Olympic tennis day 2 - At least we have a roof

Adam Moulder blogs from Wimbledon as the Olympics Tennis event takes place featuring eight members of Team GB...

Day 2 - At least we have a roof

Yesterday the tennis kicked off under sunny blue skies at Wimbledon. Today this was not the case. A long day of rain at the All England Lawn Tennis Club meant only the matches on Centre Court, and a handful of others, were able to be completed.

Thanks to the roof Centre Court eased through its schedule which included British No.1 Andy Murray, and he didn't disappoint the British fans as he came through in straight sets over Swiss No.2 Stanislas Wawrinka.

Murray and British fans

Not quite so much fun for the fans who didn't have Centre Court tickets on Sunday but that meant more people made it down to the 'Play Tennis Zone' behind court 12, including a couple of celebs.

Gethin Jones was all over the fastest serve machine, clocking a couple well over 100mph. Pretty impressive for a Blue Peter presenter! However he didn't look best pleased when he lost to this lady on the Mini Tennis court. Still her racket was enormous!

Gethin Jones

The sun did come out to allow a few matches on the outside courts to be completed at the end of the day but Team GB fans will have to wait until Monday to see more of each of the four British women involved in the Olympics.

Here's one of those four women. See if you can work out who it is casually strolling around the grounds in her Team GB kit. I'll give you a clue; she's already into singles round two!

British No.4

Until tomorrow...

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Day 1 - News

Scare for Top Seeds

World No.1 Roger Federer was severely tested by Alejandro Falla before winning through 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. Federer missed three match points in the second set as the Columbian reeled off four games to level the match.However the Wimbledon Champion fought from 2-3 down in the third to win in an hour and 47 minutes. Top seeds in the Men's Doubles the Bryan Brothers Bob and Mike had to battle to see off Tomaz Bellucci and Andre Sa 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-3.

Big Names

Serena Williams began her quest for a first Olympic singles medal with a dominant 6-3, 6-1 win over former World No.1 Jelena Jankovic. There were also wins on day one for Grand Slam champions Kim Clijsters, Petra Kvitova and Ana Ivanovic. In the Men's draw 2009 US Open winner Juan Martin Del Potro, John Isner and Nicolas Almagro all progressed in straight sets.

Upsets

The opening match on Centre Court saw a surprise as sixth seed Tomas Berdych was bundled out 6-4, 6-4 in the first round by 75th ranked Belgian Steve Darcis. In the Women's singles US Open champion Sam Stosur lost a thriller 3-6, 7-5, 10-8 to Carla Suarez Navarro and there were defeats for seeds Li Na and Dominika Cibulkova. Fourth seeds Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski were edged out 7-6(7), 6-7(6), 8-6 by Spaniards David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez.