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): 1332 BARTY, KERBER SAIL THROUGH

French Open champion Ash Barty wasted little time getting into top gear as she powered past China's Zheng Saisai 6-4 6-2. Defending champion Angelique Kerber also proved too strong for German compatriot Tatjana Maria, winning 6-4 6-3. 1238 LOCAL FAVOURITES EVANS, DART ADVANCE

Home hope Dan Evans overcame Argentine Federico Delbonis 6-3 7-6(5) 6-3 while fellow Briton Harriet Dart rallied to knock out unseeded American Christina McHale 4-6 6-4 6-4. READ MORE

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1223 NISHIKORI STARTS STRONGLY Japan's Kei Nishikori, seeded eighth, overcame Brazilian qualifier Thiago Monteiro 6-4 7-6(3) 6-4.

Earlier, Australia's Alex De Minaur swatted aside Italy's Marco Cecchinato 6-0 6-4 7-6(5) while Steve Johnson beat Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4 6-2 6-3. 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.

1000 PLAY UNDER WAY AT WIMBLEDON 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.