Key events
The bad news: the umbrellas are up and the covers are on. There’ll be no play on the outside courts until 11.45am at the earliest.
The good news: this seems like a very good excuse to show you this. Enjoy.
The first-round carnage among the seeds has broken several records. Four of the top ten went out on both the men’s and women’s side — the most in the opening round at any major in the open era. Thirteen men’s seeds stumbling at the first hurdle is an all-time grand slam record. And that’s 23 seeds in all who’ve departed. Here are the names who’ve claimed an undesirable place in history:
Gauff (2), Pegula (3), Zheng (5), Badosa (9), Muchova (15), Ostapenko (20), Frech (25), Kostyuk (26), Linette (27), Kessler (32).
Zverev (3), Musetti (7), Rune (8), Medvedev (9), Cerundolo (16), Humbert (18), Popyrin (20), Tsitsipas (24), Shapovalov (27), Bublik (28), Michelsen (30), Griekspoor (31), Berrettini (32).
Let’s hit rewind quickly on yesterday’s action:
Today’s order of play
Centre Court (1.30pm UK time)
(1) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) v Marie Bouzkova (Cze)
Oliver Tarvet (GB) v (2) Carlos Alcaraz (Spa)
Emma Raducanu (GB) v Marketa Vondrousova (Cze)
No1 Court (1pm)
Cameron Norrie (GB) v (12) Frances Tiafoe (US)
Katie Boulter (GB) v Solana Sierra (Arg)
(5) Taylor Fritz (US) v Gabriel Diallo (Can)
No2 Court (11am)
Olga Danilovic (Ser) v (6) Madison Keys (US)
Nuno Borges (Por) v Billy Harris (GB)
Naomi Osaka (Jpn) v Katerina Siniakova (Cze)
Arthur Fery (GB) v Luciano Darderi (Ita)
No3 Court (11am)
Viktoriya Tomova (Bul) v Sonay Kartal (GB)
(14) Andrey Rublev (Rus) v Lloyd Harris (Rsa)
(4) Jasmine Paolini (Ita) v Kamilla Rakhimova (Rus)
Botic Van de Zandschulp (Ned) v (26) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spa)
Court 12 (11am)
Joao Fonseca (Bra) v Jenson Brooksby (US)
Renata Zarazua (Mex) v (13) Amanda Anisimova (US)
(23) Jiri Lehecka (Cze) v Mattia Bellucci (Ita)
Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) v (14) Elina Svitolina (Ukr)
Court 18 (11am)
Shintaro Mochizuki (Jpn) v (17) Karen Khachanov (Rus)
(12) Diana Shnaider (Rus) v Diane Parry (Fra)
(25) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) v Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger)
Emily Appleton (GB) & Heather Watson (Gbr) v (5) Mirra Andreeva (Rus) & Diana Shnaider (Rus)
Court 4 (11am)
Xin Yu Wang (Chn) & Saisai Zheng (Chn) v (2) Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) & Erin Routliffe (Nzl)
Daniel Evans (GB) & Henry Searle (GB) v (2) Harri Heliovaara (Fin) & Henry Patten (GB)
Jodie Burrage (GB) & Sonay Kartal (GB) v Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spa) & Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (Spa)
Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (Col) & Alycia Parks (US) v Alicia Barnett (GB) & Eden Silva (GB)
Court 5 (11am)
(16) Yuki Bhambri (Ind) & Robert Galloway (US) v Romain Arneodo (Mon) & Manuel Guinard (Fra)
Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser) & Andreas Mies (Ger) v (4) Marcel Granollers (Spa) & Horacio Zeballos (Arg)
Qianhui Tang (Chn) & Lin Zhu (Chn) v (12) Xinyu Jiang (Chn) & Fang-Hsien Wu (Tpe)
Court 6 (11am)
Rafael Matos (Bra) & Marcelo Melo (Bra) v Ivan Dodig (Cro) & Orlando Luz (Bra)
Fernando Romboli (Bra) & John-Patrick Smith (Aus) v MacKenzie McDonald (US) & Alex Michelsen (US)
Angelica Moratelli (Ita) & Sabrina Santamaria (US) v Sorana Cirstea (Rom) & Anna Kalinskaya (Rus)
Court 8 (11am)
Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) & Peyton Stearns (US) v Hao-Ching Chan (Tpe) & Barbora Krejcikova (Cze)
Tomas Machac (Cze) & Jakub Mensik (Cze) v Pedro Martinez (Spa) & Jaume Munar (Spa)
David Goffin (Bel) & Alexandre Muller (Fra) v Nicolas Barrientos (Col) & Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli (Ind)
Nadiia Kichenok (Ukr) & Yuliia Starodubtseva (Ukr) v (14) Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) & Shuai Zhang (Chn)
Court 9 (11am)
Ariel Behar (Uru) & Joran Vliegen (Bel) v (7) Simone Bolelli (Ita) & Andrea Vavassori (Ita)
Anna Blinkova (Rus) & Yue Yuan (Chn) v (15) Nicole Melichar-Martinez (US) & Ludmilla Samsonova (Rus)
Jakob Schnaitter (Ger) & Mark Wallner (Ger) v Sebastian Baez (Arg) & Francisco Comesana (Arg)
Shuko Aoyama (Jpn) & Ena Shibahara (Jpn) v Magda Linette (Pol) & Bernarda Pera (US)
Court 10 (11am)
Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) & Elena Gabriela Ruse (Rom) v Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) & Yanina Wickmayer (Bel)
Theo Arribage (Fra) & Patrik Trhac (US) v Quentin Halys (Fra) & Nicolas Mahut (Fra)
Damir Dzumhur (Bos) & Skander Mansouri (Tun) v (12) Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) & Andres Molteni (Arg)
Aleksandar Kovacevic (US) & Learner Tien (US) v N.Sriram Balaji (Ind) & Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (Mex)
Court 11 (11am)
Kimberly Birrell (Aus) & Maya Joint (Aus) v Ulrikke Eikeri (Nor) & Makoto Ninomiya (Jpn)
(13) Irina Khromacheva (Rus) & Fanny Stollar (Hun) v Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) & Suzan Lamens (Ned)
Tomas Martin Etcheverry (Arg) & Camilo Ugo Carabelli (Arg) v Hendrik Jebens (Ger) & Albano Olivetti (Fra)
Rinky Hijikata (Aus) & David Pel (Ned) v (14) Andre Goransson (Swe) & Sem Verbeek (Ned)
Court 14 (11am)
(29) Leylah Fernandez (Can) v Laura Siegemund (Ger)
(3) Kevin Krawietz (Ger) & Tim Puetz (Ger) v Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Sander Gille (Bel)
Eva Lys (Ger) v (30) Linda Noskova (Cze), Kamil Majchrzak (Pol) v Ethan Quinn (US)
Court 15 (11am)
Nicolas Jarry (Chi) v Learner Tien (US)
(21) Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) v Dalma Galfi (Hun)
Jordan Thompson (Aus) v (9) Benjamin Bonzi (Fra)
Hailey Baptiste (US) & Catherine McNally (US) v (11) Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) & Laura Siegemund (Ger)
Court 16 (11am)
Adrian Mannarino (Fra) v Valentin Royer (Fra)
McCartney Kessler (US) & Clara Tauson (Den) v Harriet Dart (GB) & Maia Lumsden (GB)
(31) Ashlyn Krueger (US) v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus)
(16) Caroline Dolehide (US) & Sofia Kenin (US) v Bibiane Schoofs (Ned) & Dayana Yastremska (Ukr)
Court 17 (11am)
(1) Marcelo Arevalo (Esa) & Mate Pavic (Cro) v Roberto Carballes Baena (Spa) & Laslo Djere (Ser)
Cristina Bucsa (Spa) v (22) Donna Vekic (Cro)
(24) Elise Mertens (Bel) v Ann Li (US)
Christian Garin (Chi) v Arthur Rinderknech (Fra)
Preamble
Hello and welcome to our coverage of Wimbledon day three. After a Tumultuous Tuesday, which stirred memories of 2013’s infamous Black Wednesday with its levels of destruction, the remaining leading names will be hoping the shockwaves subside as the second round gets under way without 23 (!) seeds, including four of the top ten in both the men’s and women’s draws.
But with the world No 733 Oliver Tarvet up against the two-times defending champion Carlos Alcaraz, Emma Raducanu facing the 2023 winner Marketa Vondrousova and Cameron Norrie taking on the 12th seed Frances Tiafoe, the British players will attempt to continue the devastation – along with the opponents of the top seed Aryna Sabalenka, Australian Open champion Madison Keys, last year’s runner-up Jasmine Paolini and the fifth seed Taylor Fritz, who survived a two-day, five-set serve-off with Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard to avoid going the way of Coco Gauff, Alexander Zverev et al.
Also in action are Elina Svitolina, Naomi Osaka, Andrey Rublev, the up-and-comers João Fonseca and Learner Tien, the 13th seed Amanda Anisimova, plus Britain’s Katie Boulter, Sonay Kartal, Arthur Fery and Billy Harris. And this year’s doubles events begin too. But after a high of 33C yesterday, the real British summer has decided to turn up, and showers could affect play on the outside courts early on.
Play is due to start at: 11am UK time on the outside courts (depending on the weather), 1pm on No 1 Court and 1.30pm on Centre Court.
If the first two days have taught us anything: make predictions at your peril.
