Fifth seed Gonzalez crashes out

Tennis:   Fifth seed Fernando Gonzalez squandered match point before being dumped out of Wimbledon at the third-round stage …

Tennis:  Fifth seed Fernando Gonzalez squandered match point before being dumped out of Wimbledon at the third-round stage by Janko Tipsarevic.

The Australian Open runner-up served for the match at 5-3 in the final set and then missed match point on Tipsarevic's serve at 6-5 before falling to a 6-3 3-6 6-3 4-6 8-6 defeat on Centre Court.

In what was always a see-saw match, Tipsarevic had points for a double break at 2-0 in the final set but lost four games in a row before Gonzalez missed his opportunities.

On match point Gonzalez was not allowed to play his favoured forehand and a tentative exchange saw him slice a backhand into the net.

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The Chilean would not win another game as Tipsarevic completed a famous win.

Paul-Henri Mathieu's fine season continued as he took out 15th seed Ivan Ljubicic.

The Frenchman, who famously squandered a two-set lead in the Davis Cup final back in 2002, has enjoyed some fine results this year and few have been more impressive than his four-set win against Ljubicic.

Mathieu stormed back after losing the first set to post a 4-6 7-5 6-2 6-3 victory.

Tommy Haas, the 13th seed, also came from a set down to win in four - against Dmitry Tursunov.  He will be Roger Federer's next opponent - providing the defending champion sees off Marat Safin.

An unusually early start on the so-called 'Graveyard of Champions' did nothing to halt Justine Henin's serene progress through the ladies' draw.

The top seed and world number one lost just seven games in winning her first two matches, and third round opponent Elena Vesnina provided similarly weak resistance on Court Two.

Henin shrugged off a rain delay of around 80 minutes to cruise to a 6-1 6-3 victory and book her place in the last 16 where she will face Patty Schnyder.

The 15th seed produced another battling display, coming from 3-0 down in the final set to defeat Alona Bondarenko 6-4 3-6 8-6.

It was her third three-set win in as many matches at this year's tournament.

French Open champion Henin is chasing a career Grand Slam - she would be only the 10th woman to achieve the feat - at Wimbledon but is playing it cool with regard to her title ambitions.

"I still believe I can do it, but it's not an obsession for me," she said.

"I don't think that much about it. I just want to enjoy every moment. I enjoyed my match a lot today. I don't have anything to prove to anyone. I know how well I can play. I know my results in the past.

"This way I don't lose that much energy. Yeah, it would be an amazing achievement, but dreaming of that is not going to help me."

Third seed Jelena Jankovic was given a fright by Lucie Safarova but prevailed 5-7 7-6 (7/4) 6-2.

The Serb had to serve to stay in the match in the second set but held firm and won the tie-break before running away with the decider as Safarova struggled with a knee problem, winning the last four games to set up a meeting with either Shahar Peer of Marion Bartoli.

Russian star Anna Chakvetadze was not so fortunate as she became the highest-seeded casualty of the tournament so far.

The eighth seed crashed out 7-6 (10/8) 6-7 (5/7) 6-2 to Michaella Krajicek in a marathon encounter out on Court 13.