ROGER FEDERER continues his quest for an historic ninth Wimbledon Championship today on Centre Court.
The Swiss star faces Richard Gasquet, while Andy Murray will be back on court tomorrow after his epic five-set win on Wednesday.
Britain's Cam Norrie is also through to the third round – for the first time in his career!
The tournament has been full of surprises AGAIN with Serena Williams is OUT after retiring against Aliaksandra Sasnovich earlier in the week.
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COCO POPS!
Coco Gauff breaks in game seven to take a 4-3 lead in set 1 on centre!
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CLASSIC GAEL
He's at it again Gael Monfils.
Before going on to lose the point.
And the match.
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TUNED IN
The BBC One average audience was 4.36 million during last night's Andy Murray win.
That equated to a 28% share of the national audience for that four-hour period.
While the deciding fifth set brought ina peaked viewership of 6.75 million, a 45% audience share.
15.5 million people have tuned in over the tournament's opening three days – up from 8.4 million for the same period in 2019, reports Nielsen Sports.
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NOW ON CENTRE
World No370Elena Vesnina takes on World No23 Coco Gauff on the main court.
Their match has just started with the Russian serving.
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TOMORROW'S ORDER
Friday's order of play as Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray return to court again.
Murray rounding up centre court again, while Djokovic bumped to court one for the first time this year.
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WINNING MOMENT
Here is how the Aussie clinched the winner on centre.
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NOT AN ISSUE
She does come through in straight sets the World No1.
Ash Barty wins 6-4, 6-3 to book her spot in round three.
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BARTY DIGGING IN
Double faults appeared to become costly….
I've never seen Ash Barty serve so many double faults.
Handing across free points, as she is on her service games, adds so much pressure on you and it is giving her opponent a lift as well.Annabel CroftBBC
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CAM DOES IT!
For the first time ever in his career, Cam Norrie has reached the third round of Wimbledon.
A straight sets win over Alex Bolt leads to a No1 Court standing ovation.
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MURRAY MOUND
It's had all sorts of names over the years.
But what does it cost to get a spot on the famous hill?
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BUSY DAY
Plenty of catch up time being used today after delays on the opening days.
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BART SIMPLE
Ash Barty took the first set on centre court against Anna Blinkova.
She's now a break up in the very first game of the second set too!
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CAM FLYING
Another set for Cam Norrie, winning the second set 6-1.
That is 12 of the last 13 games he has won! Stunning stuff!
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BEAR IN THE BOX
Bear Grylls a special guest on centre court today in the Royal Box.
Enjoying a refreshment, hopefully not something he'd drink in the wild!
Bear Grylls at Wimbledon Royal Box guest - Craig Mahood
AAAAAND BACK ON SERVE
4-4 as Anna Blinkova breaks back!
With her eyes shut too.
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THAT WAS ALWAYS GOING TO HAPPEN…
Ash Barty breaks in the very next game to lead 4-3 in Set 1.
She will have the serve to pile the pressure on the Russian.
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ON SERVE ON CENTRE
3-3 in the opening set between No1 Ash Barty and Anna Blinkova as it goes with serve.
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NORRIE ON FIRE!
Despite a lightning start from Bolt, Norrie has tightened his grip on their match.
0-3 down in the opening set, he has won TEN GAMES in a row.
He's 4-0 up in the second set after a double break.
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SLIP N SLIDE
The surface.
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NOW THE SET!
Six games in a row for Cam Norrie and he takes the opening set!
Broken in his first service game, he would go on to break his opponent three times!
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NORRIE UP!
That escalated quickly! 0-3 down in the opening set, now 4-3 up.
Back to back breaks of serve from Cam Norrie and he has the serve to take a 5-3 lead in set one!
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NO1 ON CENTRE
Women's world No1 Ash Barty is getting ready to head out onto centre court to open day four proceedings in the famous arena.
She takes on the 89th best player in the world in Russia's Anna Blinkova.
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NORRIE DOWN
Cam Norrie has been broken in his opening service game on Court No1.
He trails 0-3 to Aussie Alex Bolt, who has thundered into an early lead.
Sorry.
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SAFELY THROUGH
Fourth seed Sascha Zverev is comfortably through to the third round, beating Tennys Sandgren in straight sets.
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SET FOR THE DAY
Today's order of play is now set and on the board.
All 18 courts packed with action.
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