Djokovic strides through round

London - Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic moved into the third round at Wimbledon with a 7-6 (7/5), 6-1, 6-4 win against American qualifier Taylor Dent on Wednesday.

Djokovic had been involved in the latest finish in Wimbledon history two days ago when his first round victory over Olivier Rochus was concluded under the Centre Court roof at 10.58pm.

The 2008 Australian Open champion was clearly determined to avoid a repeat when he returned to Centre Court to face Dent.

He ground down the world number 97 after winning the first set in a tie-break and had few problems en route to a meeting with Spanish 28th seed Albert Montanes.

Second Round Results (x denotes seeding):

Men

Lu Yen-Hsun (TPE) bt Michal Przysiezny (POL) 6-4, 7-6 (9/7), 6-3
Jurgen Melzer (AUT x16) bt Viktor Troicki (SRB) 6-7 (5/7), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8/6), 6-3
Florian Mayer (GER) bt Mardy Fish (USA) 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Andy Roddick (USA x5) bt Michael Llodra (FRA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (7/2)
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x15) bt Evgeny Korolev (KAZ) 6-4, 6-4, 3-0 retired
Feliciano Lopez (ESP x22) bt Ricardas Berankis (LTU) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
Gael Monfils (FRA x21) bt Karol Beck (SVK) 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x29) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 7-6 (8/6), 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (7/5), 9-7
Novak Djokovic (SRB x3) bt Taylor Dent (USA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1, 6-4
Tomas Berdych (CZE x12) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
Victor Hanescu (ROM x31) bt Marsel Ilhan (TUR) 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Albert Montanes (ESP x28) bt Brendan Evans (USA) 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-4
Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Ilija Bozoljac (SRB) 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 7-6 (7/5)

Women

Regina Kulikova (RUS) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ x32) 6-2, 6-4
Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) bt Vera Dushevina (RUS) 6-3, 6-4
Justine Henin (BEL x17) bt Kristina Barrois (GER) 6-3, 7-5
Marion Bartoli (FRA x11) bt Petra Martic (CRO) walkover
Greta Arn (HUN) bt Alicia Molik (AUS) 7-5, 6-4
Angelique Kerber (GER) bt Shahar Peer (ISR x13) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Kim Clijsters (BEL x8) bt Karolina Sprem (CRO) 6-3, 6-2
Maria Kirilenko (RUS x27) bt Shenay Perry (USA) 6-1, 6-4
Nadia Petrova (RUS x12) bt Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) 6-3, 6-4
Venus Williams (USA x2) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 6-0, 6-4
Yanina Wickmayer (BEL x15) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 7-6 (11/9), 6-4
Jarmila Groth (AUS) bt Melanie Oudin (USA x33) 6-4, 6-3