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HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day Four at Wimbledon

June 30 (Reuters) - Latest news from the fourth day of Wimbledon on Thursday (all times GMT): 1935 VESELY WINS TIEBREAK BATTLE AGAINST THIEM Rising Austrian youngster Dominic Thiem, the men's eighth seed, lost 7-6(4) 7-6(5) 7-6(3) to Jiri Vesely of the Czech Republic. 1930 BOUCHARD KNOCKS OUT KONTA Canadian Eugenie Bouchard beat British 16th seed Johanna Konta 6-3 1-6 6-1 to reach round three. 1845 RADWANSKA EDGES THROUGH Women's third seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland overcame Croatian teenager Ana Konjuh 6-2 4-6 9-7 to reach round three. 1840 GASQUET ADVANCES TO THIRD ROUND Frenchman Richard Gasquet, the men's seventh seed, beat Marcel Granollers of Spain 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-1. READ MORE Regal Murray hurries into round three McEnroe missing but Raonic rockets past Seppi Furious Troicki sees red at umpire Nishikori survives scare to overpower Benneteau Muguruza stunned by Slovak qualifier Nadal, Wozniacki included in Olympic entry list Venus keeps her wits about her to down Greek upstart Dimitrov emerges from slump to knock out Simon Cilic powers past Stakhovsky in four sets Watson seeks punishment after Wimbledon loss 1700 TROICKI BEATEN IN FIVE SETS Men's 25th seed Viktor Troicki of Serbia lost to Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 3-6 6-3 6-3 2-6 6-3 in the second round. 1656 MURRAY MOVES INTO THIRD ROUND Men's second seed and 2013 Wimbledon champion Andy Murray of Britain eased past Taiwan's Lu Yen-hsun 6-3 6-2 6-1 to move into the third round. 1630 VINCI POWERS TO VICTORY Roberta Vinci, the women's sixth seed, beat Duan Ying-Ying of China 6-3 7-5 to move into the third round. 1628 MUGURUZA BUNDLED OUT BY CEPELOVA Women's second seed Garbine Muguruza of Spain suffered a shock 6-3 6-2 defeat by Jana Cepelova of Slovakia in the second round. 1555 TOMIC BATTLES PAST ALBOT Men's 19th seed Bernard Tomic of Australia need four tight sets to overcome Radu Albot of Moldova 7-6(3) 6-3 7-7(6) 6-3 and move into the third round. 1535 SHVEDOVA DOWNS SVITOLINA Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova hit 46 winners on her way to beating Ukraine's Elina Svitolina, the women's 17th seed, 6-2 6-3 6-4 in the second round. 1525 KERBER OVERCOMES LEPCHENKO Women's fourth seed and Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber of Germany eased past American Varvara Lepchenko 6-1 6-4. 1505 BENCIC FORCED TO RETIRE Women's seventh seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland was forced to retire due to injury while trailing 6-4 1-0 against Julia Boserup of U.S. 1504 DIMITROV TRIUMPHS AGAINST SIMON Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, the 2014 Wimbledon semi-finalist, beat men's 16th seed Gilles Simon 6-3 7-6(1) 3-6 6-4 to move into the third round. 1500 NISHIKORI OVERCOMES BENNETEAU Men's fifth seed Kei Nishikori of Japan came back from a set down to battle past Julien Benneteau of France 4-6 6-4 6-4 6-2 to move into the third round. 1450 KARLOVIC BUNDLED OUT BY LACKO Big-serving Croatian Ivo Karlovic, the men's 23rd seed, lost to Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-3 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4. 1445 SUAREZ NAVARRO DOWNS ALLERTOVA Women's 12th seed Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain came back from dropping the first set to beat Czech Republic's Denisa Allertova 3-6 6-2 6-1 and move into the third round. 1445 CILIC BEATS STAKHOVSKY IN FOUR SETS Men's ninth seed Marin Cilic of Croatia beat Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine 6-2 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 to advance to round three. 1430 VENUS STRUGGLES INTO THIRD ROUND Experience prevailed as women's eighth seed Venus Williams of U.S. battled past youngster Maria Sakkari of Greece 7-5 4-6 6-3. 1357 RAONIC MOVES INTO THIRD ROUND Canada's Milos Raonic, the men's sixth seed, beat Andreas Seppi of Italy 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2 in the second round. 1335 DOI MOVES INTO THIRD ROUND Japan's Misaki Doi beat women's 15th seed Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic 7-6(5) 6-3. 1318 MAHUT STUNS FERRER France's Nicolas Mahut smashed 44 winners on the way to a 6-1 6-4 6-3 victory over men's 13th seed David Ferrer of Spain in their second-round match. 1301 GOFFIN WINS IN STRAIGHT SETS Men's 11th seed David Goffin of Belgium earned a comfortable 6-4 6-0 6-3 victory over France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin. 1245 HALEP DOWNS SCHIAVONE Women's fifth seed Simona Halep of Romania dropped just two games to race through her second round encounter 6-1 6-1 against Italy's Francesca Schiavone. 1233 KEYS BATTLES INTO THIRD ROUND Women's ninth seed Madison Keys of U.S. resisted a late fightback from Belgian Kirsten Flipkens to win 6-4 4-6 6-3 and move into the third round. 1232 LISICKI TAKES OUT STOSUR Germany's Sabine Lisicki, the 2013 Wimbledon runner-up, dominated women's 14th seed Samantha Stosur to win 6-4 6-2 against the Australian. 1200 BERTENS BEATS BARTHEL Netherland's Kiki Bertens, the women's 26th seed, moved into the third round after beating Mona Barthel of Germany 6-4 6-4. 1138 BACSINSZKY POWERS PAST KUMKHUM Women's 11th seed Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland eased past Thailand's Luksika Kumkhum 6-4 6-2 to move into the second round. 1134 BECK ENDS WATSON'S WIMBLEDON Germany's Annika Beck produced a brilliant fightback to beat Britain's Heather Watson 3-6 6-0 12-10 in just under three hours to move into the next round. 1118 EVANS DUMPS DOLGOPOLOV OUT OF WIMBLEDON Britain's Dan Evans earned a surprise victory over men's 30th seed Alexandr Dolgopolov 7-6(6) 6-4 6-1 to move into the third round at Wimbledon for the first time in his career. 1114 ISNER OVERCOMES BAGHDATIS John Isner, the men's 18th seed, beat 2006 Wimbledon semi-finalist Marcos Baghdatis 7-6(2) 7-6(5) 6-3 to move into the second round. 1053 STEPHENS MOVES INTO SECOND ROUND American Sloane Stephens, the women's 18th seed, beat Peng Shuai of China 7-6(5) 6-2 to move into the second round. 1040 QUERREY DOWNS BELLUCCI Men's 28th seed Sam Querrey of the United States overcame Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 6-4 6-3 6-2 to move into the third round. 1000 PLAY BEGINS After a rain interrupted third day, play begins at Wimbledon on a cloudy day with the temperature at 19 degrees Celsius (66.2°F). Rain is expected throughout the day. ORDER OF PLAY (PREFIX DENOTES SEEDING) Centre Court Julien Benneteau (France) v 5-Kei Nishikori (Japan) Yen-Hsun Lu (Taiwan) v 2-Andy Murray (Britain) Eugenie Bouchard v 16-Johanna Konta (Britain) Court One Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) v 16-Gilles Simon (France) (to finish) Jana Cepelova (Slovakia) v 2-Garbine Muguruza (Spain) 8-Dominic Thiem (Austria) v Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) Court Two (Play starts at 1000) Daniel Evans (Britain) v 30-Alexandr Dolgopolov (Ukraine) (to finish) 5-Simona Halep (Romania) v Francesca Schiavone (Italy) Radu Albot (Macedonia) 19-Bernard Tomic (Australia) 3-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) v Ana Konjuh (Croatia) (Reporting by Nivedita Shankar in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)