Wimbledon 2017 live: Andy Murray and Johanna Konta reach second round but Laura Robson suffers exit

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The 131st edition of the Wimbledon Championships gets underway today for what looks set to be a thrilling two weeks of tennis.

World No 1 Andy Murray is the defending men’s singles champion and will be hoping to become the first British man to win the tournament three times since the legendary Fred Perry, who won the last of his titles in 1936.

Johanna Konta will meanwhile be flying the flag for Great Britain in the women’s singles and will be hoping to become the first British woman to reach the final since Virginia Wade, who beat Betty Stöve in the 1977 final.

Wimbledon is one of the best attended sporting events in the country, with a grand total of 493,928 spectators passing through the gates last year eager to watch their favourites in action and soak up the British vibes of the All England Club.

We’ll be bringing you all the action and news from across SW19 as it unfolds, so make sure to stay tuned:

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Order of play - Monday 3 July:

Centre Court

13:00: (1) Andy Murray (Gbr) v Alexander Bublik (Kaz), Johanna Larsson (Swe) v (11) Petra Kvitova (Cze), Daniil Medvedev (Rus) v (5) Stan Wawrinka (Swi)

Court 1

13:00: Elise Mertens (Bel) v (10) Venus Williams (USA), (4) Rafael Nadal (Spa) v John Millman (Aus), (6) Johanna Konta (Gbr) v Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe)

Court 2

11:30: (12) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) v Cameron Norrie (Gbr), Marina Erakovic (Nzl) v (2) Simona Halep (Rom), Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) v (7) Marin Cilic (Cro), Maryna Zanevska (Bel) v Heather Watson (Gbr)

Court 3

11:30: (20) Nick Kyrgios (Aus) v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra), Ashleigh Barty (Aus) v (4) Elina Svitolina (Ukr), (21) Ivo Karlovic (Cro) v Aljaz Bedene (Gbr), (13) Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) v Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr)

Court 4

11:30: Rogerio Dutra Silva (Bra) v Benoit Paire (Fra), Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) v Marius Copil (Rom), Ying-Ying Duan (Chn) v Ana Bogdan (Rom)

Court 5

11:30: Andrey Kuznetsov (Rus) v (30) Karen Khachanov (Rus), Norbert Gombos (Svk) v Andreas Seppi (Ita), Madison Brengle (USA) v Richel Hogenkamp (Ned), Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) v Shuai Peng (Chn)

Court 6

11:30: Simone Bolelli (Ita) v Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe), (26) Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Cro) v Carina Witthoeft (Ger), Jiri Vesely (Cze) v Illya Marchenko (Ukr)

Court 7

11:30: Denis Shapovalov (Can) v Jerzy Janowicz (Pol), (22) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) v Veronica Cepede Royg (Par), Lukas Rosol (Cze) v Henri Laaksonen (Swi)

Court 8

11:30: Camila Giorgi (Ita) v Alize Cornet (Fra), Julien Benneteau (Fra) v Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr), Damir Dzumhur (Bih) v Renzo Olivo (Arg), Donna Vekic (Cro) v Natalia Vikhlyantseva (Rus)

Court 9

11:30: Carlos Berlocq (Arg) v Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo), Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa) v Naomi Osaka (Jpn), (21) Caroline Garcia (Fra) v Jana Cepelova (Svk), Facundo Bagnis (Arg) v Radu Albot (Mol)

Court 11

11:30: Thomas Fabbiano (Ita) v (24) Sam Querrey (USA), Francesca Schiavone (Ita) v Mandy Minella (Lux), Viktor Troicki (Ser) v Florian Mayer (Ger), Francoise Abanda (Can) v Kurumi Nara (Jpn)

Court 12

11:30: Nao Hibino (Jpn) v (17) Madison Keys (USA), (9) Kei Nishikori (Jpn) v Marco Cecchinato (Ita), (8) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) v Andrea Petkovic (Ger), (26) Steve Johnson (USA) v Nicolas Kicker (Arg)

Court 14

11:30: Joao Sousa (Por) v Dustin Brown (Ger), Malek Jaziri (Tun) v (14) Lucas Pouille (Fra), Naomi Broady (Gbr) v Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom), Sabine Lisicki (Ger) v (27) Ana Konjuh (Cro)

Court 15

11:30: Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) v Irina Khromacheva (Rus), Andreas Haider-Maurer (Aut) v (18) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa), Katerina Siniakova (Cze) v Maria Sakkari (Gre), Jennifer Brady (USA) v Danka Kovinic (Mne)

Court 16

11:30: Thiago Moura Monteiro (Bra) v Andrew Whittington (Aus), Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) v (31) Roberta Vinci (Ita), Tommy Haas (Ger) v Ruben Bemelmans (Bel), (15) Elena Vesnina (Rus) v Anna Blinkova (Rus)

Court 17

11:30: Kai-Chen Chang (Tpe) v Qiang Wang (Chn), Donald Young (USA) v Denis Istomin (Uzb), Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) v (28) Fabio Fognini (Ita), Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) v (18) Anastasija Sevastova (Lat)

Court 18

11:30: Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) v Laura Robson (Gbr), (31) Fernando Verdasco (Spa) v Kevin Anderson (Rsa), Marton Fucsovics (Hun) v (16) Gilles Muller (Lux)

Court TBA

(not before 5pm): Victoria Azarenka (Blr) v Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA), (25) Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) v Eugenie Bouchard (Can)

[3 July 2017 09:35 · Samuel Lovett]

Good morning and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of day one from the Wimbledon Championships. We'll be bringing you all the latest action and news from SW19 as it happens so make sure to stay tuned!

[3 July 2017 10:01 · Samuel Lovett]

The draw for The 2017 Championships was made on Friday morning, with the Tournament set to begin today.

World No 1 and defending champion Andy Murray was handed a relatively kind draw, and will face 20-year-old qualifier Alexander Bublik in his opening match.

Britain's Johanna Konta will meanwhile face Su-Wei Hsieh, who beat her in the opening round of this year's French Open.

But which first-week matches should you keep an eye out for when The Championships get underway?

Here, we take a look at five potential match-ups you will not want to miss:​

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[3 July 2017 11:16 · Ed Malyon]

What is Roger Federer's favourite Wimbledon memory?

 

[3 July 2017 11:45 · Ed Malyon]

Wimbledon 2017 is officially underway...

[3 July 2017 11:48 · Ed Malyon]

Laura Robson's Wimbledon tournament hasn't got off to the ideal start. She's been broken in the opening game of her match against Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia on Court 18.

[3 July 2017 11:58 · Ed Malyon]

Another Brit in early action is Cameron Norrie, who is taking on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, a former Grand Slam finalist, on Court Two.

The 21-year-old Norrie is 2-1 up on serve against the big Frenchman.

[3 July 2017 12:05 · Ed Malyon]

The first set of The Championships has been claimed by Portugal's Joao Sousa. It's taken him just 23 minutes to claim the opener by six games to three against the entertaining German Dustin Brown.

[3 July 2017 12:11 · Ed Malyon]

Upset alert on Court Three where 20th seed Nick Kyrgios has dropped the opening set against Pierre-Hugues Herbert.

The Australian had to pull out of Queen's two weeks ago with a hip injury and it appears as though he is still being hampered by that problem.

[3 July 2017 12:29 · Ed Malyon]

Laura Robson has a lot of work to do if she is going to avoid a first-round exit here. She's a set and a break down on Court 18.

[3 July 2017 12:48 · Ed Malyon]

Norrie two sets down to Tsonga

Britain's Cameron Norrie trails 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga by two sets to love (6-3 6-2).