:
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