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HIGHLIGHTS-Day Six at Wimbledon

ByReuters

Published 02/07/2016 at 17:38 GMT

Latest news from the sixth day of Wimbledon on Saturday (all times GMT):

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1720 MURRAY EASES PAST MILLMAN
Men's second seed and 2013 Wimbledon champion Andy Murray breezed to a 6-3 7-5 6-2 victory against John Millman of Australia to move into the fourth round.
1715 KEYS WINS FIRST SET
American Madison Keys, the women's ninth seed, won the first set 6-4 against Alize Cornet of France.
1708 TOMIC SURGES AHEAD
Men's 19th seed Bernard Tomic won the second set 6-4 against 14th seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain. The Australian took the first set 6-2.
1705 SAFAROVA TRIUMPHS IN MARATHON
Women's 28th seed Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic went through 4-6 6-1 12-10 against Slovakian qualifier Jana Cepelova, who knocked out second seed Garbine Muguruza in the previous round.
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1700 LISICKI OUT
German Sabine Lisicki, the 2013 Wimbledon finalist, was overpowered 7-6(2) 6-1 by Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in the third round.
1650 GOFFIN WINS FIRST SET
Men's 11th seed David Goffin of Belgium won the first set 6-4 against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.
1633 MURRAY STRETCHES LEAD
Men's second seed Andy Murray of Britain won a tight second set 7-5 against John Millman of Australia. Murray powered through the first set 6-3.
1627 MAKAROVA DUMPS KVITOVA OUT OF WIMBLEDON
Russian Ekaterina Makarova beat women's 10th seed and twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic 7-5 7-6(5) to move into the third round.
1610 DIMITROV LOSES IN FOUR SETS
Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, the 2014 Wimbledon semi-finalist, lost 6-7(6) 7-6(3) 6-4 6-2 to American Steve Johnson in the third round.
1605 DEFENDING CHAMPION DJOKOVIC SUFFERS SHOCK EXIT
Men's number one seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia suffered a shock third-round 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 7-6(5) defeat by 28th-seeded American Sam Querrey.
1515 TICKETS FOR MIDDLE SUNDAY'S PLAY SOLD OUT
All 22,000 tickets for Middle Sunday's play have been allocated, according to Wimbledon's official twitter handle (@Wimbledon).
1450 PLAY SUSPENDED DUE TO RAIN
Rain forced another suspension of play.
1441 NISHIKORI DOWNS KUZNETSOV
Men's fifth seed Kei Nishikori of Japan recovered from an early break in the third set to beat Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 7-5 6-3 7-5 to move into the fourth round.
1412 KERBER TRIUMPHS IN ALL-GERMAN BATTLE
Women's fourth seed Angelique Kerber, the 2016 Australian Open champion, beat fellow German Carina Witthoeft 7-6(11) 6-1 to advance to the fourth round.
1409 TEENAGER ZVEREV OVERCOMES YOUZHNY
German Alexander Zverev, the men's 24th seed, beat 2012 Wimbledon quarter-finalist Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 6-4 3-6 6-0 4-6 6-2 to move into the third round.
1350 PLAY SUSPENDED
Play was suspended on all courts due to rain.
1331 HALEP ADVANCES TO FOURTH ROUND
Romania's Simona Halep, the women's fifth seed, beat women's 26th seed Kiki Bertens of Netherlands 6-4 6-3 to book her place in the fourth round.
1126 PLAY SUSPENDED DUE TO RAIN
Play on the main showcourts and outside courts was halted due to rain.
1055 STEPHENS BATTLES PAST MINELLA
American Sloane Stephens, the women's 18th seed, came through 3-6 7-6(6) 8-6 in a gruelling battle against Mandy Minella of Luxembourg.
1055 CILIC POWERS TO VICTORY
Men's ninth seed Marin Cilic of Croatia earned a comfortable 6-3 6-3 6-4 victory over Slovakia's Lukas Lacko to move into the fourth round.
1055 BACSINSZKY WINS TOUGH BATTLE
Women's 11th seed Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland fought back to win 4-6 6-2 6-1 against Monica Niculescu of Romania and move into the third round.
1000 PLAY STARTS ON MAIN SHOWCOURTS
After rain played spoilsport on Day Five, play begins on the main showcourts on a partly cloudy day at Wimbledon, where the temperature is at 17 degrees Celsius (62.6°F).
ORDER OF PLAY (PREFIX DENOTES SEEDING)
Centre Court
5-Simona Halep (Romania) v 26-Kiki Bertens (Netherlands)
John Millman (Australia) v 2-Andy Murray (Great Britain)
27-Jack Sock (U.S.) v 6-Milos Raonic (Canada)
Court One
1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v 28-Sam Querrey (U.S.) (To finish 6-7(6) 1-6)
Alize Cornet (France) v 9-Madison Keys (U.S.)
15-Nick Kyrgios (Australia) v 22-Feliciano Lopez (Spain)
Court Two
Carina Witthoeft (Germany) v 4-Angelique Kerber (Germany)
10-Petra Kvitova (Czech Rep) v Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) (To finish 5-7 0-0 (second round) )
19-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) v Eugenie Bouchard (Canada)
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