Wimbledon 2024: Djokovic races to victory, Boulter v Maria and Murray pulls out of singles - live

now 12.31 EDT Thiago Seyboth Wild beats Paul Jubb 1-6 3-6 7-6(6) 6-4 7-5 Seyboth Wild, who rose to fame after beating Daniil Medvedev in Paris last year, just about gets it done, coming back from two sets down for the first time in his career. He bussed five match points before finally seeing out a fantastic match, a late break allowing him to serve out. He faces Rune (15) or Kwon next. Share

4m ago 12.27 EDT Francisco Comesana beats Andrey Rublev (6) 6-4 5-7 6-2 7-6(5) What a performance that is from the 23-year-old, a coming-out party of coming-out parties! He played superbly today, with energy and fire but also composure and patience. Spare a thought for poor Rublev, who took out his fury on himself once again – I hope someone offers him an ear and some advice – but otherwise, the day is Comesana’s. Prior to today he’d only played once on grass in his life, but he’s be playing at least once more this week – against Coria or Walton. He’ll fancy himself against either, I shouldn’t wonder. Share

7m ago 12.23 EDT Ach, and he swipes a backhand down the line and wide to cede his advantage. A big serve, though, means Rublev is still down match point when he gets the balls, the crowd going wild. AND RUBLEV NETS A BACKHAND! Share

9m ago 12.22 EDT Rublev finds a terrific kick-serve that Comesana can’t return, then an inside-out forehand into the corner makes 4-5. Comesana, though, has two serves with which to finish this. Share

10m ago 12.21 EDT Comesana gets the mini-break for 4-2 – he’s three points from victory, and a booming serve out wide is too good! Rublev is almost gawn! Share

11m ago 12.20 EDT Comesana holds for a fourth-set breaker against Rublev, while Boulter and Maria are just starting theirs … and what on earth?! Paul Jubb, having saved five match points, breaks Seyboth Wild back, and they’re now 5-5 in the fifth! What an incredible match this is! Share

16m ago 12.15 EDT Biggup Paul Jubb! He saves all three match points, then another … and holds for 4-5! Seyboth wild will have to serve for it! Share

17m ago 12.14 EDT Novak Djokovic (2) beats Vit Kopriva 6-1 6-2 6-2 Routine for Djokovic, who faces Fearnley or Moro Canas next. View image in fullscreen Novak Djokovic eases into the second round. Photograph: Matthew Childs/Reuters Share Updated at 12.16 EDT

20m ago 12.11 EDT Now then! At 5-5 30-all, Comesana hangs in a rally – with help from Rublev, who should finish it but doesn’t – and a forehand pass down the line raises break point! Rublev, though, finds first serves when he needs them to go up 6-5, while Seyboth Wild raises three match points against Jubb… Share

24m ago 12.07 EDT Comesana, tatted and earringed up, secures a monstrous hold for 5-5 in the fourth, and Rublev is ticking. Of course he is. Share

27m ago 12.03 EDT Djokovic now leads Kopriva 6-1 6-2 4-2 – we’re nearly done there, I’d imagine – while Boulter is serving to stay in set one, down 4-5 to Maria. Oh, and on 12, GBG favourite, Jelena Ostapenko (13) leads Ajla Tomljanovic 4-1, but never underestimate her ability to ruin things for herself. Share Updated at 12.04 EDT

30m ago 12.01 EDT I neglected to note that De Minaur is through, but he is – in good time to watch Boulter, his significant other. He saw of Duckworth 6,6 and 6, to set up a meeting with Jaume Munar – who beat Billy Harris in four. Share

31m ago 11.59 EDT Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard beats Sebastian Korda (20) 7-6(5) (4)6-7 7-6(6) (4)6-7 6-3 In my French Open preview I drew your attention to this lad – he ended up losing a thriller to David Goffin in round one – but keep focused, because he’s going to be something. Next for him it’s Nishioka. Share

34m ago 11.56 EDT Maria started like a train but Boulter breaks back and is now serving at 3-4. She lacks the weapons to get all that much higher than the 32 she’s seeded her, and she’s not someone I’d expect to see in the later stages of a major, but she’s solid and tough, so you ndever know. Share

38m ago 11.52 EDT Next on No 1 Court: Iga Swiatek (1) v Sofia Kenin. This should be a belter, and if Kenin is at it, I actually fancy her. Share Updated at 11.53 EDT

40m ago 11.51 EDT Ben Shelton (14) beats Mattia Bellucci 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 A scare for the American but he survives and meets Lloyd Harris, yesterday’s hero, in round two. View image in fullscreen Ben Shelton seems happy to be going through. Photograph: Paul Childs/Reuters Share Updated at 12.08 EDT

41m ago 11.49 EDT Time’s up, I fear. Wild breaks Jubb in the first game of the fifth, while Darderi leads Choinski 5-2 in their decider. Better news, though, for Fearnley, who's up on Moro Canas 7-5 4-3 with a break. Share

48m ago 11.43 EDT Alexander Zverev (4) beats Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2 6-4 6-2 Routine as you like for Zverev, who meets Searle or Giron next. Good luck, boys. Share

51m ago 11.40 EDT Yup, Seyboth Wild holds to level his match with Jubb at two sets apiece while, elsewhere, Korda is in trouble, broken in set five; Mpetshi Perricard leads 2-0. Share

52m ago 11.39 EDT As we suspected – clever us! – Djokovic is making short work of Kopriva, serving out for a 6-1 6-2 lead, while Zverev is serving for the match against Carballes Baena at 6-2 6-4 5-2. Oh, and Seyboth Wild is serving for a decider against Jubb at 5-4 in the fourth. Share

53m ago 11.37 EDT Of course, once upon a time, when big guns used to play there, No 2 Court was known as the “Graveyard of the Seeds”. The most amazing, at least in my time, was Peter Doohan knocking out Boom Boom Boris, who’d won the title the previous two years, in 1987 – words on that here: The Joy of Six: Wimbledon upsets Read more Share

1h ago 11.33 EDT Immediate issues for Boulter, Maria’s slice-heavy game seeing her broken to love for 0-2; Korda wins the fourth against Mpetshi Perricard; and what a story we’ve got brewing on No 2 Court, Comesana securing the third set with a huge serve to lead 6-4 5-7 6-2. And hes playing beautifully, landing 76% first serves relative to Rublev’s dreadful 35% – of which he’s only winning 44%! The number six seed might improve, but the way thgis is going, he’ll need his opponent to drop too. View image in fullscreen Katie Boulter in action against Tatjana Maria . Photograph: Zac Goodwin/PA Share Updated at 11.51 EDT

1h ago 11.25 EDT Comesana continues like he never stopped, holding for 5-1 in set two; Rublev needs two immediate breaks to avoid going behind again. Share

1h ago 11.24 EDT And I’ve also switched off Zverev, because he too is in total charge at 6-2 6-4 2-1 with a break; we can return if need be, but Korda and Mpetshi Perricard are playing a fourth-set breaker – words I’ll always baulk before typing – but here we are. Share Updated at 11.30 EDT

1h ago 11.21 EDT Djokovic holds for 4-2, and I think I’m going to watch a bit of Boulter, as Jim Bowen might’ve said, because this match is only going one way. Share

1h ago 11.16 EDT Rublev and Comesana are back out on No 2 Court, so should soon be back playing while, on No 1, another Zverev ace seals a game ion which he’d had to return from 0-40. He leads 6-2 6-4 2-0. Share

1h ago 11.14 EDT (And after that match, it’s Cameron Norrie v Facundo Díaz Acosta.) Share

1h ago 11.13 EDT Coming up on No 3 Court, as soon as we resume, is Katie Boulter (5) v Tatjana Maria. You may recall the latter from 2022 – she reached the last four, the first mother-of-two so to do since Margaret Court in 1975. Share Updated at 11.14 EDT

1h ago 11.10 EDT Ridiculous behaviour from Djokovic who, almost doing the splits, punishes a backhand down the line, securing a break in set two; he leads Kopriva 6-1 2-1. Share

1h ago 11.06 EDT As we cunningly predicted, Zverev serves out, securing the set via brutal ace out wide, and he leads Carballes Baena 6-2 6-4. View image in fullscreen Alexander Zverev on the move. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images Share Updated at 11.17 EDT

1h ago 11.04 EDT On No 2 Court, the net has gone up, so we’ll soon have tennis. Share

1h ago 11.03 EDT Well done Roberto Carballes Baena! He eventually serves out, forcing Zverev to serve for set two; I daresay he doesn’t mind. Share

2h ago 10.59 EDT Kopriva is once again fighting for a hold at 1-6 0-0 … and he manages to, just. Carballes Baena, meanwhile, is serving to stay in set two down 2-6 3-5, and a murderous forehand return gives him 30-40; a body-serve yanks him back to deuce. Share

2h ago 10.51 EDT Er yeah, Djokovic serves out to love for a 6-1 set and Zverev holds to lead 6-2 4-2. Or, in other words, we need our outside courts back because we know exactly how these matches are going. Share Updated at 11.01 EDT

2h ago 10.46 EDT Up break point, a fantastic forehand from Zverev, on the chase and from the corner, turns a rally in which he’s behind and a few shots later, a battered overhead secures the game for a 6-2 3-2 lead. Oh and as I type, Djokovic breaks Kopriva again and at 5-1 will now serve for the first set. Share

2h ago 10.40 EDT Ach, Kopriva eventually succumbs, a drop earning advantage, then, when Djokovic slips, the Czech thinks he’s got the scope to win the point, but he nets and trails 1-3. Share

2h ago 10.37 EDT Carballes Baena, meanwhile, is also fighting his arse off to hold, finally hanging on for 2-6 2-1. Share

2h ago 10.36 EDT Djokovic, a brace on his knee, is starting to piece Kopriva up. But after the Czech saves two break points, Djokovic forces a third with a glorious backhand winner down the line … only to shank another wide to restore deuce. And when he saves advantage a few minutes later, it means this is our sixth. Share

2h ago 10.35 EDT The covers are coming off! Bring it on! Share

2h ago 10.29 EDT Badish news: no play before 4pm BST. BST! Pahahahahaha! Share

2h ago 10.26 EDT Rain stops play And already it looks set-in. So we’re down to two matches for the next bit – hopefully not for long. Share

2h ago 10.25 EDT Oh Andrey. He’s broken again, an unforced error handing Comesana a 4-1 second-set lead, and takes it out on his knee, assaulting himself with his racket and drawing blood. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen that – he did it in Turin at the tour finals – and in Dubai, he was disqualified for shouting in a line judge’s face. I hope someone’s offering him some help. Share

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