Upset of the day
Alison van Uytvanck illuminated the gathering gloom with a stunning 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 win over champion Garbiñe Muguruza, the No.3 seed, who became the first player since Steffi Graf in 1994 to fall so early in the defence of her title. This was the biggest win of the Belgian’s career and the world No.47 was outstanding in the second and third sets against the Spanish player, who could not find an answer to the power coming over the net. It is the first time Van Uytvanck has managed back-to- back wins since February. The result eclipsed the earlier win by Argentina’s Guido Pella, who knocked out Marin Cilic, the No.3 seed and last year’s beaten finalist, 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6(3), 7-5.
Best on-court coaching of the day
Umpire James Keothavong, brother of British Fed Cup captain Anne, came down from his chair to offer Nick Kyrgios, the No.15 seed, some help on how to serve and keep his feet behind the baseline to avoid foot faults during the Australian’s impressive straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 second round win over Robin Haase, of the Netherlands. Keothavong used the tram line for his impromptu tutorial during a changeover. Kyrgios, who won a point with successive between-the-legs shots, said: “He told me at any point if your foot crosses the line, it's a foot fault. I mean, I just got too close to the T.”
Dodgy stat of the day
There has been plenty of talk at The Championships about the number of tall players firing off massive serves and Gael Monfils thought he had created a new Wimbledon record only for the 150mph delivery to be deemed the result of a fault with the technology. Now comes news of a 250mph serve delivered by Canada’s Milos Raonic in his second round win over John Millman, of Australia. That's how it appeared in an agency report that was carried on the New York Times website. Patently, if it had really been that quick – rather than a typing error – it may have featured higher in the report.
Leggings of the day
They belonged to American doubles specialist Jamie Cerretani who sported a pair alongside partner Romain Arneodo of Monaco, in their loss to the German team of Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies at a time of day when the temperature at The Championships was 28C.
Quote of the day
Impending fatherhood is turning American John Isner into Nostradamus with the big serving No.9 seed revealing after his win over Belgium’s Ruben Bemelmans just how many children he told wife Madison they are going to have. The first is due in September after the US Open and he said, "It's a girl. Yeah, we're having a baby girl. I told Madi I think we're going to have four girls. I feel it.”
