Wimbledon brunch briefing

01 July 2016 06:23

Andy Murray is a Hibs fan when it comes to football but he also has a soft spot for Arsenal, so he could be in for some cross-court banter from his next opponent.

Australian John Millman is a 27-year-old Liverpool fan on account of the fact it wound up the rest of his family.

"I have been a Liverpool fan since I was really young," he explained.

"I think on my dad's side of the family, they're all United supporters, and the team they hate the most is Liverpool. So being an annoying little six?year?old, you probably go against the team they hate the most.

"S ince then, football is probably growing in Australia, and the amount of travel that I have done since I finished school, you see just how big the game is, yeah, I'm a very passionate Liverpool supporter. And I love Jurgen Klopp."

Since Arsenal have found success hard to come by in the Premier League, if Murray needs a brag, he can tell Millman how Hibs won the Scottish Cup and Liverpool lost the Europa League Final.

ON THE MENU TODAY

Play again starts at 11am on the outside courts as a result of the rain earlier in the week, with Nick Kyrgios against Dustin Brown a stand-out highlight. Elsewhere, Juan Martin del Potro goes up against Stan Wawrinka and it is Roger Federer against Dan Evans, while Novak Djokovic and both of the Williams sisters are in action.

WHO'S TOAST TODAY?

Britain's Tara Moore played brilliantly to come through her first-round match against Alison van Uytvanck, but she looks set to bow out against Svetlana Kuznetsova. Moore is the world number 227 and Kuznetsova the 13th seed so it should be no contest.

HAVEN'T WE MET BEFORE?

Del Potro v Wawrinka could be a cracker. They have not met for five years, largely because of the former's injury problems, but he holds a 3-2 advantage over their career and if he makes that 4-2 he will be a real danger in the draw.

THE BEST OF BRITISH

Two of the three remaining Brits are in action, with Dan Evans playing in one of the highest-profile matches of his career against Roger Federer on Centre Court, while in the women's draw, Moore faces Kuznetsova on Court Three.

CENTRE COURT ORDER OF PLAY

Juan Martin Del Potro v Stan Wawrinka, Serena Williams v Christina McHale and Roger Federer v Dan Evans.

Source: PA