Thrilling Day 2 at Wimbledon: Upsets and Triumphs Abound

Day two of Wimbledon saw a mix of expected victories and surprising upsets. Taylor Fritz, Ons Jabeur, and Novak Djokovic moved ahead confidently, while former champions like Andrey Rublev faced unexpected exits. Rain caused intermittent suspensions, but matches resumed, ensuring a day filled with passionate tennis action and memorable moments.


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Thrilling Day 2 at Wimbledon: Upsets and Triumphs Abound
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Highlights of the second day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Tuesday (times GMT): 2021 FRITZ OUSTS O'CONNELL

American 13th seed Taylor Fritz crushed Christopher O'Connell 6-1 6-2 6-4 to move into the next round. 2016 DRAPER ADVANCES IN FIVE SETS

Jack Draper, 28th seed, reached the second round after defeating Sweden's Elias Ymer 3-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3. 2005 NORRIE BEATS DIAZ ACOSTA

Briton Cameron Norrie defeated Facundo Diaz Acosta 7-5 7-5 6-3. 1955 PLAY ON SOME OUTSIDE COURTS SUSPENDED DUE TO BAD LIGHT

Play was suspended on Court 2 in the fourth set of Felix Auger-Aliassime against Thanasi Kokkinakis. The Canadian leads 6-4 7-5 6-7(9) 1-1. Play was later suspended on all the outside courts with several matches held over to finish on Wednesday. 1924 UNTROUBLED JABEUR ADVANCES

Tunisian 10th seed Ons Jabeur had no trouble getting past Japan's Moyuka Uchijima 6-3 6-1. 1910 WOZNIACKI WINS ON WIMBLEDON COMEBACK

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki claimed a 6-2 6-0 win over American Alycia Parks in the Dane's return to Wimbledon after four years. 1840 PUTINTSEVA OVERPOWERS KERBER

Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva reached the next round as she knocked out former Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber of Germany 7-5 6-3. 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.

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Ons Jabeur blasts her way into Wimbledon second round in under an hour 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

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