Wimbledon 2015 Day 2: As it happened

* UPSET: Third seed Simona Halep knocked out by World No. 106 Jana Cepelova 7-5 4-6 4-6

* Andy Murray storms into second round with straight set 6-4 7-6 6-4 win over Kukushkin

Men’s singles first round results

Fabio Fognini (Ita)[30] def. Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-4, 6-3, 6-2

Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Esp) def. Denis Istomin (Uzb) 6-2, 6-2, 3-2 ret.

Sam Querrey (USA) def. Igor Sijsling (Ned) 7-5, 6-3, 6-4

Blaz Kavcic (Slo) def. Yuchi Sugita (Jpn) 7-6(3), 6-3, 7-6(5)

Feliciano Lopez (Esp) def. Steve Darcis (Bel) 6-2, 7-6(4), 6-4

* Andy Murray has raced to a two set lead against Kukushkin. Trails 0-1 in set three!

* Tsonga holds nerves to win a marathon first round match against Muller 7-6(8), 6-7(3), 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

* Rafael Nadal is away with a 6-2 6-4 6-4 win against Thomaz Bellucci in Round 1

* Sensational Swiss! Roger Federer begins his quest for his 8th Wimbledon title with a 6-1 6-3 6-3 win over Dzumhur.

30 each on the federer serve as Vijay Amritaraj would say.Wimbledon is here.

— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) June 30, 2015

* Nadal wins the second set 6-2 against Bellucci. One to go and he will be in the second round.

Umbrellas up at Wimbledon – to keep the sun off

As is so often the case, the weather was the number one topic of conversation at Wimbledon on Tuesday but for once it was not the prospect of rain that brought out the umbrellas but a beating sun on what was forecast to be the hottest day of the year. FULL READ

Venus & Serena Williams have withdrawn from the doubles. Their place is taken by lucky losers Misaki Doi & Stephanie Vogt #Wimbledon

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 30, 2015

* Roger Federer wins first set 6-1 against Dzumhur in only 18 minutes!

* Tsonga wins the third set 6-4! Muller trails 1-2 as it moves into the 4th set now.

Rafael Nadal ranking @ #Wimbledon 2003: 76 2005: 3 2006: 2 2007: 2 2008: 2 2010: 1 2011: 1 2012: 2 2013: 5 2014: 1 2015: 10 #Wimbledon2015

— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) June 30, 2015

* Rafael Nadal win the first set against Thomaz Bellucci 6-4! A bit scrappy but positive play from Nadal.

* Petra Kvitova takes only 35 minutes to seal a 6-1, 6-0 over Kiki Bertens. What a performance! 

Petra Kvitova opened defense of her Wimbledon title on Tuesday with a dominant performance on Centre Court.

The 2nd-seeded Czech lost only one point on serve as she beat Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-0 in less than an hour.

The only point that Kvitova dropped on serve came when she double-faulted on the first point of the final game.

* In the women’s singles, defending champion Petra Kvitova is up 6-1, 5-0 against Bertens.

*G Muller takes the second set against Tsonga 7-6(3) to tie it at 1-1. Some brilliant game from the two!

*Rafael Nadal is up against Thomaz Bellucci.

*Tsonga digs deep, takes the first set 7-6 against Muller.

It’s a scorcher out there today, folks. Make sure you apply suncream liberally and drink plenty of fluids #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/FApiKeq4VB

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 30, 2015

*The first set between Tsonga and Muller is now into the tie breaker.

*Meanwhile. Harry Redknapp is lending his support to the Scot.

I fancy Andy Murray to do well at Wimbledon. He’s on the other side of the draw from Djokovic and I can only see 1 of those two winning it.

— Harry Redknapp (@Redknapp) June 30, 2015

*Tsonga wins the 4th game. First set is now locked at 2-2.

* Petra Kvitova takes on Kiki Bertens on Centre Court following which Roger Federer and Andy Murray will play their respective matches on the same court.

*Jo Wilfried Tsonga will take on G Muller of Luxembourg in some time from now.

Day 2 @Wimbledon today with @rogerfederer on Centre Court, @RafaelNadal on No 1, Andy Murray on Centre. LIVE on @StarSportsIndia

— Alan Wilkins (@alanwilkins22) June 30, 2015

Ana Ivanovic and Victoria Azarenka breeze through to the 2R on Day one of #Wimbledon http://t.co/I5Eht1Oj9Q pic.twitter.com/raoOUKIJ7U

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 30, 2015

Verdasco had something to say to his ardent fans.

Thank you everybody that were there supporting me today! Really appreciate it! 😉👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇬🇧🎾 @wimbledon #wimbledon2015 pic.twitter.com/DKYtyYXVoI

— Fernando Verdasco (@FerVerdasco) June 29, 2015

Maria Sharapova folded up her opponent in a hurry and the made the most of his time by having a jog in the park.

After a good start to @Wimbledon, finishing off the day with a good run in the park #Wimbledon2015pic.twitter.com/LHj6n6p1ku

— Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) June 29, 2015

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Day 1 Report

Novak Djokovic wins easy but can’t shake off cheating row

Novak Djokovic insisted that if the media wanted to pursue their line of questioning then they should talk to Becker. (Source: Reuters)

Defending champion Novak Djokovic fears he is becoming the victim of a smear campaign after his opening Wimbledon victory on Monday was overshadowed by more allegations of cheating. READ THE FULL REPORT…. 

PHOTOS: Defending champs off to attacking start