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A roundup of Wimbledon day three’s most important and eventful matches.

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Mladenovic caught the eyes of the spectators on day one, when she lost in the singles to Maria Sharapova after a hard-fought battle. She was more fortunate in the doubles, routing her Swedish opposition in straight sets.

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Fourth seed David Ferrer set Wimbledon minds fluttering when he lost the second set of his first round tie, but recovered to win in four sets.

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Tournament favourite Novak Djokovic had a fairly standard victory in his first round tie against Florian Mayer of Germany, seeing off the German despite a valiant second-set comeback.

He said:

It was tricky, because Florian Mayer is a very good opponent with a good variety of shots. His game is suited to grass. It took a lot of effort to come through. There are still a few things I would like to do better on. I could serve better. But my game is there. I’m still trying to find my rhythm

Here’s the match stats:
5 Aces 3
63% 1st serves 60%
0 Double faults 0
40 Winners 25
20 Errors 12
75% 1st serve win 71%
81% 2nd serve win 47%
3/11 Break points 0/3

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An indomitable performance from 19 year old Brit Laura Robson to defeat world #10 Kirilenko.

There’s been a lot of hype surrounding Robson at such a tender age in the past year after her Silver at London 2012 and strong performances in the US and Madrid Open. She’s also developing a reputation as a giantkiller – of her eight Grand Slam wins, four came against seeded players.

Today, she lived up to it, putting in a mature performance and dominating Kirilenko in the serve.

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Rounding up the most important and exciting matches of the second day of Wimbledon 2013.

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World #2 and British favourite Andy Murray is looking more likely to win Wimbledon now than at any point in his career. He bounced back from losing the final last year to by winning Olympic gold and his first Grand Slam.

This was a confident performance from Murray against Ben Becker, son of retired tennis legend Boris, who he dispatched in straight sets in under two hours.

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Sharapova won her opening match on Centre Court in straight sets, but it was far from easy for her. 20-year old Kristina Mladenovic looks like a real prospect for the future, pushing Sharapova to a tie break in the first set and frequently clawing her way back before finally relenting late on. It took over 70 minutes before a break was achieved.

You could definitely tell Sharapova had to work for her win. By match point, it was like she had a whistle in her mouth every time she struck the ball such was the loudness of her grunts.

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Rosol will go down in tennis folklore for his victory over Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon 2012, but he won’t get a chance to repeat things a year on. He was beaten by Julian Reister over five sets after a valiant comeback in the fourth.

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Baltacha was a wildcard after returning from eight months out through injury for this Grand Slam, but she couldn’t find a way past Flavia Pennetta, who outplayed her thoroughly over two sets.

Baltacha said:

I knew she would come out with some quality and she did, unfortunately I was on the receiving end of it. I’m obviously disappointed but I’m happy with how my return is going and I’m looking forward to the future.

I want my number one spot back, it’ll be a tough challenge but give me a year-and-a-half and I’ll be back there, it will be a brilliant challenge for me.

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