Key events
Norrie and Zverev are out on centre court, which is packed with Olympians and cricketers. Is Pep there too? The warm ups have begun.
Shapovalov wins the first set! The Canadian has two set points but only needs one, ripping a forehand past his opponent.
Do not fear, we have some covered action on court one. Shapovalov is taking on Shelton. We are in a first set tie-break. Shapovalov is two points away from winning the first set …
The home crowd is giving Dart plenty of encouragement, celebrating each point with gusto. She is on top here and Wang, who tries to return a second serve but it catches the edge of the racket and pings upwards. Dart lets Wang back in with a double fault and we end up at deuce. Dart is struggling with her serve because of the wind and it keeps Wang interested. After a few tries we end up back at deuce but the match is curtailed by rain. Off the players go and on come the covers with Dart 3-1 up in the first set.
And Dart breaks again. She seems to have adapted best to the conditions on a cold and blustery day, forcing her opponent into mistakes by keeping her moving.
Not to worry too much for Dart as she immediately breaks back and then wins her next service game with next to no fuss. She is very much up and running.
It looks a touch cold out on court 2 where Dart is in long sleeves and trying to cope with gusty winds. She is broken in the first game of the match after being taken to deuce.
Harriet Dart and Wang Xinyu head out to warm up on court two.
Some lovely praise for Andy Murray.
Because we have zero action, I will run through some celebrities in attendance.
A glorious British summer.
Start delayed by rain
Anyway … the bad news is that rain has delayed the start to proceedings at Wimbledon today. The good news is that it seems to be stopping and some covers are coming off.
Soccer and tennis all in one day …
Catch up on what happened yesterday.
Preamble
Hello! Could today see Andy Murray’s final game at Wimbledon? He is playing alongside Emma Raducanu, who has found found in SW19, in the mixed doubles. After the emotional chat following his men’s doubles exit earlier in the week, some might have forgotten he still has the chance to progress into the second week of the tournament, so it’s almost a nice surprise.
In other British news, Cameron Norrie faces a tricky test against Alexander Zverev on Centre Court this afternoon. Norrie made relatively light work of compatriot Jack Draper in the second round, so might be hopeful of giving the German a run for his money.
Over in the women’s singles another Battle of the Brits victor, Harriet Dart, fresh from despatching Katie Boulter, faces Wang Xinyu. Dart’s confidence will be high thanks to exploits in south London and reaching the fourth round would be a fine achievement.
We will be keeping across it all.