Tennis-Wimbledon day two
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 2, 2024 Poland's Hubert Hurkacz in action during his first round match against Moldova's Radu Albot REUTERS/Paul Childs
LONDON (Reuters) - Highlights of the second day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Tuesday (times GMT):
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 2, 2024 Spain's Jessica Bouzas Maneiro celebrates after winning her first round match against Czech Republic's Marketa Vondrousova REUTERS/Matthew Childs
1422 PLAY SUSPENDED DUE TO RAIN
Play again suspended on the outside courts due to rain.
1417 HURKACZ PASSES ALBOT TEST
Seventh seed Hubert Hurkacz rallied from a set down to beat Radu Albot of Moldova 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-4.
1346 HOLDER VONDROUSOVA STUNNED BY MANEIRO
Marketa Vondrousova became the first women's defending champion in 30 years to fall in the Wimbledon first round after the Czech sixth seed was beaten 6-4 6-2 by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain.
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 2, 2024 Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina in action during her first round match against Romania's Elena Gabriela Ruse REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Steffi Graf is the only other women's champion to perish in the first round since tennis turned professional in 1968.
1320 RYBAKINA CRUSHES RUSE
Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina had little trouble in beating Romanian Elena-Gabriela Ruse, sealing a 6-3 6-1 victory.
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 2, 2024 Jessica Pegula of the U.S. hugs Ashlyn Krueger of the U.S. after winning her first round match REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
1127 PLAY SUSPENDED DUE TO RAIN
Tennis - Wimbledon - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - July 1, 2024 Britain's Andy Murray during a practice session REUTERS/Isabel Infantes
Play was suspended on the outside courts due to rain, but later resumed.
1110 PEGULA BREEZES PAST KRUEGER
Fifth seed Jessica Pegula made light work of fellow American Ashlyn Krueger 6-2 6-0 to advance to the second round.
1010 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play began under cloudy skies, with the temperature hovering around 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit).
0936 MURRAY PULLS OUT
Twice Wimbledon champion Andy Murray pulled out of the singles competition due to a back injury in what will be the 37-year-old Briton's final appearance at the grasscourt major. He will play in the doubles with his brother Jamie, a seven-times Grand Slam doubles champion.
ORDER OF PLAY DAY TWO
Centre Court (1230 GMT):
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spain) v 6-Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic)
Vit Kopriva (Czech Republic) v 2-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
28-Jack Draper (Britain) v Elias Ymer (Sweden)
Court one (1200 GMT):
4-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Romania)
Roberto Carballes Baena (Spain) v 4-Alexander Zverev (Germany)
1-Iga Swiatek (Poland) v Sofia Kenin (U.S.)
Court two (1000 GMT):
Ashlyn Krueger (U.S.) v 5-Jessica Pegula (U.S.)
6-Andrey Rublev (Russia) v Francisco Comesana (Argentina)
17-Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) v Thanasi Kokkinakis (Australia)
10-Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) v Moyuka Uchijima (Japan)
Defending champion Marketa Vondrousova falls at first hurdleElena Rybakina swats aside qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse
Jessica Pegula romps to easy first-round win over Ashlyn Krueger
Andy Murray pulls out of singles in Wimbledon farewell, to play doubles
Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Coco Gauff open Wimbledon campaigns in style, injury rules out Aryna Sabalenka
Coco Gauff ready to turn Wimbledon nightmare into a dream
Naomi Osaka wins see-saw match to reach Wimbledon round two
Emma Raducanu offers home cheer on day one at Wimbledon
Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka out of Wimbledon with shoulder injuries
Carlos Alcaraz sees off spirited Mark Lajal to reach Wimbledon second-round
Maria Sakkari 25 players in hunt for Wimbledon title
(Reporting by Shifa Jahan and Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru, Editing by Ed Osmond and Alison Williams)