Almost all of Wimbledon’s action on Wednesday was wiped out due to the rain, a crushing blow to the tournament after several matches were rained out on the tournament’s second day as well. The Centre Court roof allowed some tennis to be played, meaning top seeds Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Agnieszka Radwanska got their matches in, but it wasn’t nearly enough as the tournament now has a massive backlog.
2016 Wimbledon results and scores: Novak Djokovic, Agnieszka Radwanska win on rained-out Wednesday
Some of the top seeds got their matches in on Centre Court, but play on the outer courts was almost entirely rained out at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
Radwanska, after having her match delayed on Tuesday, got in her match against Kateryna Kozlova and dominated her in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1. Radwanska is drawn into the same half as Serena Williams and is the top seed’s biggest competition before the finals, where she could meet Garbine Muguruza in a French Open finals rematch. Muguruza, who beat Williams in said finals, had her match rained out on Wednesday.
Djokovic made it through his second-round opponent, Adrian Mannarino, in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6(5). Federer had similar success in his second-round match against Marcus Willis, winning 6-0, 6-3, 6-4. But after those, the finished matches were few and far between.
Men’s No. 8 seed Dominic Thiem got past Florian Mayer, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4, while No. 10 seed Tomas Berdych held off Ivan Dodig in four sets. No. 19 seed Bernard Tomic had a tough opening round opponent in Fernando Verdasco, but he managed to hang on and win that match in five sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
Even fewer women’s matches were finished on Wednesday. After Radwanska, Petra Kvitovic, the No. 10 seed, was the highest seed to get through a match, taking out Sorana Cirstea, 6-0, 6-4. Johanna Konta and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova were among the other victorious women on the day.
There will be a long backlog when play gets underway on Thursday. Below are the results as they were from pertinent seeded matches on Wednesday:
Men’s Singles
No. 1 Novak Djokovic def. Adrian Mannarino, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(5)
No. 3 Roger Federer def. Marcus Willis, 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 Kei Nishikori vs. Julien Benneteau: postponed
No. 6 Milos Raonic vs. Andreas Seppi: postponed
No. 8 Dominic Thiem def. Florian Mayer, 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
No. 9 Marin Cilic vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky: postponed
No. 10 Tomas Berdych def. Ivan Dodig, 7-6(5), 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(2)
No. 11 David Goffin vs. Edouard Roger-Vasselin: postponed
No. 13 David Ferrer vs. Nicolas Mahut, To finish: 1-3
No. 16 Gilles Simon vs. Grigor Dimitrov, To finish: 0-1
No. 18 John Isner vs. Marcos Baghdatis, To finish: 7-6(2), 1-3
No. 19 Bernard Tomic def. Fernando Verdasco, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
No. 23 Ivo Karlovic vs. Lukas Lacko: postponed
No. 24 Alexander Zverev def. Paul-Henri Mathieu, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
No. 27 Jack Sock vs. Robin Haase: postponed
No. 28 Sam Querrey vs. Thomaz Bellucci, To finish: 6-4, 5-2
No. 30 Alexandr Dolgopolov vs. Daniel Evans, To finish: 6-6
No. 32 Lucas Pouille vs. Marius Copil, To finish: 6-4, 4-6, 1-0
Women’s Singles
No. 2 Garbine Muguruza vs. Jana Cepelova: postponed
No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska def. Kozlova Kateryna, 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Angelique Kerber vs. Varvara Lepchenko: postponed
No. 5 Simona Halep vs. Francesca Schizvone: postponed
No. 7 Belinda Bencic def. Tsvetana Pironkova, 6-2, 6-3
No. 8 Venus Williams vs. Maria Sakkari: postponed
No. 9 Madison Keys vs. Kirsten Flipkens: postponed
No. 10 Petra Kvitoa def. Sorana Cirstea, 6-0, 6-4
No. 11 Timea Bacsinszky vs. Luksika Kumkhum: postponed
No. 12 Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Denisa Allertova: postponed
No. 14 Samantha Stosur vs. Sabine Lisicki: postponed
No. 15 Karolina Pliskova vs. Misaki Doi: postponed
No. 16 Johanna Konta def. Monica Puig, 6-1, 7-5
No. 17 Elina Svitolina vs. Yaroslava Shvedova: postponed
No. 18 Sloane Stephens vs. Shuai Peng, To finish: 6-6
No. 20 Sara Errani vs. Alize Cornet: postponed
No. 21 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Su-Wei Hsieh, 7-5, 1-6, 6-1
No. 22 Jelena Jankovic vs. Marina Erakovic: postponed
No. 24 Barbora Strycova vs. Anett Kontaveit, To finish: 2-3
No. 26 Kiki Bertens vs. Mona Barthel: postponed
No. 27 Coco Vandeweghe vs. Kateryna Bondarenko: postponed
No. 28 Lucie Safarova vs. Samantha Crawford: postponed
No. 29 Daria Kasatkina vs. Lara Arruabarrena: postponed
No. 31 Kristina Mladenovic vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich: postponed
No. 32 Andrea Petkovic def. Nao Hibino, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
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