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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
The full report from Kyle Edmund's first-round win over Alex Bolt.
By Paul Newman at Wimbledon:
Rafael Nadal is in full control of his match against Duli Sela. He won the first two sets 6-3, 6-3 and will no doubt wrap up the third in similarly emphatic fashion.
Elsewhere, Eugenie Bouchard is serving for the win in her clash with Gabriella Taylor, with the match currently at 0-6 6-5 3-5.
Nick Kyrgios set a new personal record of 41 aces as he dispatched Denis Istomin in four sets to reach the second round.
The flamboyant Australian star prevailed 7-6 (7/3) 7-6 (7/4) 6-7 (5/7) 6-3, recovering from dropping the third set to storm through in south west London.
The 15th seed had precious few problems moving past Uzbekistan's Istomin, other than his customary lapses in concentration.
Game. Set. Match.
Taylor 0-6 4-6 3-6 Bouchard
Despite rallying in the second set, the Briton was unable to capitalise on this upturn in form as she struggled to maintain momentum in the third and final set. A valiant effort from the 20-year-old.
Rafael Nadal helped to bring a smile back to the crestfallen face of Spanish sport after making a bright start at Wimbledon.
A 6-3 6-3 6-2 victory over Israel's Dudi Sela, a player with an attractive backhand but lacking the tools to really threaten, was a solid opening to Nadal's campaign.
Hopes that his country had of World Cup glory were shattered by Russia in a gripping penalty shoot-out on Sunday in Moscow.
But Nadal has already given Spain plenty to be proud of this summer with an 11th French Open title last month, and the 32-year-old is aiming to justify his status as the world number one in London.
A decade on from beating Roger Federer in their classic Wimbledon final, Nadal is firmly established as an all-time great, but ambition still burns deep within the left-hander from Majorca.
He is aiming to add to the Wimbledon titles he landed in 2008 and 2010, and determined also to improve a record that shows he has not passed the fourth round since 2011, when he was runner-up to Novak Djokovic.
His game appeared in good working order, despite skipping the grass-court tour events between his Roland Garros triumph and this fortnight.
And after compatriot Garbine Muguruza began the Centre Court action on Tuesday with a successful opening to her title defence, Nadal was satisfied with his own effort in the match that followed.
He said: "It's great to be out here at Wimbledon. I'm happy to be through.
"There's still room to improve but after a while without playing on grass it's very important to start with a straight victory.
"I think I went to the net a couple of times and when I had a chance on my forehand I think I took advantage.
"It's the first round and not easy. It's never easy but especially here on grass without playing a match before."
Dominic Thiem became the third top-10 player to exit the men's draw in the opening round at Wimbledon when he retired hurt with his opponent, Marcos Baghdatis, leading 6-4, 7-5, 2-0.
The French Open runner-up received a medical timeout for treatment on his back, before the pain eventually became too much early in the third set.
Reaching the final at Roland Garros was a career-best Grand Slam result for the 24-year-old Austrian, but the grind of the clay-court season appeared to have taken its toll.
Sixth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov lost to Stan Wawrinka on Monday, while 10th-seeded David Goffin lost in straight sets to Australian Matthew Ebden earlier Tuesday.
Baghdatis is into the second round for the ninth time in his career and will next face Spain's David Ferrer or Russian Karen Khachanov.
Katie Boulter made her grand slam breakthrough with victory over Veronica Cepede Royg to reach the second round of Wimbledon.
The 21-year-old from Leicester came close to victory against Christina McHale on her debut 12 months ago and has built on that with a fine 12 months that has lifted her to the verge of the top 100.
She went into the clash with Cepede Royg from Paraguay, who is ranked one place lower at 123, as the favourite given her comfort on grass courts and justified that with a 6-4 5-7 6-4 victory.
Just as impressive as the result was the way Boulter recovered from failing to serve out the second set to come through the decider.
Boulter arrived at Wimbledon in great form following three wins over top-100 players in the past month, and an appearance in her biggest final so far at the International Tennis Federation tournament in Southsea last weekend.
That has lifted her above Naomi Broady to become British number three, and she has Heather Watson firmly in her sights as well as the top 100.
Boulter looked composed from the start on Court 14, using her serve and big forehand to push Cepede Royg well behind the baseline. When she stepped out to serve for the match at 5-4 in the second set, she had dropped only four points on her first serve.
But a combination of a few nerves from the British player and her opponent stepping up allowed Cepede Royg to break serve for the first time, and then do so again to level the match.
Boulter did not let the disappointment affect her, though, and there were huge cheers when she set up a chance to serve for the match again with a break in the ninth game of the second set.
This time she did not allow her opponent a sniff, clinching it to love with a cute drop shot to become the fourth British player through to the second round.
She will face Japanese 20-year-old Naomi Osaka next.
Results - Day 2:
Men's Singles, First Round
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Dominic Thiem (7), Austria, 6-4, 7-5, 2-0, ret.
Karen Khachanov, Russia, def. David Ferrer, Spain, 6-1, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-5.
Frances Tiafoe, United States, def. Fernando Verdasco (30), Spain, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3.
Kyle Edmund (21), Britain, def. Alex Bolt, Australia, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5.
Bradley Klahn, United States, def. Yuichi Sugita, Japan, 2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2, 6-2.
Nick Kyrgios (15), Australia, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-3.
Robin Haase, Netherlands, def. Marius Copil, Romania, 7-6 (0), 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4).
Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (2).
Kei Nishikori (24), Japan, def. Christian Harrison, United States, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Damir Dzumhur (27), Bosnia-Herzegovina, def. Maximilian Marterer, Germany, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Jay Clarke, Britain, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4.
Taylor Fritz, United States, def. Lorenzo Sonego, Italy, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.
Alexander Zverev (4), Germany, def. James Duckworth, Australia, 7-5, 6-2, 6-0.
Juan Martin del Potro (5), Argentina, def. Peter Gojowczyk, Germany, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.
Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Federico Delbonis, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
Stephane Robert, France, def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-1.
Matthew Ebden, Australia, def. David Goffin (10), Belgium, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.
Diego Schwartzman (14), Argentina, def. Mirza Basic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.
Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, def. Florian Mayer, Germany, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.
Simone Bolelli, Italy, def. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-1.
Fabio Fognini (19), Italy, def. Taro Daniel, Japan, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
Alex De Minaur, Australia, def. Marco Cecchinato (29), Italy, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.
Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.
Women's Singles, First Round
Simona Halep (1), Romania, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-2, 6-4.
Saisai Zheng, China, def. Qiang Wang, China, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.
Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, Spain, def. Ana Bogdan, Romania, 6-1, 3-6, 8-6.
Su-Wei Hsieh, Taiwan, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (30), Russia, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Johanna Konta (22), Britain, def. Natalia Vikhlyantseva, Russia, 7-5, 7-6 (7).
Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Alize Cornet, France, 7-6 (3), 6-1.
Sofia Kenin, United States, def. Maria Sakkari, Greece, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.
Daria Gavrilova (26), Australia, def. Caroline Dolehide, United States, 6-2, 6-3.
Samantha Stosur, Australia, def. Shuai Peng, China, 6-4, 7-5.
Taylor Townsend, United States, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-2, 6-4.
Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarus, def. Petra Kvitova (8), Czech Republic, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.
Garbine Muguruza (3), Spain, def. Naomi Broady, Britain, 6-2, 7-5.
Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-2, 6-2.
Jennifer Brady, United States, def. Kateryna Kozlova, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-2.
Anett Kontaveit (28), Estonia, def. Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-2.
Ashleigh Barty (17), Australia, def. Stefanie Voegele, Switzerland, 7-5, 6-3.
Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, def. Gabriella Taylor, Britain, 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.
Angelique Kerber (11), Germany, def. Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 7-5, 6-3.
Claire Liu, United States, def. Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-3.
Katie Boulter, Britain, def. Veronica Cepede Royg, Paraguay, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
Alison Riske, United States, def. Mariana Duque-Marino, Colombia, 6-1, 6-1.
Heather Watson's poor season continued with a first-round defeat by Kirsten Flipkens.
It was a tough draw for Watson against Belgian Flipkens, a former semi-finalist at the All England Club and an experienced grass-court player who won the warm-up event in Southsea at the weekend.
And Flipkens used all her nous to win 6-4 7-5. Watson reached the third round last season and her ranking, which had already dropped outside the top 100, will now plummet to around 133.
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