HIGHLIGHTS | Wimbledon 2023, Day 3: Djokovic enters third round

Novak Djokovic won his second round match against Jordan Thompson 6-3, 7-6(6-4), 7-5.

Holger Rune beat George Loffhagen 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-2 to enter second round.

Chasing her maiden Wimbledon title, Iga Swiatek won her second round match 6-2, 6-0 against Sara Sorribes Tormo.

Deniil Medvedev beats Arthur Fery 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 in straight sets to enter second round.

Daria Kasatkina beat Jodie Anna Burrage 6-0, 6-2 in straight sets to enter the third round at the Wimbledon Championship.

After a tough fight in the opening set, the Russian has taken the second set as well as he is on the move and looks set to sail through without dropping much sweat. Is a late fightback on cards by Fery?

Meanwhile, Iga Swiatek's second-round clash has commenced, at the Centre Court, versus Sara Sorribes Tormo.

David Beckham took time out from overseeing his Inter Miami side's dreadful run of form to take in the action on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Wednesday.

The former England captain and Manchester United midfielder sat in the Royal Box with his mother Sandra, 74, as play got under way with Russian 11th seed Daria Kasatkina facing Britain's Jodie Burrage.

Dressed in a light brown blazer, the 48-year-old Beckham is a regular visitor to the All England Club - not far from Selhurst Park where he scored an audacious goal from the halfway line in 1996 that ignited his glittering career.

Beckham may have enjoyed not dwelling on his Major League Soccer franchise's season which has yielded five wins in 20 matches to leave them bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.

However, he did recently secure the services of Argentina's World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi who will link up with his new team this month.

Beckham's arrival in the Royal Box coincided with the roof opening on Centre Court after several rain showers, with rays of sunshine lighting up the grass.

Federer, in an interview with CNN, opened up on his emotional farewell at the Laver Cup, his last competitive tournament before retirement in September 2022. "I didn’t talk to anybody about it, really. It was just more about getting away from it, but eventually [I had to] decide: where am I going to retire? How painful is it going to be? Or how much of a celebration will it be? But it ended up being everything and more for me. I thought it was beautiful and being surrounded by Rafa (Nadal), Novak (Djokovic), (Andy) Murray, (Bjorn) Borg, (John) McEnroe, (Rod) Laver, you name it, (Stefan) Edberg, they were all there, my team, my family. So it was a very, very nice end because I was really, truly dreading that moment of how to go out of the game," the all-time great opined.

Protesters briefly interrupted play on the third day of Wimbledon on Wednesday, releasing orange ticker-tape mixed with jigsaw puzzle pieces on Court 18 during a men's singles match.

Two protesters from Just Stop Oil ran on to the court holding boxes marked as 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzles of Centre Court and sprinkled the contents, halting play between Grigor Dimitrov and Sho Shimabukuro.

One of the protesters covered the court quite liberally while the other one aimed mainly wide of the tramlines.

Security staff quickly removed the individuals, one of whom sat down cross-legged on the turf. Neither resisted.

The crowd booed the protesters with some heard shouting "Get Off". Ground staff then swept the glitter off the court and there appeared to be no damage.

Medvedev has taken the early honours, winnng the opening set 7-5 but Fery is giving him a tough fight. He is already up by 2-1 in the second set. 

At the Centre Court, Daria Kasatkina and Jodia Anna Burrage's face-off at the Centre Court has also been suspended when the former was leading by a set. She won the opening set 6-2 and the following one is tied at 2-2 before the play got suspended due to rain.  

In a rain-marred Day 3, Daniil Medvedev is also in action. He has locked horns with Arthur Fery and it has been a tight start to proceedings. 

Iga Swiatek will be in action later in the day when she will face Sara Sorribes Tormo as she bids for a maiden Wimbledon title. 

Rain has yet again interrupted Wimbledon as the play has been suspended in outer courts, We will now have to wait for the Center Court and the Court no.1 to open its gates. 

Novak Djokovic has not lost at the Center Court of the Wimbledon since his defeat to Andy Murray in the 2013 Championships final. It has been 10 years since he lost at the famous arena and will look to continue the streak. 

Action is already underway in  the outer courts as Dominic Thiem and Stefanos Tsitsipas play in the headline affair on Court No. 2. Action will get underway shortly on Court No.1 and Center Court. 

It will be clear skies in London today as fans and players will look to forward to an entertaining day at the Wimbledon Championships. 

Hello and a warm welcome from Aditya Pimpale to the Day 3 coverage  of the Wimbledon Championships on WION as top names will start their quest to conquer glory at the age-old slam.