MAHUT I like Court 18. He had just dropped out of the world’s top 200 for the first time in six years.

It will be a very big learning curve for me," he said. Come on, who had Isner for 3-0?

Niland holds serve and Court 17 errupts as if Brian O'Driscoll had just scored the winning try against France at the Aviva. Ahead of their rematch at Wimbledon, the key figures tell the story of last year’s epic John Isner v Nicolas Mahut clash. Irish watch latest from Brendan Gallagher: "Every game out here on Court 17 seems to be an epic at the moment but lets just say Conor Niland leads 5-4 in the fourth, is fighting like a mad dog and will be serving to win the set to level things up at 2-2." Now time for Isner/Mahut! Quality of the tennis has deteriorated but its still a battle royal out there. 17.55: BRIT DUMPED ALERT. I think he achieved that. It's her dad. Word has it that there are only 20 press seats for it: six apiece for French and US journos and the remaining eight in a probable bunfight. Just noticed Novak's all white tennis bag. You'd hope for a quick finish to that one. NICOLAS MAHUT At every training session, I hung a Wimbledon towel on the exercise machine. LAHYANI I have done the finals of all the Masters events, and last year I did the London final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. From Brendan: "Niland puts a volley long - game, set and match to Marrarino 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4. Fair play to Mannarino as well - he sometimes looks like a beachbum enjoying a knock-about but he has dug deep this afternoon and played miraculous shots when they really count.". Caroline Wozniacki bt Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 6-2, 6-1. "Back comes Mannarino with a break of his own. A couple of fashion lines from the two women on Centre. "The stats don't quite do this contest justice, a real die-hard slugfest, best match of Wimbledon so far.". Read more. 12.50: Anne Keothavong looking sharp on 12 against compatriot Naomi Broady and takes an early 5-2 lead. BOYNTON I don’t think there’s been a residual effect, physically, anyway. Petra Kvitová defeated 2004 champion Maria Sharapova in the final, 6–3, 6–4 to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. There's a chance and I never say I cannot win. It was her first Grand Slam final and title of her career. Ferrer is two sets up. I've got bananas at the ready and plenty of that Swiss Family branded fruit juice to keep me fuelled for today's action. Meanwhile, it's going to serve in that match, 5-5 in the opener.

Ole! Shadows begin to take shape across Court Three. It didn’t work. Serena, Fed, Novak - do we need surnames to decipher that trio?

Ivo Karlovic defeats Serbian Janko Tipsarevic Serbia, 7-5, 3-1, retired. Laden down with camping paraphernalia and full of tales of loud snoring. Somebody has held their serve at last in the the third set. Wimbledon 2011: day two as it happened Follow the latest news and scores, plus all the colour and gossip from the Telegraph team at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships. Both look punch drunk as they leave Court 17.". 16.25: Shot of the day for me. Don Young and Alex Bogomolov show the McEnroe spirit during court 17 rant. When Isner took off his shoes, they were full of blood. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so. But he looked as if he was suffering more. I had even put that in the notes on my Blackberry. "Niland coughs up a soft service game with some poor shots to make it 4-3," writes, out on Court 17. - Did you know it would take 290 million tennis balls to fill Centre Court when the roof is shut? A long way back now for the Limerick man but he doesn't look like a man who quits on a game. ", "Great Stuff - Niland breaks back to make it 5-5 in the third. I got a crystal ball, cufflinks and a Wimbledon tie. ): Mathilde Johansson v Heather WatsonCourt 12 (First on): Naomi Broady v Anne KeothavongCourt 12 (third on): Elena Baltacha v Mona BarthelCourt 5 (third on): Florian Mayer v Daniel EvansCourt 14 (second on): Sergiy Stakhovsky v Daniel CoxCourt 14 (last on): Klara Zakopalova v Emily Webley-Smith.

I'm gunning for an optimistic five Brits to go through, including a ballsy shout on the all-British clash. - are on Centre with Roddick and Wozniacki on Court One. The 2011 Wimbledon Championship is just around the corner. Four hours of unremitting effort from the duo. But the reaction of other people surprised him. Mahut was bouncing up and down at the breaks, demonstrating his energy. Meanwhile Brit Dan Evans takes the third set against Florian Mayer on Court Five. ISNER The heartbreak Nicolas had when we embraced at the net – I could see the pain on his face. Serena Williams breaks back then racks up the next four games to take the opening set 6-2. : "KP looks like he is attending a wedding rather than watching a tennis match on centre court." , sends in this missive: "A private hand-written letter by the Duchess of Cambridge, in which she thanks Wimbledon officials for allowing her to mingle unnoticed at the Championships, has gone on public for the first time. He's going five.". Both men were phenomenally well conditioned for the match. 12.55: A couple of random Wimbledon musings to take you through to lunch.

15.25: Let's head to Centre and Roger Federer v Mikhail Kukushkin, where the Swiss maestro will be hoping for an easier opening clash than last year, when he was pushed to five sets by that Alejandro Falla. I finally went back to my room at 1.30am, and got a few hours’ sleep. Well I can't put a time stamp on it but currently on Court three Jankovic is looking a likely loser for starters, serving to stay in the tournament. Anyway Baltacha is 1-0 up and 2-2 in the second against the German. Well when has a Munster man ever gone down with a fight. He talked to the coaches and decided to give it one more year. 90% of the time he looks like a world top 50 player and 10% of the time like just a decent club player. 15.00: Take Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, who has beaten Andrey Golubev (Kaz) 6-3, 6-3, 0-0 retired, and incoming Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas. Roger Federer, serving for the set at 5-4, barely swings his racket in anger with an utterly serene backhand down the line with Kukushkin the Kazakh stuck on the opposite baseline. BOUIN John McEnroe said it might take them three months to recover, and Nicolas realised he was right. 4-4.

With our friends in Formula 1 sharing the Red Button channels, the outrageous Lady Gaga style jacket that Bethanie Mattek-Sands wore the other day, than former (and presumably still) big-serving. 15.45: Few nerves from Kukushkin as he takes the first set to a tie-break before Federer, who has lost only two points on his serve, clinches it. 14.25: Wonderful scenes on Centre from Aravane Razai. Conor, whose Irish family moved back to Limerick when he was two, is the first Irishman to play in the singles at Wimbledon for 31 years. But overall it was a good performance.". "When is Isner/Mahut likely to play please," is. Won a belting first set 6-4, then got squeezed out of the second 6-4 and now 2-2 in the third with neither playier managing to hold serve yet in this latest set. Boris [Villejo, Mahut’s coach] stayed up trying to distract me by teaching me the Rubik’s Cube. Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Camila Giorgi (Ita) 6-2, 6-1. "The way he responded from the lead that he had earlier in the year was excellent. I took a shower in the middle of the night, because the adrenalin was so high. You only win once in the lottery, probably. Reminds me of a mini version of the cello case as seen in the Living Daylights. 14.55: Do we call it an upset anymore? We played for an hour, and then, at 68-69, I faced match point for the first time. Will I ever do another like it? Razzano wins her first match since the death of her fiance in May. The Frenchman still has a serve for the set though. 17.20: Irishman Conor Niland comes roaring back in the fourth to take a 3-2 lead with a break of serve. That was kind of crazy. I marvelled at the physical fortitude they showed, the concentration and focus. But these two have never met, Reister has the better recent form and I just generally fancy an upset. 18.30: Easy-as-you-like opening win for Novak Djokovic, the No 2 seed, who looks like a saint from the pearly gates as he leaves Centre Court. Anyway, she's up against Aravane Rezai. the BBC's High Definition online trial continues. Niland must hold. ", and the Irish rollercoaster ride on Court 17. MCINTOSH The match was dominated by the serve. Ranked 94 in the world it should be ultra competitive against Mannarino who is ranked 93. He's making his Wimbledon debut and only played his first ATP tour matches on grass in the two weeks before the tournament, losing in the opening round at Queen's and the second at Eastbourne. And why not peruse our day two gallery thereafter. Petra Kvitova booked a place in the final at Wimbledon, where she will face Maria Sharapova, by beating Victoria Azarenka 6 …

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