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02:53 PM
Broady 3-6, 4-6, 2-3 De Minaur* (*denotes next server)
Broady keeps himself in touching distance with De Minaur as he holds. 14 winners and 26 unforced errors for the Briton today.
02:51 PM
Broady* 3-6, 4-6, 1-3 De Minaur (*denotes next server)
Broady earns himself another break point but he nets a backhand. The disappointment is clear on his face.
And De Minaur holds again when he goes on the attack and Broady nets a backhand.
02:44 PM
Latest update from Centre Court via Fiona Tomas
This opening set is going to a tie-break! Gauff was cruising in this opening set but has ended up making it hard work for herself. The teenager squandered two break points to go 4-1 up as Anisimova found her groove and won four games in a row to claw her way back.
Anisimova has held serve since stumbling earlier on. She’s striking the ball crisply and has capitalised on Gauff’s occasionally loose service game. All the indications so far suggest this is already turning into a real tussle.
02:42 PM
Broady 3-6, 4-6, 1-2 De Minaur* (*denotes next server)
Broady forehand winner down the line, 30-0. He follows it up with a double fault then a backhand winner, 40-15.
De Minaur just doesn’t know when he’s beaten and keeps himself in the game to make it deuce.
However the Briton holds on again.
02:35 PM
Broady* 3-6, 4-6, 0-2 De Minaur (*denotes next server)
Subdued atmosphere on Court 1 as De Minaur’s dominance on serve continues as he races to 40-0.
But Broady, who has chased every ball today, forces some errors from De Minaur and gets to deuce.
First break point of the match for Broady and he cups his ear to crowd, demanding more noise.
De Minaur finds his first serve, flicks a forehand deep and Broady’s lob is just long. Very unlucky.
De Minaur completes the recovery to hold and maintain his break.
02:27 PM
Third Set: Broady 3-6, 4-6, 0-1 De Minaur* (*denotes next server)
Engrossing rally between the two men but Broady net, 0-30. Broady cannot afford to lose serve here.
Broady double fault, three break points. Broady overhead winner to save the first. And the second when De Minaur puts a backhand long.
But not the third as De Minaur puts up a lob and Broady’s overhead goes long. Very bad miss.
02:22 PM
Broady* 3-6, 4-6 De Minaur (*denotes next server)
Ruthless tennis by De Minaur as he snuffs out any hope of a Broady break with an easy service hold.
A long way back for the Briton now.
02:17 PM
Broady 3-6, 4-5 De Minaur* (*denotes next server)
Broady keeps himself in touch by holding 15 and ensures De Minaur has to serve for the set.
Broady still hasn’t created a break point opportunity for himself.
02:15 PM
Latest update from Centre Court via Fiona Tomas
Amanda Anisimova has endured a tough start against Coco Gauff, having been broken early on, but has since recovered a bit of rhythm after saving two break points.
This year’s French Open finalist can’t stop fist pumping – she’s dictating play comfortably and forcing her fellow American into a narrow defensive game. All the indications so far suggest this is going to be Gauff’s for the taking if she can keep this up.
02:14 PM
Broady* 3-6, 3-5 De Minaur (*denotes next server)
First opening on the De Minaur serve for Broady as he moves to 0-30. Unreal anticipation by De Minaur as he stretches and volleys a backhand winner.
Vital first serve by De Minaur gets the return error from Broady, 30-30. Broady forehand long, 40-30.
De Minaur escapes when Broady shanks a forehand high and wide.
02:09 PM
Broady 3-6, 3-4 De Minaur* (*denotes next server)
More problems for Broady as De Minaur’s incredible speed causes him more problems, De Minaur overhead winner, 0-30. Broady forehand into the net, three break points.
Broady saves the first with an overhead winner. Accurate wide serve by Broady and De Minaur nets his return. Gutsy tennis by Broady. He drags De Minaur left then right before a delicate drop shot winner into the open court.
Quite the recovery from Broady as he holds from 0-40 down and roars in the direction of the crowd.
02:03 PM
Broady* 3-6, 2-4 De Minaur (*denotes next server)
De Minaur finally concedes a point on his first serve with an error, 15-15. Broady forehand winner lifts the crowd, 30-30.
Wide first serve by De Minaur, he attacks with a forehand approach and on the run Broady puts his forehand long, 40-30.
Broady forehand return long and De Minaur holds.
01:59 PM
Broady 3-6, 2-3 De Minaur* (*denotes next server)
Good composure from Broady to hit a nice drop shot winner with De Minaur way beyond the baseline.
Deep forehand approach shot by De Minaur and he closes the net like a volley master to earn a break point.
World-class tennis by De Minaur to lift a lovely lob by Broady. He breaks again.
01:55 PM
Broady* 3-6, 2-2 De Minaur (*denotes next server)
Another routine hold for De Minaur as he hits his ninth ace. Still to drop a point when he gets his first serve in play.
Broady has yet to create a break point opportunity for himself.
01:49 PM
Broady 3-6, 2-1 De Minaur* (*denotes next server)
Deep backhand by De Minaur and Broady nets a forehand, 15-30. Another forehand error by Broady gives De Minaur two break points.
Good recovery though by Broady as he fights back to deuce. But De Minauar puts his man under pressure and Broady falters. Incredible speed by De Minaur to chase down a drop shot but he can’t quite get the ball over the net.
Second ace of the match by Broady to hold.
01:43 PM
Broady* 3-6, 1-1 De Minaur (*denotes next server)
De Minaur has been very good on serve today. Seven aces, won every point when he’s got a first serve in, hit 13 winners and looked very comfortable so far.
01:41 PM
Second Set: Liam Broady 3-6, 1-0 Alex de Minaur* (*denotes next server)
You get the sense Broady has to win this set to keep himself in the match.
He gets off to a good start, holding onto his serve after a De Minaur error.
01:38 PM
First set De Minaur
De Minaur lands the opening blow as he takes the set 6-3 on Court 1. Can he fight back?
We’ll bring you game by game updates now!
01:31 PM
Broady broken
Early setback for Broady as he drops serve to fall 4-2 and Alex De Minaur consolidates the break to lead 5-2.
Broady is not playing too badly, he’s just up against a player, nicknamed the ‘Speed Demon’, who is adept at getting so many balls back in play.
01:17 PM
We’re under way on Court 1
Broady holds in his opening service game to make a good start. But De Minaur holds to lead 2-1.
Slowly filling up on Court 1. A lot of empty seat again unfortunately.
12:57 PM
Good afternoon!
Welcome to further coverage from Wimbledon with Liam Broady, Coco Gauff and Nick Kyrgios in action.
Broady is lost 11 games in a row during his second-round tie against 12th seed Diego Schwartzman and looked on course to be the latest home player to exit the Championships after Murray and Raducanu’s shock defeats on Wednesday.
But the world number 132 fought back to stun the Argentine in five sets in three hours and 47 minutes.
“I think it kind of played on my mind a little bit yesterday,” the 28-year-old explained. “I saw some of the things online about Emma and Andy’s results.
“At the end of the day tennis is a lottery. That’s why people watch it. It’s never a guarantee as to who’s going to win. Those guys both came out against in-form players and sadly didn’t get the job done.
“But I kind of wanted to get a little result for the British players myself to give us something to hold on to.”
Victory for Broady sent him through to the third round at a major for the first time, having previously lost on two occasions in round two at Wimbledon.
In a normal year he would have earned 90 ranking points so far and would be on the verge of breaking into the top-100, but after Wimbledon decided to ban Russian and Belarussian players due to the invasion of Ukraine, the ATP stripped points from this tournament.
Broady laughed off any frustration, adding: “That would be, I think, my highest jump in points score.
“I’m losing 45 points from last year, so I think I’ll probably drop back now to 150!
“But I’m just grateful to have made the third round of Wimbledon, to be honest. I’d play Wimbledon for no points and no prize money.”
Also in action on Court 1 is Kyrgios, who faces Stefanos Tsitsipas in what should be a very entertaining clash.
And we’ll also have game-by-game coverage of Rafael Nadal vs Lorenzo Sonego.
