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 20:11 · Ed Malyon]

Kerber through after tight encounter

A superb match on Court One concludes with Angelique Kerber progressing against Kirsten Flipkens in straight sets (7-5 7-5).

The world No 1 didn't arrive at SW19 in good form but she will get more and more dangerous the further into this tournament she goes.

[6 July 2017 20:32 · Ed Malyon]

Safarova beaten

Lucie Safarova is the latest seed to fall in the women's draw. The 32nd seed won the first set against Shelby Rogers on a tie-break but lost the following two 6-4 6-3 to go out in two hours and two minutes. 

[6 July 2017 21:12 · Ed Malyon]

Play completed on day four

Caroline Wozniacki's win over Tsvetana Pironkova brings an end to Thursday's action at the All England Club. Join us tomorrow as Andy Murray resumes the defence of his title and Heather Watson takes on Viktoria Azarenka. Thanks for tuning in.

Day four, men's singles second-round results

• 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
• Tomas Berdych [11] def. Ryan Harrison
• Milos Raonic [6] def. Mikhail Youzhny
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas [25] def. Andrey Rublev
• Jared Donaldson def. Paolo Lorenzi [32]
• Alex Zverev [10] def. Frances Tiafoe
• Roger Federer [3] def. Dusan Lajovic
• Sebastian Ofner def. Jack Sock [17]

Day four, women's singles second-round results

• 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
• Anett Kontaveit def. Daria Kasatkina [29]
• Angelique Kerber [1] def. Kirsten Flipkens
• Shelby Rogers def. Lucie Safarova [32]
• Timea Bacsinszky [19] def. Kristina Kucova
• Caroline Wozniacki [5] def. Tsvetana Pironkova