Wimbledon 2017, day four live: Pliskova crashes out, Mattek-Sands suffers horror injury and Federer in action

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Pliskova was stunned in the second round (Getty)

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will be out to complete unfinished business at Wimbledon on Thursday after both were denied a chance to savour match-point glory in their first-round matches.

When seven-times champion Federer takes on Dusan Lajovic and Djokovic faces Adam Pavlasek in round two, they will be hoping to put on an entertaining show from start to finish after Tuesday's fans were left feeling rather short-changed.

Djokovic, winner of three titles here, was leading Martin Klizan 6-3 2-0 when the injured Slovakian went up to shake hands with the Serb after calling time on the match with only 40 minutes on the clock.

Unbelievably for the Centre Court crowd, there were given a repeat performance just over an hour later when Federer's opponent Alexandr Dolgopolov also pulled out when trailing 3-6 0-3.

While the seven first-round withdrawals in the men's field left many questioning if players who are not fully fit should be allowed to start a tournament, on the women's side of the draw the competitors will be keen to live up to Agnieszka Radwanska's observation that "girls are really, really tough".

The 2012 finalist takes on American Christina McHale while last year's runner up Angelique Kerber, who has struggled to recapture the form that carried her to two grand slam titles last year, will be hoping she survives a tricky match against Belgian Kirsten Flipkens.

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[6 July 2017 13:33 · Ed Malyon]

Dimitrov through in straight sets

A routine day at the office for Grigor Dimitrov as the Bulgarian 13th seed ousts former semi-finalist Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets (6-3 6-2 6-1).

[6 July 2017 13:45 · Ed Malyon]

Djokovic 6-2 Pavlasek* (*denotes next server)

Djokovic grabs the double break in the seventh game before serving out for a one-set lead.

[6 July 2017 13:59 · Ed Malyon]

Monfils* 6-6 Edmund (*denotes first server in tie-break)

From 30-0 up Edmund is pegged back to 30-30 on serve but big groundstrokes during the next two points force a couple of errors and take the first set into a tie-break.

[6 July 2017 14:01 · Ed Malyon]

Monfils* 6-6 (3-0) Edmund (*denotes next server in tie-break)

Edmund misses a couple of easy volleys to lose both points on his serve.

[6 July 2017 14:30 · Ed Malyon]

Djokovic 6-2 6-2 2-0 Pavlasek* (*denotes next server)

Djokovic breaks early in the third set to move to within four games of the third round.

[6 July 2017 14:56 · Ed Malyon]

Monfils* 7-6 6-4 0-3 Edmund (*denotes next server)

Edmund gets a foothold in the match with a break in the second game of the third set.

[6 July 2017 15:10 · Ed Malyon]

Monfils 7-6 6-4 3-3 Edmund* (*denotes next server)

Monfils breaks Edmund back in the fifth game of the set before holding his own serve to level things up at 3-3.

[6 July 2017 15:44 · Ed Malyon]

Isner beaten in five

Men's 23rd seed John Isner is out after a five-set defeat by Dudi Sela. Sela was two sets to one down but rallied to win 6-7 7-6 5-7 7-6 6-3 in three hours and 54 minutes. The Israeli will play Grigor Dimitrov in the third round on Saturday.

[6 July 2017 16:08 · Ed Malyon]

Del Potro beaten in straight sets

Ernests Gulbis is into the third round after a straight-sets win over 29th seed Juan-Martin del Potro (6-4 6-4 7-6). A big win for the Latvian who has struggled with injuries in recent years. He'll play Novak Djokovic on Saturday.

[6 July 2017 16:14 · Ed Malyon]

Thiem drops opening set

Eighth seed and French Open semi-finalist Dominic Thiem is a set down to Gilles Simon on Court One. The Austrian has never gone beyond the second round at SW19.