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 16:28 · Ed Malyon]

Favourite Pliskova takes one-set lead

Karolina Pliskova, the third seed and favourite to take the women's title here, is a set up over Magdalena Rybarikova on Centre Court (6-3).

Meanwhile, ninth seed Agnieszka Radwanska and 12th seed Kristina Mladenovic are both in one-set shoot-outs against Christina McHale and Alison Riske respectively.

[6 July 2017 16:34 · Ed Malyon]

Radwanska through in three

Agnieszka Radwanska saves two match points against Christina McHale before eventually progressing to the third round in three sets (5-7 7-6 6-3). A gutsy win for the 2012 champion.

[6 July 2017 16:46 · Ed Malyon]

Murray and Soares coasting

Some doubles action for you now and it comes from Court Five, where Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, the men's third seeds, are two sets to the good in their first-round match against Roman Jebavy and Jiri Vesely.

[6 July 2017 17:18 · Ed Malyon]

Allez, Jo!

The Frenchman takes on Sam Querrey in the third round tomorrow.

[6 July 2017 17:20 · Ed Malyon]

Pliskova pegged back

Karolina Pliskova will have to go the distance on Centre Court. The women's No 3 seed won the first set 6-3 against Magdalena Rybarikova but dropped the second 7-5 a short while ago.

[6 July 2017 18:03 · Ed Malyon]

Tournament favourite Pliskova beaten

Karolina Pliskova, the favourite to win the women's singles title at the start of play today, is out of Wimbledon after a shock defeat by world No 87 Magdalena Rybarikova. It appeared to be business as usual as Pliskova, the third seed, won the opener 6-3 but her much lower-ranked opponent rallied to win the next two 7-5 6-2.

Britain's Jo Konta, the sixth seed here, is now the favourite to win the tournament.

[6 July 2017 18:06 · Ed Malyon]

Thiem through in four sets

A classy performance by Dominic Thiem as the 23-year-old Austrian comes from a set down to beat Gilles Simon in four on Court One (5-7 6-4 6-2 6-4).

[6 July 2017 18:16 · Ed Malyon]

Day four, men's singles second-round results so far

• David Ferrer def. Steve Darcis
• Grigor Dimitrov [13] def. Marcos Baghdatis
• Dudi Sela def. John Isner [23]
• Mischa Zverev [27] def. Mikhail Kukushkin
• Gael Monfils [15] def. Kyle Edmund
• Novak Djokovic [2] def. Adam Pavlasek
• Ernests Gulbis def. Juan-Martin del Potro [29]
• Adrian Mannarino def. Yuichi Sugita
• Dominic Thiem [8] def. Gilles Simon

[6 July 2017 18:20 · Ed Malyon]

Day four, women's singles second-round results so far

• Svetlana Kuznetsova [7] def. Ekaterina Makarova
• Coco Vandeweghe [24] def. Tatjana Maria
• Polona Hercog def. Varvara Lepchenko
• Lesia Tsurenko def. Viktorija Golubic
• Agnieszka Radwanska [9] def. Christina McHale
• Alison Riske def. Kristina Mladenovic [12]
• Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands
• Zarina Diyas def. Arina Rodionova
• Magdalena Rybarikova def. Karolina Pliskova [3]
• Garbine Muguruza [14] def. Yanina Wickmayer
• Petra Martic def. Denisa Allertova

[6 July 2017 18:37 · Ed Malyon]

Federer 3-3 Lajovic* (*denotes next server)

Little surprise as Federer breaks back immediately after going 2-0 down. Three comfortable holds of serve follow. We could be in for a decent match here.