Wimbledon LIVE: Tennis scores as Andy Murray returns to Centre Court

Wild card Emma Raducanu showed her the way with a 6-1 6-2 win over Elise Mertens but it was the end of the road for fellow former U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka who was beaten 6-4 6-1 by American 19th seed Emma Navarro.

Raducanu will also be in mixed doubles action this year after organisers awarded her and fellow British major singles champion Andy Murray a wildcard.

Serena Williams beat sister Venus Williams on this day in 2009 to claim her third Wimbledon singles title.

The Americans were contesting the final for the fourth time, and five-time winner Venus, the defending champion, was surprisingly outplayed as Serena triumphed 7-6 (3) 6-2 in an hour and 27 minutes.

Venus had been considered favourite after dropping just 20 games in her previous six matches.

Serena broke serve twice in the second set and although Venus saved three match points, the younger sister made sure of victory on her next chance.

Venus netted with a backhand and Serena, Wimbledon winner in 2002 and 2003, was able to celebrate.

The new champion, aged 27 at the time, said: “It feels so amazing, I feel so blessed, I feel like I shouldn’t be holding the trophy, like I can’t believe I won and not Venus.

“This is one of the few times I didn’t expect to come out with the win. I felt like I had nothing to lose.

“I just wanted to move the ball around better than I did in my past few matches. When I won that first set, I was like, ‘Wow, this is great’.”

Venus, two years Serena’s senior, said: “Today she was too good. She had answers for everything, she played the best tennis today.”

The victory took Serena to 11 grand slam singles titles – she has since boosted that to a record 23, and her tally of Wimbledon singles triumphs to seven.

Sinner was dragged into a fight by fellow Italian Matteo Berrettini and surrendered the third set tamely before battling to a 7-6(3) 7-6(4) 2-6 7-6(4) win shortly before the 11 p.m. curfew at the venue.

“For me a big honour to play in such an incredible venue and today I had my first match on Centre Court which is special. The support has been amazing,” Sinner said.

Daniil Medvedev began the day’s proceedings on Centre Court and looked out of sorts, even losing track of the score at one point in his clash with the 102-ranked Alexandre Muller before the fifth-seeded Russian prevailed 6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-4 7-5.

Second seed Coco Gauff was also not at her best under the roof on Court One but reined in the errors to get past Romanian qualifier Anca Todoni 6-2 6-1.

The American said she needed to win more cleanly despite dropping only six games in two matches.

“I do think I can be too critical… I think it’s just like moments, maybe I missed some shots that I normally would make,” said Gauff, who takes on Sonay Kartal next after the Briton beat France’s Clara Burel 6-3 5-7 6-3.

“That’s tennis, you’re always going to miss some shots that you normally would make. I’m trying to focus on straight sets and winning cleaner.”

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and top seed Jannik Sinner took contrasting routes into the third round of Wimbledon but eighth seed Casper Ruud was unable to find a way through and felt the gloom on a cloudy Wednesday.

Alcaraz came close to dropping the first set of his contest against Australian Aleksandar Vukic but the third seed

and blew away his opponent with a 7-6(5) 6-2 6-2 victory during which he showed flashes of last year’s title-winning form.

“I’m feeling similar… Obviously, I’m getting better and better. Hopefully, if I keep winning, I’m going to find the same level as the final last year,” said Alcaraz, who downed Novak Djokovic in five sets to lift the title.

“I’m feeling that I’m playing great tennis. Physically, I’m feeling great. Hopefully I’ll keep going.”

1. Gentlemen’s Singles – Second Round

Hubert Hurkacz (POL) [7] v Arthur Fils (FRA)

2. Ladies’ Singles – Second Round

Ons Jabeur (TUN) [10] v Robin Montgomery (USA)

3. Ladies’ Singles – Second Round

Elena Rybakina (KAZ) [4] v Laura Siegemund (GER)

1. Gentlemen’s Singles – Second Round

Jaume Munar (ESP) v Alex de Minaur (AUS) [9]

2. Ladies’ Singles – Second Round

Xinyu Wang (CHN) v Jessica Pegula (USA) [5]

3. Ladies’ Singles – Second Round

Danielle Collins (USA) [11] v Dalma Galfi (HUN)

4. Gentlemen’s Singles – Second Round

Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) v Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) [11]

CENTRE COURT – SHOW COURT – 13:30 START

Jacob Fearnley (GBR) vs Novak Djokovic (SRB) [2] 1

Iga Swiatek (POL) [1] vs Petra Martic (CRO) 2

Rinky Hijikata (AUS) / John Peers (AUS) vs Andy Murray (GBR) / Jamie Murray (GBR) 3

No.1 COURT – SHOW COURT – 13:00 START

Katie Boulter (GBR) [32] vs Harriet Dart (GBR) 1

Jack Draper (GBR) [28] vs Cameron Norrie (GBR) 2

Marcos Giron (USA) vs Alexander Zverev (GER) [4] 3

See the full schedule for every court below:

Andy Murray will play alongside side brother Jamie Murray in the men’s doubles on Centre Court as the two-time champion begins his emotional Wimbledon farewell.

Murray was forced to pull out of his final singles match at the Championships after ruling that he had not recovered from a back operation in time, but the 37-year-old wants to maximise his opportunities at his final Wimbledon before he retires.