LONDON (Reuters) – Highlights of the second day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Tuesday (times GMT):
1110 PEGULA BREEZES PAST KRUEGER
Fifth seed Jessica Pegula knocked out fellow American Ashlyn Krueger 6-2 6-0 to advance to the second round.
1010 PLAY UNDERWAY
Play began under cloudy skies with the temperature hovering around 15 degrees Celsius (59°F).
Jessica Pegula started her first-round match against fellow American Ashlyn Krueger on Court Two.
0936 MURRAY PULLS OUT
Twice Wimbledon champion Andy Murray pulled out of the singles competition due to a back injury in what will be the 37-year-old Briton’s final appearance at the grasscourt major. He will play in the doubles with his brother Jamie, a seven-times Grand Slam doubles champion.
ORDER OF PLAY DAY TWO
Centre Court (1230 GMT):
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spain) v 6-Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic)
Vit Kopriva (Czech Republic) v 2-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
28-Jack Draper (Britain) v Elias Ymer (Sweden)
David Goffin (Belgium) v Tomas Machac (Czech Republic)
Court one (1200 GMT):
4-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania)
Roberto Carballes Baena (Spain) v 4-Alexander Zverev (Germany)
1-Iga Swiatek (Poland) v Sofia Kenin(U.S.)
Court two (1000 GMT):
Ashlyn Krueger (U.S.) v 5-Jessica Pegula (U.S.)
6-Andrey Rublev (Russia) v Francisco Comesana (Argentina)
10-Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) v Moyuka Uchijima (Japan)
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(Reporting by Shifa Jahan in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
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