French Open champ Muguruza knocked out, Murray advances

 

Slovakia's Jana Cepelova celebrates winning her match against Garbine Muguruza.

 Second seed Garbine Muguruza, bidding to add the Wimbledon crown to her French Open title, was sensationally beaten in the second round on Thursday by Slovakian qualifier Jana Cepelova 6-3, 6-2 in the shock of the tournament so far.

Spaniard Muguruza, who lost to Serena Williams in last year's final, had been one of the favourites for the title but looked lacklustre, getting only 42 percent of first serves in and struggling with the accuracy of her baseline powershots.

 

Garbine Mugaruza of Spain plays a forehand.

 She had laboured in the first round against Italy's Camila Giorgi, winning through in three sets

However, Cepelova, ranked 124th, brought all the pedigree that helped her down then world number three Simona Halep in the first round last year to Court One, racing through the match in 59 minutes.

Muguruza's defeat removed one of the biggest challengers to Serena Williams's title defence and the American's bid to equal Steffi Graf's Open era record of 22 Grand Slams.

Regal Murray hurries into round two

 

 Andy Murray reacts during his second round match against Yen-Hsun Lu of Taipei.

Andy Murray produced the kind of imperious form that has propelled him into two Grand Slam finals this year as he beat Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 in the Wimbledon second round.

Lu, the son of a chicken farmer, ruffled a few feathers on Centre Court when he jumped out to a 2-0 lead before extending it to 3-1 in the opening set. However, once Murray had levelled for 3-3, it did not take him long to clip his rival's wings.

From 3-2 up in the second set, Murray won seven games on the trot as Lu struggled to find a way to keep pace with Murray's potent groundstrokes.