Wimbledon:Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova has been dumped out of this year's tournament by unseeded Gisela Dulko. The 24th seed, still recovering from a long injury lay-off, struggled greatly in the first set and a half before mounting an admirable comeback but eventually lost 6-2 3-6 6-4.
Shrapova made a very slow start on Centre Court, losing the first three games of the match and dropping serve twice in the first set.
The Russian looked to be heading for a drubbing when she lost her serve again at the start of the second set but she fought back to win six straight games and take the match into a decider.
A back-and-forth third set ensued, with Dulko eventually prevailing after squandering four match points on her serve.
SERENAWilliams barely broke into a sweat during an imperious 6-2 6-1 win over Australia's Jarmila Groth as she cruised into the third round.
The American second seed, chasing a third crown at the All England Club, was fast out of the blocks and never let the world number 69 settle into a rhythm.
Groth, who scored an eye-catching win over Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic in round one, avoided a second set whitewash with a late hold but a service return into the net gave Serena victory on her second match point after 58 minutes.
She will face either 31st seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia or Italy's Roberta Vinci for a place in the fourth round.
Nadia Petrova booked her place in the third round of Wimbledon with a comfortable 6-3 6-2 win over Shahar Peer.
The Israeli player failed to get into her stride and was overpowered by the 10th seed in a match that lasted only one hour and 10 minutes.
Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova, who escaped an upset against Laura Robson on Monday, produced a shock of her won by beating Zheng Jie 6-3 7-5.
In a match that saw a total of eight breaks of serve, the world number 32 triumphed 6-3 7-5.
Dominika Cibulkova, also of Slovakia, had an easier route through to round three as she brushed aside Urszula Radwanksa 6-2 6-4 on Court Seven.
Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama disposed of Spain's Arantxa Parra Santonja 7-6 6-3 in a clash between two unseeded players.
Collated results:
Mens Singles Round 1:Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa) bt Taylor Dent (USA) 7-5 7-6 (8-6) 4-6 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 .
Mens Singles Round 2:(28) Mardy Fish (USA) bt Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) 6-4 3-6 6-1 6-4, (9) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) w/o, (4) Novak Djokovic (Ser) bt Simon Greul (Ger) 7-5 6-1 6-4, (7) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Kristof Vliegen (Bel) 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, Dudi Sela (Isr) bt (18) Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 6-2, (24) Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 4-3 ret, (32) Albert Montanes (Spa) bt Guillermo Canas (Arg) 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3, (15) Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Stefan Koubek (Aut) 3-6 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 6-1, (27) Phillip Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Ivo Minar (Cze) 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-2 8-6, (2) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 6-2 6-2 6-4
Womens Singles Round 2:(10) Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Shahar Peer (Isr) 6-3 6-2, (7) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Mathilde Johansson (Fra) 6-1 6-3, Ai Sugiyama (Jpn) bt Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3, Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt (16) Jie Zheng (Chn) 6-3 7-5, Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt (31) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-4 7-6 (8-6), (14) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Urszula Radwanska (Pol) 6-2 6-4, (28) Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea (Rom) bt Sania Mirza (Ind) 6-4 6-4, (8) Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Ioana Raluca Olaru (Rom) 6-0 6-0, (26) Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-3 6-0, Gisela Dulko (Arg) bt (24) Maria Sharapova (Rus) 6-2 3-6 6-4, (2) Serena Williams (USA) bt Jarmila Groth (Svk) 6-2 6-1, Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) 6-3 6-4 .
Mens Doubles Round 1:Jamie Delgado (Gbr) & Jonathan Marray (Gbr) bt Nicolas Devilder (Fra) & Christophe Rochus (Bel) 6-1 4-1 ret, Christopher Kas (Ger) & Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) & Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) 6-4 7-6 (7-1) 6-3, (5) Bruno Soares (Bra) & Kevin Ullyett (Zim) bt Yves Allegro (Swi) & Fabrice Santoro (Fra) 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 6-4 6-1, Alex Bogdanovic (Gbr) & James Ward (Gbr) bt David Martin (USA) & Jean-Claude Scherrer (Swi) 6-4 6-4 6-4, Philipp Petzschner (Ger) & Alexander Peya (Aut) bt Petr Pala (Cze) & Radek Stepanek (Cze) 6-3 6-4 6-3, Sonchat Ratiwatana (Tha) & Sanchai Ratiwatana (Tha) bt Sergio Roitman (Arg) & Martin Vassallo Arguello (Arg) 6-2 6-1 6-1, (7) Marcelo Melo (Bra) & Andre Sa (Bra) bt Andy Ram (Isr) & Lovro Zovko (Cro) 6-4 7-6 (7-4) 6-3, (13) Frantisek Cermak (Cze) & Michael Mertinak (Svk) bt Lucas Arnold Ker (Arg) & Frederico Gil (Por) 6-3 6-4 6-4, (4) Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind) & Mark Knowles (Bah) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa) & Somdev Devvarman (Ind) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 7-5 7-5, Prakash Amritraj (Ind) & Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureschi (Pak) bt (16) Stephen Huss (Aus) & Ross Hutchins (Gbr) 6-4 6-7 (12-14) 6-4 3-6 6-3, (15) Martin Damm (Cze) & Robert Lindstedt (Swe) bt Jose Acasuso (Arg) & Sebastian Prieto (Arg) 6-2 6-2 6-3, (1) Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA) bt Dusan Vemic (Ser) & Mischa Zverev (Ger) 6-3 6-4 6-3
Womens Doubles Round 1:Julie Ditty (USA) & Ekaterina Dzehalevich (Blr) bt Eva Hrdinova (Cze) & Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) 7-5 6-7 (10-12) 7-5, Kaia Kanepi (Est) & Ipek Senoglu (Tur) bt (8) Maria Kirilenko (Rus) & Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-3 7-6 (7-3), Jocelyn Rae (Gbr) & Melanie South (Gbr) bt Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) & Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-1 7-6 (7-4), (3) Samantha Stosur (Aus) & Rennae Stubbs (Aus) bt Sarah Borwell (Gbr) & Anne Keothavong (Gbr) 6-2 6-3, (16) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) & Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Tatjana Malek (Ger) & Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-3 6-4, Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) & Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt Liga Dekmeijere (Lat) & Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukr) 6-3 6-0, Kristina Barrois (Ger) & Tathiana Garbin (Ita) bt Rika Fujiwara (Jpn) & Aiko Nakamura (Jpn) 3-6 6-4 9-7, Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) & Galina Voskoboeva (Kaz) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) & Vladimira Uhlirova (Cze) 6-1 6-3, Mariya Koryttseva (Ukr) & Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) bt Naomi Cavaday (Gbr) & Katie O'Brien (Gbr) 6-4 6-3, Yaroslava Shvedova (Kaz) & Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt (14) Nathalie Dechy (Fra) & Mara Santangelo (Ita) 6-3 6-3, (2) Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) & Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) bt Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) & Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3, (11) Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spa) & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) & Julie Coin (Fra) 6-2 6-7 (8-10) 6-2, (12) Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) & Vania King (USA) bt Melinda Czink (Hun) & Nathalie Grandin (Rsa) 6-4 6-3 .