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Wimbledon 2017: Andy Murray vs Dustin Brown - as it happened

Re-live all the action from Centre Court

Mark Critchley
Wednesday 05 July 2017 06:22 EDT
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Andy Murray takes on Jamaican-German Dustin Brown on Centre Court
Andy Murray takes on Jamaican-German Dustin Brown on Centre Court (Getty)

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Andy Murray returns to Centre Court at Wimbledon on Wednesday for his second round match against Dustin Brown.

The world number one safely progressed through the first round on Monday with a straight sets victory over Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik.

Murray is still carrying the hip injury which at one point threatened his participation at the All England Club but remains confident that it will not affect his performance against Brown.

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7 years ago

Konta* 7-6 2-2 Vekic (*denotes next server)

Vekic finds herself at 0-40 down on her own serve as Konta threatens to break back. Vekic saves the first two as Konta misses a forehand pass before the Croatian fires down an unreturnable serve. However, the British No 1 breaks at the third time of asking with a well-placed inside-out forehand

Ed Malyon5 July 2017 14:39
7 years ago

Ants galore

There are loads of flying ants at Wimbledon. Apparently it's Flying Ant Day. Pretty weird and disgusting, eh?

Ed Malyon5 July 2017 14:42
7 years ago

Konta 7-6 2-3 Vekic* (*denotes next server)

Vekic breaks Konta for a second time in the second set and a third time in the match. The initiative is back with the young Croatian.

Ed Malyon5 July 2017 14:44
7 years ago

Bedene reaches third round

Aljaz Bedene is the second British player to reach the third round of this year's Championships. He joins Heather Watson after beating Damir Dzumhur 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-3 on Court Three.

Ed Malyon5 July 2017 15:52
7 years ago

Konta 7-6 4-6 8-7 Vekic* (*denotes next server)

Konta double faults in the first point of the game to immediately put pressure on her own serve before an inside-out forehand winner by Vekic makes it 0-30. The sixth seed responds by sending down three unreturnable serves to bring up game point, which she takes with a fine serve-forehand combo.

Ed Malyon5 July 2017 16:04
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Game, set, match! Konta downs Vekic in three-set epic (7-6 4-6 10-8)

Vekic hits the net with a backhand pass in the opening point before a drive-backhand volley by Konta puts the Briton within two points of the win. At 0-30 Vekic sends down an unreturnable serve followed by a big serve-forehand combo to level the game up. Konta brings up match point as her opponent sends a forehand long... but Vekic saves it with an ace! Konta earns another match point with a cross-court forehand winner... and this time she takes it as Vekic dumps a forehand into the net!

We have just witnessed one of the matches of the year.

Vekic leaves the court in floods of tears after some consoling words from her opponent. It's just a shame that somebody had to lose.

Ed Malyon5 July 2017 16:21
7 years ago

Day three, men's second-round results so far

  • Roberto Bautista-Agut [18] def. Peter Gojowczyk
  • Gilles Muller [16] def. Lukas Rosol
  • Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [12] def. Simone Bolelli
  • Kei Nishikori [9] def. Sergiy Stakhovsky
  • Sam Querrey [24] def. Nikoloz Basilashvili 
  • Aljaz Bedene def. Damir Dzumhur
  • Paolo Lorenzi [32] def. Horacio Zeballos
Ed Malyon5 July 2017 16:29
7 years ago

Day three, women's second-round results so far

  • Maria Sakkari def. Kristyna Pliskova
  • Heather Watson def. Anastasija Sevastova [18]
  • Ana Konjuh [27] def. Irina Begu
  • Dominika Cibulkova [8] def. Jennifer Brady
  • Viktoria Azarenka def. Elena Vesnina [15]
  • Jo Konta [6] def. Donna Vekic
  • Naomi Osaka def. Barbora Strycova [22]
Ed Malyon5 July 2017 16:38
7 years ago

Murray vs Brown underway

Andy Murray vs Dustin Brown is just about underway on Centre Court. Here's a little look at what Muzza's opponent is capable of:

Ed Malyon5 July 2017 16:40
7 years ago

Murray 1-1 Brown* (*denotes next server)

Brown clearly isn't interested in getting involved in too many long rallies. Huge serves, regular approaches to the net and numerous drop shot attempts tell you that. Still, it seems to work for him - and it's bloody entertaining.

Ed Malyon5 July 2017 16:48

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