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Last year\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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). <\/p>\n
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\u2019s singles champion of the Open era. <\/p>\n
Eala, who was born in the Philippines, is a graduate of Rafael Nadal\u2019s academy in Spain and is considered one of the game\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n
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Krejcikova returns the ball to Philippines\u2019 Eala<\/p>\n
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All-Brit battle coming up<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
What happened on day two last year?<\/p>\n
Day Two at Wimbledon 2025 was a rom-com\u2014with 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.<\/p>\n
Carlos Alcaraz breezed into the next round with his trademark flair, breezing past J\u00e9r\u00e9my Chardy 6\u20110, 6\u20112, 7\u20115\u2014even jokingly admitting he was \u201ca bit jealous\u201d 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\u2014crushing qualifier Anca Todoni 6\u20112, 6\u20111\u2014and Emma Navarro handed Naomi Osaka a shocker, ousting the former No1 with a 6\u20114, 6\u20111 upset.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Andy Murray smashed fellow Brit Ryan Peniston in straight sets, earning buzz for a late-career resurgence. So, yes\u2014rain delayed the show, but day two\u2019s highlight reel delivered style, shocks, and a taste of the great drama to come.<\/p>\n
Another upset on the cards?<\/p>\n
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\u2019s Pedro Mart\u00ednez, 6-2 on Court 16.<\/p>\n
Play paused after fan collapsed in 32.3C heat on opening day<\/p>\n
Play was suspended on Wimbledon\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
\u25cf Read more: <\/b>Wimbledon play paused after fan collapses in 32.3C Centre Court heat<\/a><\/p>\n Grass form goes out the window at Wimbledon<\/p>\n Tennis is a sport which often defies prediction and recent form often sometimes doesn\u2019t count for much (James Gheerbrant writes). Even so, it\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n Tatjana Maria, who you may have seen winning the women\u2019s tournament at Queen\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, on No2 Court, the seventh seed Lorenzo Musetti has hit back against Nikoloz Basilashvili, taking the second set 6-4.<\/p>\n Breaking news: it\u2019s hot <\/p>\n You can tell it\u2019s 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\u2019s doping ban. All square in the early stages.<\/p>\n Britain\u2019s Watson knocked out<\/p>\n 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). <\/p>\n It\u2019s 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. <\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Tauson advances to the second round<\/p>\n PA<\/p>\n On Monday morning, Argentina\u2019s 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 \u00a366,000 prize money. Worth the wait.<\/p>\n Watson in an arm-wrestle for the second round<\/p>\n 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). <\/p>\n On No2 Court, which has already seen one shock today, the seventh seed and 2024 semi-finalist, Lorenzo Musetti \u2014 he of the silky one-handed backhand \u2014 has just lost the first set 6-2 against the Georgian qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili, a former world No16.<\/p>\n Monday out on Tuesday, no tennis love on Wednesday<\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n We\u2019re 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\u2019s overall record in three-setters at Grand Slams: won nine, lost 15. Can she buck that trend here?<\/p>\n Boulter stuns as Kartal\u2019s rapid rise continues<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n \u25cf Read more: <\/b>Katie Boulter stuns Paula Badosa as Sonay Kartal\u2019s rapid rise continues<\/a><\/p>\n World No3 Pegula knocked out<\/p>\n Not for nothing is Wimbledon\u2019s 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). <\/p>\n 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\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n Katie Boulter was victorious yesterday and now it\u2019s 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 Carball\u00e9s Baena.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n For Solana Sierra, an Argentinian fighting her way up sport\u2019s slippery rungs, the \u00a399,000 she guaranteed herself via the win of her life was nice, but the thrill, emotion and hug-with-mum were worth more.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \u25cf Read more: <\/b>Lucky losers hit Wimbledon\u2019s \u00a399,000 jackpot after late call-ups<\/a><\/p>\n Watson broken early (again)<\/p>\n After losing the first set against Heather Watson, Clara Tauson breaks the Briton\u2019s 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\u2019s, and Alex De Minaur, the 11th seed who is engaged to Katie Boulter, have both won the first set in their matches.<\/p>\n Watson fizzes to first set <\/p>\n 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\u2019t 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\u2019s work to do for Jessica Pegula, last year\u2019s US Open finalist and the world No3, on No2 Court: she has dropped the first set against Elisabetta Cocciaretto. <\/p>\n Watson of Great Britain plays a forehand against Clara Tauson of Denmark<\/p>\n GETTY<\/p>\n Watson from a break down to a break up <\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n It is a shame that the stats keepers here do not count the \u201cCome on\u201d 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.<\/p>\n 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. 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