Britain's Katie O'Brien is first up on Court Three but wins only one game as she gets blown away by Michaella Krajicek Playing in her third Wimbledon, Nicole Vaidisova books a place in the next round by beating Nicole Pratt 6-3 6-2 This year's beaten French Open finalist Ana Ivanovic makes steady progress after seeing off Meilen Tu 6-4 6-3 Slovakian 10th seed Daniela Hantuchova beats Elena Likhovtseva 7-5 7-6 in a tight match on Court Two Three-time winner Venus Williams, seeded 23rd, enjoys a comfortable win over Hana Sromova on Court One Maria Sharapova, another former champion, shows few weaknesses as she despatches Severine Bremond 6-0 6-3 Amelie Mauresmo continues the defence of her title with a solid 6-1 6-2 win over Austria's Yvonne Meusburger Marat Safin becomes the first men's seed of the day to make it through after a straight sets win over Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi The big Russian will now meet top seed Roger Federer after he wins his delayed match against Juan Martin Del Potro Tim Henman makes another appearance on Centre Court but loses the first-set tie-break against Spain's Feliciano Lopez Lopez continues to look the more assured and opens a two-set lead after winning another tie-break 7-5 A re-invigorated Henman fights back and comes from a break down to win the third set 6-3 to the joy of his fans They have plenty more to cheer in the fourth as their man cruises to a 6-2 win to take the match to a decisive fifth set Sadly for Henman, Lopez returns from a comfort break a new man and steamrollers through 7-6 7-6 3-6 2-6 6-1 Out on Court 17, Australian Wayne Arthurs delights many of his fellow countrymen by upsetting 11th seed Tommy Robredo Ninth seed James Blake makes no mistake in his match, however, defeating Andrei Pavel in straight sets Lleyton Hewitt, the 2002 champion, drops only five games as he breezes past Simone Bolelli into the third round One of 2007's form players, Novak Djokovic overcomes the challenge of Amer Delic in four sets on Court Two Second seed Rafael Nadal enjoys a few trick shots as he romps to victory over Werner Eschauer - winning 6-2 6-4 6-1 Sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko completes a thrilling five-set comeback by beating Chris Guccione 3-6 5-7 7-6 6-4 6-2
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