Rolling report: Follow all the action from day three in SW19 with David Tindall
Sometimes a Grand Slam can take several days to come to the boil. But not this one. After plenty of vibrant action on day one, thecrowds were treated to a bona fide classic last night when Serena Williams lost to world No 115 Harmony Tan. Serena served for the match and led 4-0 in the deciding tie-break but just couldn’t shake her opponent off.
That Centre Court thriller ended less than 12 hours ago but now we look forward to what should be another belting day of oohs, aahs and oh I says. Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu are back on Centre Court today and both face tough second-round encounters against John Isner and Caroline Garcia respectively.
There’s more British interest on Court One with men’s No 1 Cam Norrie taking on Spain’s Jaume Munar while Heather Watson makes a swift return. She beat Tamara Korpatsch yesterday and makes her bid to reach the third round for the first time since 2017 against Wang Qiang of China on Court Two. Ryan Peniston does battle with American Steve Johnson on Court Three while Harriet Dart plays a delayed first-round match against Spain’s Rebeka Masarova.
Defending men’s champion Novak Djokovic opens the Centre Court action against Thanasi Kokkinakis at 1.30pm but there’s plenty of action to follow on the outside courts before then. Sound good? Okay, let’s play…