HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Wimbledon day three

Highlights on day three of the Wimbledon tennis championships on Wednesday (all times GMT): 1439 DJOKOVIC MOVES INTO THIRD ROUND Top seed Novak Djokovic sailed into the third round with a 6-1 6-4 6-2 victory over Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis. Action on Wednesday was scheduled to begin at 1000 GMT.

Highlights on day three of the Wimbledon tennis championships on Wednesday (all times GMT): 1439 DJOKOVIC MOVES INTO THIRD ROUND

Top seed Novak Djokovic sailed into the third round with a 6-1 6-4 6-2 victory over Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis. 1430 THIRD SEED RUUD KNOCKED OUT

France's Ugo Humbert upset Norwegian third seed Casper Ruud 3-6 6-2 7-5 6-4 in the second round. 1415 TSURENKO COMES OUT ON TOP IN ALL-UKRAINIAN CLASH

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1335 PLISKOVA OVERCOMES MARTINCOVA CHALLENGE Last year's runner-up Karolina Pliskova, the sixth seed, reached the second round after battling past Czech compatriot Tereza Martincova 7-6(1) 7-5.

1306 KONTAVEIT STUNNED BY UNSEEDED NIEMEIER Second seed Anett Kontaveit suffered a shock defeat in the second round at the hands of Germany's Jule Niemeier, bowing out 6-4 6-0 in just under an hour.

1145 PLAY UNDER WAY Play began on the outside courts after a spell of rain delayed the start by more than an hour.

1055 START PUSHED BACK TO 1115 Rain has delayed the start of play until 12:15pm local time (1115 GMT) at the earliest.

1010 PLAY DELAYED DUE TO RAIN Play on outside courts has been delayed by 45 minutes due to rain. Action on Wednesday was scheduled to begin at 1000 GMT.