Day four at Wimbledon brought a massive shock along with a vintage Murray, with some solid showings elsewhere at SW19.
Jawdropping Tennis
The last game on Court One was Dustin Brown against tenth seed Rafael Nadal. Nadal was the favourite going into the tie was totally outplayed by German, Brown, a man who spent three years living in a camper van trying to make a living out of Tennis. The German hit numerous drop shots, world-class returns that would make many think Brown was the world number 10, not Nadal. Brown kept Nadal guessing winning the first set in sensational style, then recovering from a second set loss to bamboozle Nadal and take victory 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 upsetting one of the favourites for the Grand Slam. It was the fourth year in a row at Wimbledon where Nadal was knocked out to an opponent outside the top 100. Brown will now take on Serbian, Viktor Troicki, who beat the British number two, Aljaz Bedene, 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-4.
Earlier on in the day on Centre Court, Andy Murray made light work of Dutchman, Robin Haase. Murray, who is a favourite for the title, barely broke a sweat in his 6-1 6-1 6-4 win. The Dutchman struggled to utilise his powerful serve with Murray picking off his service with exquisite, trademark backhands. The whole match from begging to end was controlled by Murray with his superb baseline play. Murray marches into the third round where he will come up against Italian, Andreas Seppi who beat young Croat Borna Coric in five sets.
The Rest Of The Mens
Fellow Brit, James Ward sailed into the third round of Wimbledon for the first time. Wildcard, Ward, pushed past Jiri Vesely 6-2 7-6 (7-4) 3-6 6-3, meaning the Brit will finally break into the ATP Top 100 after beating the world number 45. Ward will now take on Canadian, Vasek Pospisil who beat Italian, Fabio Fognini, who showed a wicked temperament, 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-3.
Roger Federer advanced into the third round a powerful 6-4 6-2 6-2 win over Sam Querrey. The second seed took just one hour and 25 minutes to dismantle the American who never threatened veteran Federer. The Swiss will take on Sam Groth, who beat fellow Australian, James Duckworth in straight sets, 7-5 6-4 7-6.
Frenchman, Jo- Wilfried Tsonga won his tie in 100 minutes 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 in a display of purpose and precision, overcoming the Spanish player, Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Tsonga will take on Ivan Karlovic, who overcame, Alexandr Dolgopolov, 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-7 13-11.
Czech, Tomas Berdych strolled into round three beating Frenchman, Nicolas Mahut, 6-1 6-4 6-4. Berdych will take on Spanish
Pablo Andujar who beat Czech Lucos Rosol, 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-7 6-4.
Gaels Monfils, was made to work hard by fellow Frenchman, Adrian Mannarino winning 7-6 6-3 7-5 and will take on Giles Simon in one of the ties of round three who took apart the Slovenian, Blaz Kavcic, 6-1 6-1 6-7 6-1.
Finally, Georgian, Nikoloz Basilashvili who beat 15th seed, Feliciano Lopez in five sets, 7-5 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-4. The Georgian will take on Roberto Bautista Agut who beat Benoit Paire 2-6 4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3.
A Look Ahead
The men's third round starts tomorrow with the likes of Stan Wawrinka and Novak Djokovic in action with both of them fully aware that shocks at Wimbledon are common. Djokovic faces a tough test against Bernard Tomic while Wawrinka takes on Fernando Verdasco.
