Injured servicemen and women who competed in last year’s inaugural Invictus Games received a spontaneous standing ovation after they were introduced to the crowd.
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Federer beat Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in the second round Thursday and pulled off arguably the shot of the tournament so far in the second set – a between-the-legs lob that helped him break for 5-2.
Whilst Seppi has not played brilliantly up to this point, the score was more about how good Murray had been, not how poor his opponent had played.
Murray would love a crack at it. He fell in the second round to No. 100 Lukas Rosol in 2012, first round to 135th-ranked Steve Darcis in 2013, and fourth round to No. 144 Nick Kyrgios a year ago.
He was dishing out aces for fun and the momentum he was gathering from such a fast and fantastic start was also aided by the vocal crowd supporting him on Centre Court. Querrey chased down the shot but returned it into the net.
Haase went on to win one more game but was powerless to stop Murray from setting up a third-round date with Italian Andreas Seppi.
Legendary tennis coach Nick Bollettieri puts the success of the partnership down to the fact that Murray’s career started under the guidance of his mother, which made working with another female voice in command so much easier.
Hence when he let out an almighty roar midway through the third set, one patron walking outside Court One was overheard asking his companion: “Has Murray just been broken?”
Jogging into the changeover, Murray was sacked up and he claimed two more breaks before serving out with an ace to seal victory in two hours and eight minutes.
Strategic medical time out or serious injury? He closed out the match by winning the fourth-set tiebreaker.
“I’ve got to worry about my match”.
Pospisil broke Fognini three times in the match and converted on 83 per cent of his first serve points.
His optimism very quickly looked misplaced, however, and after an initial hold in the very first game, he did not win another in the set, a 20-minute affair, 6-1. Seppi’s sole victory came in their first ever meeting back in 2006.
Andy Murray will have friend and fellow Briton James Ward for company in the third round of Wimbledon on Saturday. “I felt like I dictated the baseline rallies”.
‘There are a lot of different skills that you have to train in tennis and you are not playing on the same surface every time.
Troicki broke in the 10th game of the first set then erased an early break in the second.
“I saw her briefly after the match, ” Murray said. It is the only third-round match yet to be completed ahead of Sunday’s rest day.
Fans at the front of the Wimbledon queue had been waiting since Thursday morning hoping to secure a seat for Murray’s match.
However, Murray stamped his authority on the encounter with a third game break and never really looked back.
The 28-year-old British number four had previously won just one Grand Slam match in eight attempts before Wimbledon got underway, but showed some of the confidence and ability that has been evident in recent Davis Cup outings.
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“You have to be good at a lot of things but my speed on court is because I’m quick over two or three metres or changing direction”.
