Roger Federer gave Prince Charles a bow, then gave
Fabio Fognini a royal thumping. With the Prince of
Wales visiting Wimbledon for the first time since
1970, Federer was at his best Wednesday and
beat Fognini 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. "They do brief you
beforehand,'' Federer said. "I guess you don't
do anything stupid. You behave. Obviously we
were asked to bow, which is obviously no
problem to do. We're thrilled for the tennis family
that they came to watch Wimbledon today.''
Defending champion Djokovic gave American Ryan
Harrison a lesson in control as he booked his
third-round place. Djokovic was never expected
to lose to the 20-year-old but a stern examination
was always on the cards and so it proved, even
though the Serbian was a comfortable 6-4
6-4 6-4 winner. It was a straight-sets win but
much more difficult than the scoreline shows,"
he said. "It was a great match but I was in trouble
in the second set and it could have gone either way.
It is difficult to adjust under the
roof, and Ryan was serving fantastically."
In another match, seventh seed David Ferrer beat
Germany's Dustin Brown 7-6 (7/5) 6-4 6-4 in their
first-round tie.
Here is the list of results for the other main matches on
Day 1 of the Wimbledon 2012:
[8] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d [Q] R Sweeting (USA) 57 75 64 62
[15] J Monaco (ARG) d J Chardy (FRA) 62 36 63 76(7)
[21] M Raonic (CAN) d S Giraldo (COL) 64 64 64
[8] A Qureshi (PAK) / J Rojer (NED) d [WC] J Goodall (GBR)
/ J Ward (GBR) 76(3) 62 64
Here are the highlights of Federer's match from Day-3:
Following are the main matches scheduled for Day-4
at Wimbledon 2012 :
Ivo Karlovic (CRO) v Andy Murray (GBR)[4]
Lukas Rosol (CZE) v Rafael Nadal (ESP)[2]
Sam Querrey (USA) v Milos Raonic (CAN)[21]
David Ferrer (ESP)[7] v Kenny De Schepper (FRA)
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