Dramatic Highlights: Day 2 of Wimbledon 2023

Day two of the Wimbledon Championships saw thrilling tennis action. Key moments included Stefanos Tsitsipas, Holger Rune, and Katie Boulter advancing, as well as Novak Djokovic's triumphant return. Defending women's champion Marketa Vondrousova was stunningly upset by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. Rain briefly delayed proceedings, but the competition resumed fiercely.

Highlights of the second day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Tuesday (times GMT): 1826 TSITSIPAS OVERCOMES DANIEL

Greek 11th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas shook off Japan's Taro Daniel 7-6(5) 6-4 7-5. 1745 RUNE OFF TO A STRONG START

Danish 15th seed Holger Rune made an impressive start to his campaign, beating South Korean Kwon Soon-woo 6-1 6-4 6-4. 1730 HOME HOPE BOULTER SURVIVES MARIA SCARE

British number one Katie Boulter booked her place in the next round after a hard-fought 7-6(6) 7-5 win over German Tatjana Maria. 1729 SWIATEK MARCHES ON, BEATS KENIN

Fresh off her French Open triumph, top seed Iga Swiatek began her quest for a maiden Wimbledon crown with a 6-3 6-4 victory over American former world number four Sofia Kenin. 1655 OSTAPENKO SEES OFF TOMLJANOVIC

Latvian 13th seed Jelena Ostapenko, the 2017 French Open champion and 2018 Wimbledon semi-finalist, eliminated Australian Ajla Tomljanovic after a dominant 6-1 6-2 win. 1626 KALINSKAYA SENDS UDVARDY PACKING

Anna Kalinskaya, the Russian 17th seed, comfortably beat Hungary's Panna Udvardy 6-3 6-2. 1625 RUBLEV MAKES EARLY EXIT AFTER COMESANA DEFEAT

Russian sixth seed Andrey Rublev fell to a 6-4 5-7 6-2 7-6(5) loss to 23-year-old Argentine Francisco Comesana, who was making his Grand Slam debut. 1612 DJOKOVIC STORMS PAST KOPRIVA

Second seed Novak Djokovic, seven-times Wimbledon champion, made a winning return from a knee injury, defeating Czech Vit Kopriva 6-1 6-2 6-2. 1542 ZVEREV DOWNS BAENA

German fourth seed Alexander Zverev brushed aside Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2 6-4 6-2. 1534 DE MINAUR DEFEATS DUCKWORTH

Lucky loser James Duckworth tested fellow Australian Alex de Minaur, but the ninth seed ultimately prevailed 7-6(1) 7-6(3) 7-6(4). 1519 PLAY RESUMES AFTER RAIN DELAY

Play resumes on outside courts after being suspended around 1422 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. 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.

1127 PLAY SUSPENDED DUE TO RAIN 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.

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) READ MORE: Iga Swiatek downs Sofia Kenin in battle of Grand Slam champions Andrey Rublev crashes out in first round to Grand Slam debutant Francisco Comesana No knee worries as Novak Djokovic eases past Vit Kopriva Alexander Zverev makes winning start in bid for first Grand Slam title Defending champion Marketa Vondrousova falls at first hurdle Elena 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 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

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