The seeds continue to tumble at the All England Club. The fifth seed, Zheng Qinwen, has a big serve that should be made for grass, but she’s out in the first round for the third year in a row, defeated 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 by Katerina Siniakova, the world No74. And joining her in making an early exit is the 15th seed, Karolina Muchova, Siniakova’s fellow Czech, whom China’s Wang Xinyu breezed past 7-5, 6-2. We have now lost 17 seeds, ten men and seven women, and it’s not even 4pm on the second day yet! Meanwhile, Dan Evans is back on serve in the second set against Jay Clarke.
Loffhagen loses third set
The prospect of a huge British upset is fading on Court 16, where George Loffhagen is two sets to one down against Pedro Martinez (Elgan Alderman writes).
Seven years ago The Times reported that Loffhagen, Jack Draper and Aidan McHugh were the youngsters to follow Andy Murray. Tim Henman put forward Loffhagen, 17 at the time and eight months older than Draper, as a practice partner for Rafael Nadal before Wimbledon. Yet the transition from junior to senior was difficult and Loffhagen didn’t play any matches between August 2021 and August 2022, working instead at the Marlborough Head pub in Mayfair.
Loffhagen’s present ranking of No293 is the best of his career. At last year’s championships, where he didn’t get out of qualifying, he was outside the top 750. Since then he has won regularly at M25 level on the ITF Tour, and victories over Mackenzie McDonald and Billy Harris at Eastbourne were notable.
This is his second Wimbledon appearance, having lost to Holger Rune two years ago. Martinez is the second highest-ranked opponent Loffhagen has ever faced.
“I am very, very happy to come back here, it’s a special place for me and playing against an Italian is very unfortunate for us but one has to go through, so I’m happy that it’s me,” Jannik Sinner says after his demolition job against Luca Nardi. “The atmosphere is amazing so thank you for coming out. I know it is very, very hot and humid. I don’t remember the last time when there was this weather in London so thank you so much.”
As for moving on from that French Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, Sinner says: “New tournament, new chances, new challenges, you have one opponent at a time so obviously I try to keep going and enjoy playing here. If you don’t enjoy to play on this courts, I don’t know where you will enjoy. Very happy to be here and let’s see what is coming.”
Another seed set to be scattered
Zheng Qinwen, the fifth seed, is heading for defeat against Katerina Siniakova, the erstwhile doubles partner of defending singles champion Barbora Krejcikova (James Gheerbrant writes). Siniakova is now 4-0 up in the decider and it looks like she, not the former Australian Open finalist Zheng, will play Naomi Osaka in the second round. And on Court 12, there’s been a shift in momentum in the all-British clash between Dan Evans and Jay Clarke. Clarke has broken with a fierce backhand pass to take a 3-1 lead in the second set.
Evans in hurry but Musetti stalled
Dan Evans has raced through the first set of his match against fellow Briton Jay Clarke, 6-1 (James Gheerbrant writes). Meanwhile, No2 Court is really living up to its reputation as the graveyard of champions today. Lorenzo Musetti, the seventh seed, who reached the semi-finals last year, has fallen there to the Georgian qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili, a former world No16. That’s a stunning result for Basilashvili, who hadn’t won a match at a grand-slam since Wimbledon three years ago. He has won in four sets, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1. Zheng Qinwen, the fifth seed, has recovered to take her match against Katerina Siniakova to a deciding set.
Jannik Sinner, the world No1 and top seed, has breezed into the second round with a straight-sets victory over his fellow Italian, friend and hitting partner Luca Nardi. The US Open and Australian Open champion dropped only seven games in the 6-4, 6-3, 6-0 rout. So no signs of any scar tissue from his agonising defeat in that French Open final for the ages against Carlos Alcaraz.
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Last year’s semi-finalist Lorenzo Musetti is in a deep hole (James Gheerbrant writes). He has lost four games in a row against Nikoloz Basilashvili, and now trails by two sets to one and 2-0 in the fourth. And Dan Evans is in charge early against Jay Clarke, leading 3-0 in the first set.
A potential upset is brewing on Centre Court, where the defending champion Barbora Krejcikova has lost the first set 6-3 against world No56 Alexandra Eala (Tom Kershaw writes).
Krejcikova has been on a wretched run of form this year amid various injury struggles and entered the main draw as the 17th seed, the lowest-seeded defending women’s singles champion of the Open era.
Eala, who was born in the Philippines, is a graduate of Rafael Nadal’s academy in Spain and is considered one of the game’s rising stars. The 20-year-old reached her first WTA final last week at Eastbourne and, despite making her main draw debut at Wimbledon, has seemed unfazed thus far.
Krejcikova returns the ball to Philippines’ Eala
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All-Brit battle coming up
On No12 Court, the all-British clash between Dan Evans and Jay Clarke is about to begin. Evans cut an emotional figure in his press conference at the weekend, when he spoke about feeling he had let people down, but he had some good results on grass in the build-up, beating top-20 players Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe. Clarke is a wild card who reached the second round in 2019, when he played Roger Federer.
What happened on day two last year?
Day Two at Wimbledon 2025 was a rom-com—with rain as the uninvited lead actor. Torrential showers put a pause on most outside courts, but inside Centre Court and No1 Court, tennis fireworks continued.
Carlos Alcaraz breezed into the next round with his trademark flair, breezing past Jérémy Chardy 6‑0, 6‑2, 7‑5—even jokingly admitting he was “a bit jealous” of Roger Federer in the Royal Box. Jannik Sinner, the world No1, wasted zero time dispatching Miomir Kecmanovic in 96 minutes, cruising through in straight sets. Meanwhile, Coco Gauff served warning shots of dominance—crushing qualifier Anca Todoni 6‑2, 6‑1—and Emma Navarro handed Naomi Osaka a shocker, ousting the former No1 with a 6‑4, 6‑1 upset.
Elsewhere, Andy Murray smashed fellow Brit Ryan Peniston in straight sets, earning buzz for a late-career resurgence. So, yes—rain delayed the show, but day two’s highlight reel delivered style, shocks, and a taste of the great drama to come.
Another upset on the cards?
Could we have another shock brewing on No3 Court? The fifth seed Qinwen Zheng has just lost the first set of her match against the Czech player Katerina Siniakova, 7-5. And the British wild card George Loffhagen has won the first set against Spain’s Pedro Martínez, 6-2 on Court 16.
Play paused after fan collapsed in 32.3C heat on opening day
Play was suspended on Wimbledon’s hottest opening day as the defending champion Carlos Alcaraz went to assist a spectator who collapsed in the heat. Temperatures reached 32.3C at the All England Club as at least six British players progressed to the second round.
● Read more: Wimbledon play paused after fan collapses in 32.3C Centre Court heat
Grass form goes out the window at Wimbledon
Tennis is a sport which often defies prediction and recent form often sometimes doesn’t count for much (James Gheerbrant writes). Even so, it’s been a remarkable aspect of these opening two days how many of the players who won a grass-court tournament in the lead-up to Wimbledon have lost.
Tatjana Maria, who you may have seen winning the women’s tournament at Queen’s after that fairytale run, is the latest, dumped out in three sets by American Katie Volynets. We have already lost the champions from Bad Homburg (Jessica Pegula), Nottingham (McCartney Kessler), and on the men’s side, Tallon Griekspoor, who won in Mallorca. And of course, Taylor Fritz, champion in Stuttgart and Eastbourne, was locked at two sets all with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard overnight.
Meanwhile, on No2 Court, the seventh seed Lorenzo Musetti has hit back against Nikoloz Basilashvili, taking the second set 6-4.
Breaking news: it’s hot
You can tell it’s hot at Wimbledon (Rick Broadbent writes). The Chelsea pensioners arrive to watch the all-Italian clash between Jannik Sinner and Luca Nardi, and whip off their famous red coats en masse. Meanwhile, no murmur from the crowd about Sinner’s doping ban. All square in the early stages.
Britain’s Watson knocked out
Clara Tauson, the 23rd seed, was really made to scrap by Heather Watson, but eventually her class has told against the British veteran (James Gheerbrant writes).
It’s the Dane who progresses, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, but that was a very creditable performance by Watson, in her 15th Wimbledon, and in the end she won only four points fewer than her opponent across the match.
Such fine margins, but Watson lost a crucial break of serve in her fourth service game of the decider and that was all Tauson needed to seize the initiative. She finished by breaking Watson again, to love. Elsewhere, the fifth seed, Qinwen Zheng, has just started against Katerina Siniakova on No3 Court, and the 26th seed Marta Kostyuk has lost to the qualifier Veronika Erjavec of Slovenia.
Tauson advances to the second round
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On Monday morning, Argentina’s Solana Sierra warmed up with Victoria Mboko despite neither of them actually being in Wimbledon at the time (Rick Broadbent writes). Now they are both in the main draw as lucky losers. Sierra won her first round match after getting the call at Monday lunchtime and now Mboko, a highly-rated Canadian teen, has also found her way into Wimbledon today. Anastasia Potapova withdrawal means she gets to take on Magdalena French. Being in the first round brings a guarantee of £66,000 prize money. Worth the wait.
Watson in an arm-wrestle for the second round
Heather Watson, trying to reach the Wimbledon second round for the sixth time in 15 appearances, is in a right old scrap on No12 Court, but she has just come through a testing deuce game to hold for 3-2 in the final set against the 23rd seed Clara Tauson (James Gheerbrant writes).
On No2 Court, which has already seen one shock today, the seventh seed and 2024 semi-finalist, Lorenzo Musetti — he of the silky one-handed backhand — has just lost the first set 6-2 against the Georgian qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili, a former world No16.
Monday out on Tuesday, no tennis love on Wednesday
Organisers missed a trick in putting Johannus Monday on Tuesday, and the debutant has been unable to add to the British throng in the second round. As expected, Tommy Paul takes it 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in under two hours.
We’re going to a third set on No12 Court: Clara Tauson broke early in the second and never relinquished that advantage, and she takes her second set point with a huge forehand past Heather Watson (James Gheerbrant writes). Watson’s overall record in three-setters at Grand Slams: won nine, lost 15. Can she buck that trend here?
Boulter stuns as Kartal’s rapid rise continues
On an opening day marked by British upsets, Katie Boulter produced a gutsy performance to stun ninth seed Paula Badosa 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, on Centre Court.
Boulter might have lost her status as the British No 1 to Emma Raducanu a fortnight ago, but she summoned all her resolve to withstand Badosa’s fightback and claim just the fourth win over a top-ten player of her career. The first of those also came on Centre Court, against Karolina Pliskova in 2022, and those memories proved a vital source of inspiration in an absorbing contest.
● Read more: Katie Boulter stuns Paula Badosa as Sonay Kartal’s rapid rise continues
World No3 Pegula knocked out
Not for nothing is Wimbledon’s No2 Court known as the graveyard of champions, and it has played host to another seismic shock to shake the hanging baskets (James Gheerbrant writes).
Jessica Pegula, the third seed, is out, having been stunned in two not particularly close sets by Elisabetta Cocciaretto of Italy, the world No116, 6-2 6-3. There was no hint of that in Pegula’s build-up: in fact she won the warm-up tournament in Bad Homburg, beating Iga Swiatek in the final. But it all went wrong for the American today, and she departs with a rather ignominious stat line of five winners to 24 unforced errors. Cocciaretto could play the Queen’s champion Tatjana Maria in the second round. On Court 12, Heather Watson still trails by a break in the second set against Clara Tauson, having won the first.
Katie Boulter was victorious yesterday and now it’s her turn to spectate. Here she is having a shaded, sneaky peek at her fiance Alex De Minaur, who is a set and a break up against Roberto Carballés Baena.
Lucky losers hit Wimbledon’s £99,000 jackpot
It is not all about the winners at Wimbledon (Rick Broadbent writes). The star names will duly cement reputations and frame victories in a historic gilt, but down among the near-unknowns the lucky losers play out broad-screen supporting dramas.
For Solana Sierra, an Argentinian fighting her way up sport’s slippery rungs, the £99,000 she guaranteed herself via the win of her life was nice, but the thrill, emotion and hug-with-mum were worth more.
The tennis lucky loser is a curious concept that provides a new raft of challenges for any player. Four days earlier Sierra squandered a match point in the final round of Wimbledon qualifying at Roehampton and so did not know if she would be required this week. She could have played elsewhere for guaranteed money but instead rolled the dice and found a new apartment.
● Read more: Lucky losers hit Wimbledon’s £99,000 jackpot after late call-ups
Watson broken early (again)
After losing the first set against Heather Watson, Clara Tauson breaks the Briton’s serve in the first game of the second, and backs it up by holding for 2-0 after a brilliant point, which she concludes by chasing down a Watson drop shot (James Gheerbrant writes). A hold to love gets Watson on the board for 2-1 and hopefully steadies the ship. Elsewhere, Tatjana Maria, the mother of two who won Queen’s, and Alex De Minaur, the 11th seed who is engaged to Katie Boulter, have both won the first set in their matches.
Watson fizzes to first set
Another brilliant return game by Heather Watson and she takes the first set against the 23rd seed, Clara Tauson (James Gheerbrant writes). The British veteran hasn’t won a grand-slam main-draw match since Wimbledon 2022, but that was a superb set from her, hitting 12 winners against just six unforced errors. And there’s work to do for Jessica Pegula, last year’s US Open finalist and the world No3, on No2 Court: she has dropped the first set against Elisabetta Cocciaretto.
Watson of Great Britain plays a forehand against Clara Tauson of Denmark
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Watson from a break down to a break up
Heather Watson has made a good start on No12 Court as she looks to join Emma Raducanu, Sonay Kartal and Katie Boulter in round two. Kartal and Boulter both put out seeds yesterday and Watson is up by an early break against the 23rd seed Clara Tauson of Denmark, leading 5-2. On No2 Court, the third seed, Jessica Pegula, trails by the same scoreline against Elisabetta Cocciaretto, the world number 82.
Emma Raducanu has played 204 matches in her professional career, but never before has she been as vocal as she was in the first round at Wimbledon on Monday (Stuart Fraser writes). It was a telling indicator of the extra pressure she felt going up against a young compatriot with nothing to lose.
It is a shame that the stats keepers here do not count the “Come on” tally alongside the first-serve percentages and the unforced-error totals. At one stage during the second set this was being loudly shouted after every point she won, whether it be with a scintillating winner or a tame backhand slice into the net from her opponent.
When the officials conducting the draw on Friday pitted Raducanu against the 17-year-old British wild card Mimi Xu, it felt as if this was a potential banana skin for her. Clearly Raducanu felt the same way as she was focused throughout this 6-3, 6-3 victory on making sure that there were no dips in her intensity.
● Read more: Emma Raducanu proves too good for 17-year-old Mimi Xu
Any Wimbledon music suggestions?
Trying to come up with a Wimbledon playlist for the 1.5-mile walk to the grounds (Rick Broadbent writes) and so far have Venus and Serena by the Super Furry Animals, the lush Ballad of Bjorn Borg (the Pernice Brothers) and the apparently-about-Billie-Jean-King-albeit-not-remotely-obvious-from-the-lyrics, Philadelphia Freedom (Elton John). Contributions welcome although I feel it may be hard to top Outbreak of Vitas Gerulaitis (Half Man Half Biscuit).
World No3 Pegula in action
Among the other notable players in action at 11am are the women’s third seed Jessica Pegula, whose best run here was reaching the quarterfinals in 2023: she plays Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto on Court Two (James Gheerbrant writes). Tatjana Maria, the former semi-finalist who had that fairytale run at Queen’s a couple of weeks ago with her daughters watching on, faces the best name in tennis, Katie Volynets, on Court 15. And after seeing his fiancée Katie Boulter win yesterday, Alex De Minaur, the 11th seed, is out on Court 18 playing Roberto Carballes Baena.
Alcaraz dug deep in five-set thriller
The gulf in ranking was huge, the schedule probably allowed for no more than 2½ hours of play but, instead, the opening match on Centre Court produced a nail-biting classic that lasted four hours and 37 minutes (Alyson Rudd writes).
Carlos Alcaraz emerged victorious over the five sets but he was definitely out of sorts and frequently outwitted by the savvy Fabio Fognini. By the end, both players hardly possessed the energy to reach the net for an embrace in the still stingingly hot conditions.
● Read more: Carlos Alcaraz digs deep to defeat Fabio Fognini in five-set thriller
What happened on day one?
Well, it was a ruckus. As mentioned before, we have a stunning Centre Court epic, mind-blowing shocks and plenty of love for the Brits. Let’s rewind.
British interest from the off after yesterday’s historic opening day. Heather Watson is up against Clara Tauson, the No23 seed, first up on No12 Court, and Johannus Monday opposes Tommy Paul, the No13 seed, on No3 Court.
At 33, Watson is the elder stateswoman of British tennis, with fourth-round pedigree at Wimbledon three years ago. She has had a recent uptick in form, coming through qualifying at The Queen’s Club for the second round, and beating the world No60 at Eastbourne. Tauson, despite her ranking, has never won a match at Wimbledon.
Monday, the world No224, is another young Briton who has come up via the American college system: in his case, the University of Tennessee. This is his grand-slam singles debut. It would be a huge upset against a man who was a quarter-finalist here last year after winning at Queen’s.
With scorching temperatures in prospect again today, getting one of the early matches which gets under way at 11am is probably not the worst thing (temperatures are forecast to peak in the afternoon). Two Brits are starting on the outside courts in around 15 minutes: Heather Watson, playing in her 15th Wimbledon, has a tough assignment against Denmark’s Clara Tauson, seeded 23rd, on Court 12. On Court Three, the wild card Johannus Monday faces the 13th seed Tommy Paul, also a stiff test.
Wimbledon order of play today
The play gets underway around the ground at 11am, with the showcourts up and running this afternoon. Here is what you need to know.
Centre Court (from 1.30pm)
(17) Barbora Krejcikova vs. Alexandra Eala
(6) Novak Djokovic vs. Alexandre Müller
(2) Coco Gauff vs. Dayana Yastremska
No1 Court (from 1pm)
(1) Jannik Sinner vs. Luca Nardi
Petra Kvitova vs. Emma Navarro
Jack Draper vs. Sebastián Báez
No2 Court (from noon)
Jessica Pegula vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Lorenzo Musetti vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
Iga Swiatek vs. Polina Kudermetova
Ben Shelton vs. Alex Bolt
No3 Court (from noon)
Johannus Monday vs. Tommy Paul
Mirra Andreeva vs. Mayar Sherif
Grigor Dimitrov vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
Elina Avanesyan vs. Elena Rybakina
Welcome to day two of Wimbledon
Well how about that first day, hey. What a cracking curtain raiser. Day one at Wimbledon had everything: epic matches, shock upsets, and loads of British success. In the London sun, it sure did feel like summer. It also felt like you were wearing a jumper inside a volcano and eating strawberries for some reason but I digress. We’ve got more tennis today so open wide, I hope you’re hungry.