Federer, Raonic, Querrey, Monfils enter 3rd round of Wimbledon 2018

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Patna : World No 2 and top seed Roger Federer, 36, Switzerland, World No 13 Sam Querrey, 30, USA, World No 26 Adrian Mannarino, 30, France, World No 32 Milos Raonic, 27, Canada, and World No 44 Gael Monfils, 31, France, entered the third round of Wimbledon tennis championship 2018 on July 4, 2018.

Federer defeated World No 73 Lucas Lacko, 30, Slovakia, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 on Centre Court in the second round. Federer fired 16 Aces in thematch to just 6 by Lacko, who committed 4 double faults. Federer also won 5 break points.

Querrey beat World No 109 Sergiy Stakhovsky, 32, Ukraine, 7-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the second round firing 17 Aces to 8 by his rival. Querrey committed 5 double faults to 4 by his rival. Querrey, however, also won three break points.

Mannarino beat Ryan Harrison, USA, 7-5, 7-5, 7-6 to enter the second round. Both theplayers committed 3 double faults each in the match. Harrison fired 10 Aces to 9 by Mannarino. Mannarino had reached 4th round atWimbledon in 2013 and 2017.

Raonic, the 13th seed, beat John Millman, Australia, 7-6, 7-6, 7-6 in the second round. Raonic fired 33 Aces to just 3 by his rival. Raonic, however, also committed 5 double faults to just 1 by Millman. Both the players won one break point each.

Monfils entered third beating World No 86 Paolo Lorenzi, 36, Italy, in four sets 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 in the second round on court 3. Monfils fired 12 Aces in the match to 7 by Lorenzi. Both the players committed 3 double faults each. Both of them also won 4 break points each in the match.

World No 171 Dennis Novak, Austria, 24, defeated World No 19 Lucas Pouilli, 24, France, in a five-set thriller  6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 3-6, 6-2 to enter the third round. Novak fired 16 Aces in the match to 13 by Pouilli. Nvak committed 5 double faults compared to 6 by Pouilli. Novak won 6 break points to 3 by his rival.