Thousands of tennis fans wait patiently to gain entry to the grounds on another glorious summer's day in SW19

Third seed Justine Henin-Hardenne takes just 30 minutes to win the opening set against Anna Chakvetadze

The Belgian wraps up the win and strolls into the fourth round with a straightforward 6-2 6-3 win over the Russian

Lleyton Hewitt returns to Court One to seal a 6-7 6-2 7-6 6-7 6-4 win in the marathon encounter with Hyung-Taik Lee

Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman progresses to the fourth round after sealing a 7-5 6-2 6-1 win over Italy's Daniele Bracciali

In the opening match on Centre Court Max Mirnyi claims the opening set against eighth seed James Blake

Blake responds in the second set and takes it 6-3 as the sweltering conditions continue

The thrilling encounter swings back in Mirnyi's favour and he eventually wins 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-1 6-0

Spain's Fernando Verdasco stuns the fourth seed David Nalbandian with a straight sets victory - winning 7-6 7-6 6-2

Roger Federer drops his serve for the first time but still beats Nicolas Mahut in straight sets to book his place in the last 16

Britain's Andrew Murray needs just 26 minutes to win the fourth set 6-1 to seal victory over France's Julien Benneteau

Murray leaves Centre Court to prepare for Saturday's third-round encounter against third seed Andy Roddick

Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova's successful Wimbledon continues as she beats Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik 6-4 7-6

Tennis fans continue to enjoy the action from the top of Henman Hill with the superb weather drawing large crowds

12th seed Martina Hingis loses her first set of this year's Wimbledon against the 18th seed Ai Sugiyama

The Swiss star recovers her composure to win the second set 6-3 as the tide turns on Centre Court

Sugiyama turns things around in the final set and ends Hingis's dreams as she wins the deciding set 6-4