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1632 - Federer goes two sets up.

1946: And that is that. Play has been called off for the day.

1943: It's raining again, and this time heavier than before. That must surely be that.

1931: The rain has relented and the covers are coming off, so we could get some play in a little while. Federer is closing in on victory against del Potro, while Henman has played just two games against Lopez and it's 1-1.

1909: The covers are still on and the prospects of any further play today look remote.

1815: The rain continues to fall...

1746: And the covers are back on. The rain has started to fall again, the umbrellas are up....

1727: The rain has passed and the covers are coming off, so we should have some play in the next half hour.

1713: It's still raining and there's no immediate sign of the clouds clearing.

1642: It wouldn't be a Henman match without a bit of rain. Here come the covers and the players run for the locker room...

1640: Lopez holds serve for 1-1 with a lovely touch at the net.

1639: Federer breaks for a 2-0 lead in the third set, just as Henman nets on break point against Lopez.

1637: Jankovic has completed a 6-1 6-1 victory over Gajdosova to book her third round place.

1636: Henman is off to the perfect start, a love service game for 1-0.

1635: Marion Bartoli, seeded 18, is through to meet Peer in round three after a straight sets win over Olga Govortsova.

1632: Federer takes a two-set lead, earning the first break in the 12th game of the second.

1627: Shahar Peer, the 16th seed, is into round three after beating Kaia Kanepi in straight sets.

1626: Fernando Verdasco will meet Roddick in round three after a straight sets win over Andreas Seppi.

1620: Federer leads 5-4, still on serve. Jankovic is a break up at 2-0 against Gajdosova.

1619: Henman v Lopez is next up on Centre Court.

1618: Henin will face Elina Vesnina in round three. Vesnina was the only woman to put out a seed in the first round.

1618: Henin has to save a break point before winning the match 6-0 6-4 with an ace - although only after getting the nod from Hawk-eye.

1612: Milagros Sequera has beaten the 27th seed Samantha Stosur in three sets and will meet Serena Williams in the third round. On Centre, Henin is about to serve for the match.

1610: Jankovic has won the first set 6-1 against Gajdosova and is serving at the start of the second.

1609: Henin is a break up again on Centre Court, serving at 4-3 in the second set. Federer is 4-3 up on serve against del Potro in their second set.

1609: Hingis will meet Granville in round three.

1607: Nakamura belatedly shows some fight to save four match points, but Hingis takes her fifth for a 6-1 6-2 win.

1602: Dushevina is starting to play at last and she has broken back for 3-3.

1555: Gasquet is through, beating Mahut 6-4 6-3 6-4 and he will face either Eduardo Roger-Vasselin or Juan Ignacio Chela in the third round.

1553: Third seed Jelena Jankovic has an early break for a 2-0 lead in her second round match against Jarmila Gajdosova.

1553: Hingis is also cruising, she's now serving at 4-1 in the second set.

1552: Henin has broken again for a 2-1 lead in the second set - this should be all over before too long.

1544: Dushevina is finally on the board with the first game of the second set. Del Potro nets and Federer takes the first of two set points.

1540: Henin has taken the first set 6-0 and Federer has cruised to 5-2 against del Potro.

1538: It's all too easy for Henin, who has broken for a third time for a 5-0 lead. Federer, meanwhile, breaks through in the sixth game to lead 4-2, his powerful backhand at its best already.

1531: Hingis has won the first set 6-1 in only 25 minutes and Tipsarevic has completed his win.

1529: Gonzalez dominates the tie-break against Falla, winning it 7-1 for a 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-6 success. He's set to face Janko Tipsarevic next, the Serb is on the brink of a five-set win over Florent Serra.

1527: Henin has another break for a 3-0 lead. Gasquet is now two sets up on Mahut.

1524: Del Potro's first service game is a confident one - 1-1 on serve. Gonzalez and Falla are into a fourth set tie-break.

1521: Henin is straight into the groove as well with a break of serve in the first game.

1518: Hingis has raced into a 3-0 lead over Nakamura - no repeat of her slow start against Naomi Cavaday in round one.

1512: Gonzalez is back on serve at 4-5 against Falla after breaking in the ninth game. Martina Hingis has just begun her second round match against Aiko Nakamura, holding serve in the first game.

1505: Justine Henin is next up on Centre Court against Vera Dushevina, while Roger Federer takes on Juan Martin del Potro on Court One.

1504: Two points on serve take Roddick to 5-2 and in sight of victory, before a mistake from Udomchoke gives him three match points at 6-3. He takes the first when Udomchoke goes wide with a service return.

1501: Roddick, meanwhile, is into a third set tie-break. He gets the first mini-break for a 3-2 lead.

1500: Williams gets to match point with an ace, but nets with a weak backhand. She gets a third match point, though, and this time puts away a volley, but only after a Molik forehand was called wide and ignored by the players. Molik challenges, and loses.

1452: Molik has to save a match point as she holds serve for 3-5. Williams is now serving for the match.

1451: Gonzalez finds himself a break down at 0-3 in the fourth, leading Falla 2-1 and Richard Gasquet has picked up the first set 6-4 against Nicolas Mahut.

1449: Safina beats Bondarenko in their second set tie-break for a 7-5 7-6 success.

1448: Meilen Tu will face Ivanovic in round two after a 4-6 6-2 6-2 win over Edina Gallovits.

1448: Williams leads 5-2, with Molik serving to stay in the match, while Udomchoke has broken back for 4-4 against Roddick in the third.

1446: Tatiana Golovin, the 17th seed, was 5-3 down to Su-wei Hsieh in the third set, but she broke back and has now won the match 5-7 6-3 8-6. She'll meet Tamira Paszek in the second round.

1444: Williams has broken for a 4-2 lead over Molik in the second set and the two-time champion now looks to be on her way to round three.

1442: Laura Granville is the first player into the third round with a 6-1 6-4 victory over Sybille Bammer. Bammer is the 20th seed, and highest-ranked player to go out.

1439: Gonzalez has taken the third set against Falla to lead 2-1.

1437: Williams is immediately back on serve with a break in the fourth game. Tathiana Garbin, the 21st seed, is safely through with a three-set win over Zi Yan.

1433: Williams slips on break point and is powerless to prevent Molik from firing a cross-court winner for a 2-1 lead.

1432: Gonzalez has broken for a 5-3 lead in the third set against Falla, with the match level at 1-1.

1431: Olga Poutchkova, seeded 30, remains the only seed to be knocked out of the women's event so far.

1429: Dementieva fights back from 5-1 down in the second set tie-break against Dechy to win it 9-7 and wrap up the match 6-2 7-6. The 12th seed faces Benesova next.

1424: Roddick's in a hurry now, he's broken Udomchoke in the first game of the third set.

1421: Mara Santangelo, the 28th seed, has made hard work of beating Japan's Ayumi Morito but she's done it, winning through 6-1 3-6 6-3.

1418: Vaidisova has completed a 7-6 6-2 win over Knapp and she will face Pratt in round two.

1416: Severine Bremond has beaten Ekaterina Bychkova 6-4 6-4. Not entirely newsworthy in itself, except to say that Bremond faces Maria Sharapova next. Williams takes the tie-breaker 7-5.

1414: Over on Centre Court, Roddick takes the second set 6-4 to lead by two. Williams retrieves the break and then edges ahead 5-4.

1413: Molik gets the first mini-break of the tie-break and leads 4-2 at the change of ends.

1410: Molik breaks the Williams serve in the 12th game and forces a tie-break. On Court Five, Dementieva fails to serve out the match against Dechy and is broken for 5-5.

1404: Gonzalez is back on level terms against Falla after taking the second set 6-3.

1403: Roddicks earns the first break of the second set against Udomchoke and is now serving at 3-2.

1402: Williams gets two break points and wins the first with a fierce backhand to take a 6-5 lead.

1400: Ivanovic wins her tie-break 7-3 and the match 6-0 7-6 and she will face either Edina Gallovits or Meilen Tu in the second round. Williams gets back to 5-5 on Court One.

1357: Viktoria Azarenka and Iveta Benesova are the latest players to win through to the second round. Molik holds again for a 5-4 lead.

1356: Ivanovic misses her first match point against Czink who takes the second set into a tie-break. Roddick saves two break points as Udomchoke puts up a fight.

1351: Gonzalez has finally come to life, he's a break up on Falla in the second set at 4-1. Williams has broken back and is about to serve at 3-4.

1350: The first result of the day is in, Nicole Pratt has beaten Casey Dellacqua 6-3 6-4 and she will play the winner of the match between Vaidisova and Knapp.

1349: Roddick saves a break point and then holds serve to take the first set 6-3 against Udomchoke.

1344: Molik holds emphatically to love to add to the pressure on Williams. Nicole Vaidisova, the 14th seed, has taken the first set 8-6 on a tie-break against Karin Knapp.

1343: There hasn't been a shock yet in the women's tournament and Dinara Safina is on her way to making sure she is not the first victim, breaking in the 12th game to take the first set against Kateryna Bondarenko 7-5.

1342: Some tentative shots from Williams, who is holding back and reluctant to approach the net, allow Molik to claim the first break for a 3-1 lead.

1339: Elena Dementieva is a break up in the second set against Nathalie Dechy, leading 3-1 and looking good for a place in the second round.

1337: Roddick has the early break on Centre and leads 4-1, while fifth seeds Gonzalez has lost the first set to Falla.

1328: Play has resumed, and Ivanovic has wasted little time retrieving the break against Czink and now leads 3-2.

1318: The covers are off and the sun is shining, so we can expect some play in the near future. Williams and Molik are out on Court One and Roddick and Udomchoke are preparing for their match on Centre.

1245: The umbrellas are up as the rain comes down. Play is stopped on all courts - let's hope it is just a short shower.

1235: Ivanovic won the first set 6-0, but is 2-0 down to Czink in the second.

1225: Last year's quarter-finalist Elena Dementieva is 4-1 in front againstNathalie Dechy on court Three.

1220: Another break for Ivanovic who has won the first four games in her match with Czink. Men's fifth seed Gonzalez also has a 100% record early on - he is 3-0 up against Falla on Court Two.

1215: It's a good start for Ivanovic who breaks Czink to love to take an early 2-0 lead in the first set.

1205: Despite the threat of rain, play has started at SW19. Fifth seed Fernando Gonzalez is in action against Alejandro Falla on Court Two, while French Open runner-up and sixth seed Ana Ivanovic is playing Melinda Czink on Court 18.

1045: As always with the first week of Wimbledon, we'll have one eye on the weather this morning. The official forecast is for a cool day with variable and often large amounts of cloud and a few sunny spells. Scattered light showers in places at first but these becoming heavier during the morning with a risk of hail and thunder. Showers will die away in the evening. Maximum temperature 18 deg C (64 deg F). Currently by the way the weather in SW19 is dry with sunny intervals.

0930: Morning everyone. All set for day three of Wimbledon 2007 and the action on the show courts is set to get under way, weather permitting, at 1300 BST. First up on Centre is Andy Roddick in his second-round clash with Danai Udomchoke of Thailand. On Court One Serena Williams gets things under way against Aussie Alicia Molik. As Henmania starts to take hold 'Tiger Tim' is third up on Centre, following Roddick's match and the women's second-round match between top seed Justine Henin and Vera Dushevina.

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