HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Wimbledon day two

Highlights of the second day at Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Tuesday (all times GMT): 1124 STEPHENS SAFELY CLEARS FIRST HURDLE

American ninth seed Sloane Stephens, who had crashed out in the opening round in the previous two years, breezed past Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky 6-2 6-4 in her tournament opener. Also advancing to the second round were Belgium's Elise Mertens, who beat Fiona Ferro 6-2 6-0 and China's Wang Qiang who eased past Vera Lapko 6-2 6-2. Lesia Tsurenko, the 32nd seed, fell 6-3 6-2 to Barbora Strycova.

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Play began in bright sunshine with the temperature hovering around 19 degrees Celsius and a forecast high of 22C. Holder Angelique Kerber begins her campaign on Centre Court against German compatriot Tatjana Maria at 1200.

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