Summary

  • Teenage qualifier Coco Gauff, 15, through to Wimbledon third round

  • American beats Magdalena Rybarikova 6-3 6-3 under new Court One roof

  • Men's champion Novak Djokovic crushes Denis Kudla 6-3 6-2 6-2

  • GB's Kyle Edmund loses in five sets to Fernando Verdasco

  • Heather Watson loses 7-5 6-1 to Anett Kontaveit

Live Reporting

Saj Chowdhury, Becky Grey and Mike Henson

  1. Verdasco holds

    *Edmund 1-1 Verdasco

    Fernando Verdasco has the look of a tennis pro at an super-luxe club in a tropical resort, who leaves a trail of wrecked guest marriages behind him*.

    As smooth as Richard Gasquet's backhand that fella.

    He is under a bit of pressure at 30-30, but rains down a couple of brutish tee-off that jerk the racquet out of Kyle Edmund's hand to see off the danger.

    * - should emphasis Fernando is a happily married man himself, this is only in my daydreams of casting a high-end 12-part television drama.

  2. Edmund holds

    Edmund 1-0 *Verdasco

    Fernando Verdasco with a velveteen touch as he dinks over the sliced dropper at 15-0 down.

    He might as well have projected it onto the side for the Royal Box though it was so telegraphed.

    Edmund scurries in and pokes a winner down the line. A little bit of forehand fire and the game is wrapped up to love.

  3. Expectations hard to deal with for Kyle

    Boris Becker
    Three-time Wimbledon champion on BBC TV

    Kyle Edmund has a hard time coping with expectations and the pressure. He has the quality to reach the semi-finals but can't keep it up and that's a worrying problem because it won't get any easier.

  4. Edmund to serve

    Edmund v Verdasco

    It has been a funny season for Kyle Edmund.

    He has lost his opening match in seven of 13 events he has played this season.

    He has not quite kicked on after making the last four of the Australian Open last year. He reached a career high of 14 in the rankings in October, but has sunk to 30 since then. He made the third round of Wimbledon for the first time last year, losing to Novak Djokovic in four sets.

    He will tee us off...

  5. game, set and match

    Game, set and match - Kontaveit

    Watson 5-7 1-6 Kontaveit

    The first serve is into the net. A lengthy rally sees Anett Kontaveit, with pinpoint accuracy, find the line and she advances. Great Britain's Heather Watson is eliminated.

    Watson held a 2-0 lead in the first set, but that's as good as it got.

    Kontaveit is into the third round for a third successive year and plays either Madison Brengle or Karolina Muchova next up.

    A pinpoint shot sends Kontaveit through after a comfortable win over Watson

  6. Match point Kontaveit.

  7. Watch as Watson hits three aces on the trot

    Watson 5-7 1-5 Kontaveit*

    This was a good moment for Heather Watson, but there have not been too many good ones since.

  8. Players on court

    Edmund v Verdasco

    Kyle Edmund and Fernando Verdasco emerge from the polished pine and frosted glass Centre Court's backstage area and onto the main stage.

    An absolute sauna of a day out there. An old lady is fanning herself like Marie Antoinette after a waltz with D'Artagnan.

    Knock up underway.

  9. Karlovic loses third set

    Karlovic 3-6 7-6 (8-6) 3-6 1-0 Fabbiano*

    Ivo Karlovic's booming serve isn't enough to help him against Italian Thomas Fabbiano, it seems.

    The 30-year-old broke Karlovic's serve in the first game of the set and held on to take a 2-1 lead.

    KarlovicAFP

  10. Double break for Kontaveit

    Watson 5-7 1-5 Kontaveit*

    The call was out and Hawk-Eye confirms it. That's bad news, very bad news, for Heather Watson. Anett Kontaveit with a double break and serving for round three.

  11. *Watson 5-7 1-4 Kontaveit

    A crouching return gives Kontaveit another chance to disappear further ahead.

    WatsonAFP

  12. *Watson 5-7 1-4 Kontaveit

    Three break points saved. Watson has not given up on this one.

  13. 'I'm improving every day on grass'

    Puig 0-6 4-6 Pliskova

    Third seed Karolina Pliskova said after her victory over Monica Puig that she has been feeling more confident on grass since winning the Eastbourne title last week.

    Pliskova will face Taiwanese 28th seed Hsieh Su-wei, who beat Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens 7-6 (7-3) 6-3, in the third round.

    "I feel like I'm improving every day on grass," she said. "The title in Eastbourne helped me feel more confident and to get more used to the surface.

    "The deeper you go, the better players you play so it's not going to be easy here."

    Karolina PliskovaAFP

  14. *Watson 5-7 1-4 Kontaveit

    Kontaveit with three break points. A smash from Watson at the net sees one vanish but two remain.

  15. Next up on Centre...

    Edmund v Verdasco

    Kyle EdmundGetty Images

    Next up on Centre Court is Kyle Edmund's meeting with Spainish old-timer Fernando Verdasco.

    British number one Edmund has lost on both the pair's previous meetings - going down in three sets in Vienna in 2018 and Rome in May.

    This is their first ding-dong on the green stuff though - a surface that should suit Edmund's popping foreheand more than Verdasco's clay-court stylings.

    On this day six years ago, Verdasco took the first two sets in his quarter-final meeting with Andy Murray, before losing to the eventual champion in five.

  16. 'A few errors'

    *Watson 5-7 1-4 Kontaveit

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  18. 'Kontaveit pulling away'

    *Watson 5-7 1-4 Kontaveit

    Sam Smith
    Former British number one on BBC TV

    This is the real Anett Kontaveit now. The player who has worried some of the best over the past few years.

    She's pulling away.

  19. *Watson 5-7 1-4 Kontaveit

    Watson has made more unforced errors - 22 compared to 15 from Kontaveit, who now extends her lead to a three-game advantage. A long way back from here.

  20. 'Watson needs to be more selective'

    Watson 5-7 1-3 Kontaveit*

    Kim Clijsters
    Four-time Grand Slam champion on BBC TV

    It feels like Heather Watson is trying to play a little more aggressively but she's not always picking the right ball to hit.

    She needs to be more selective rather than trying to hit every ball with pace.

    WatsonGetty Images