(1) Venus Williams (USA) bt Maureen Drake (Can) 5-7 6-2 6-1

Top seed Venus Williams survives an early scare to come through against Canada's Maureen Drake

Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) bt Elena Baltacha (GB) 6-4 7-6

Britain's Elena Baltacha can't hide the disappointment as she is knocked out of Wimbledon

Russia's Elena Likhovtseva earns a hard-fought victory over the sole remaining British woman

(5) Monica Seles (USA) bt (27) Ai Sugiyama (Jap) 4-6 6-1 6-4

Monica Seles is the first seed of the day to progress as she stages a fightback against Japan's Ai Sugiyama

(19) Magdalena Maleeva (Bul) bt (10) Silvia Farina Elia (Ita) 7-6 6-4

Bulgaria's Magdalena Maleeva eventually wins through her clash with Silvia Farina Elia

(6) Justine Henin (Bel) bt Myriam Casanova (Sui) 6-4 6-4

Number six seed Justine Henin is too smooth for Switzerland's Myriam Casanova