June 25th, 2009 by Peter Bevan

Thousands of Andy Murray fans are expected to watch his second round match at the Wimbledon ‘Henman Hill’ on the large screen, just as they did for his first round match earlier this week.

Andy Murray did not make it easy for himself as it took four sets to beat Robert Kendrick 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-4 in his opening match at the All England Club Grand Slam.

Andy Murray is scheduled to play against Ernests Gulbis later today in the Wimbledon second round, hoping for a more straight forward victory.

The last time Andy Murray faced Ernests Gulbis was at last year’s Queen’s Club tournament and Ernests Gulbis had suggested Andy Murray took a medical time-out for no real reason when the scores were 5-5 in the last set.

Ernests Gulbis knows he would not have necessarily won the game, but claims that the medical time-out disrupted his rhythm as Andy Murray went on to win the match.

Andy Murray denies playing such tactics, and had to withdraw from the Queen’s Club tournament last year with an injury the following day.

Elsewhere at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, world number two Roger Federer comfortably booked his place into the third round after easing past Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 6-2, 6-4. Roger Federer will be up against Philipp Kohlschreiber next.

Novak Djokovic, who is just behind Andy Murray in the world rankings, also booked his place into the Wimbledon third round by beating Simon Greul 7-5, 6-1, 6-4 and faces Mardy Fish next.

World number seven Fernando Verdasco had to battle through three tie breaks before eventually beating Kristof Vliegen 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (7-4), 6-4. Next up is an all-Spanish affair as Fernando Verdasco takes on Albert Montanes in the Wimbledon third round.

It seems all the top seeds were easing into the Wimbledon third round, but the case could not be said for the number five seed Juan Martin del Potro, who earlier today lost to former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt 6-3, 7-5, 7-5.

Also playing their second round matches today was number six seed Andy Roddick who beat Igor Kunitsyn 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, and the number eight seed Gilles Simon who beat Thiago Alves 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

The 2009 Wimbledon tennis championships is in full swing now and fans will be pleased to hear that Wimbledon tickets are still currently available to compare at tixdaq.com, with pairs of tickets currently priced from £330.

British tennis fans will also be pleased to hear that the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals will be taking place at the London O2 Arena in November 2009.

At the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, the top eight players will compete to become champion in this end-of-season tournament.

Tickets for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals are all still available to compare at tixdaq.com currently priced from £20.