Wimbledon 2013 Results: Day 3 Winners Prepared for Title Run in Wide-Open Field

The 2013 Wimbledon tournament quickly became a simple game of survive and advance on Day 3 of the prestigious tournament at All England Club. 

Roger Federer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and John Isner all met early exits on the men's side, while Maria Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki and Victoria Azarenka headlined the eliminated contenders in the women's bracket. 

For those who faced early exits, it was a day to forget. But those that found a way to pull off wins on the hectic day can now rejoice for a significantly easier path to the final. 

Here's a full listing of the notable results followed by the Day 3 winners that are set up to make a serious run at the title.  

Full results and the statistics that follows in the analysis below can be found at Wimbledon.com. 

Men's Singles Draw	Score
Andy Murray (2) defeats Yen-Hsun Lu	6-3, 6-3, 7-5
Sergiy Stakhovsky defeats Roger Federer (3)	6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5)
Ernests Gulbis defeats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6)	3-6, 6-3, 6-3 (Retired)
Kenny De Schepper defeats Marin Cilic (10)	Walkover
Nicolas Almagro (15) defeats Guillaume Rufin	7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4
Adrian Mannarino defeats John Isner (18)	1-1 (Retired)
Mikhail Youzhny (20) defeats Vasek Pospisil	6-2, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-4
Juan Monaco (22) defeats Rajeev Ram	5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
Jerzy Janowicz (24) defeats Radek Stepanek	6-2, 5-3 (Retired)
Benoit Paire (25) defeats Stephane Robert	6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Fernando Verdasco defeats Julien Benneteau (31)	7-6 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-4
Tommy Robredo (32) defeats Nicolas Mahut	7-6 (3), 6-1, 7-6 (5)
Dustin Brown defeats Lleyton Hewitt	6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2
Women's Singles Draw	Score
Flavia Pennetta defeats Victoria Azarenka (2)	Walkover
Michelle Larcher de Brito defeats Maria Sharapova (3)	6-3, 6-4
Petra Kvitova (8) defeats Yaroslava Shvedova	Walkover
Petra Cetkovska defeats Carolina Wozniacki (9)	6-2, 6-2
Eugenie Bouchard defeats Ana Ivanovic (12)	6-3, 6-3
Sloane Stephens (17) defeats Andrea Petkovic	7-6 (2), 2-6, 8-6
Carla Suarez Navarro (19) defeats Mirjana Lucic-Baroni	1-6, 6-3, 6-3
Kirsten Flipkens (20) defeats Bojana Jovanovski	6-4, 6-4
Ekaterina Makarova (25) defeats Garbine Muguruza	6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-4
Karin Knapp defeats Lucie Safarova (27)	4-6, 6-4, 6-4
Alize Cornet (29) defeats Su-Wei Hsieh	6-3, 6-2

Jerzy Janowicz

Before snickering at Janowicz's chances to actually make it to the finals, remember that we've already seen Federer, Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga eliminated by much worse players than Janowicz. 

The 24-year-old has a bright future ahead of him. Coincidentally, he played the best major of his young career last year at Wimbledon, advancing to the third round. 

The 6'8" Janowicz unfortunately drew Roger Federer before the quarterfinals this year, which looked like his ceiling. Now, with his Day 3 win over Radek Stepanek, he's in a great position to emerge onto the scene in an even bigger way this year with a serious run. 

Stepanek was forced to retire in the second set, but Janowicz had seized control of the match anyway. He took the first set 6-2 before going up in the second one 5-3. He hit 27 winners to Stepanek's six. 

He faces a tough challenge in Nicolas Almagro in the next round, but Almagro is just 7-8 at Wimbledon in his entire career. He hasn't advanced any farther than the third round himself. A semifinal matchup with Andy Murray looms, but this could be the tournament that Janowicz shows his potential is in bloom. 

Sloane Stephens

As surprising as the early exits of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were on the men's side, the women's side has been obliterated. Aside from Serena Williams, who will likely win the whole tournament, it's anyone's game. 

Fortunately for Sloane Stephens, she's on the opposite end of the draw from Serena and has a good chance to advance. 

She kept her hopes alive with a hard-fought win over Andrea Petkovic that could have easily gone either way. She actually lost more points (110-119), made more unforced errors (39-30) and hit less winners (25-26), but she found a way to survive and advance. 

After a semifinal appearance at the Australian Open and a run to the fourth round at Roland Garros, Stephens has shown she can go deep into slam tournaments. With no elite players left in her bracket, she could keep fighting her way to a finals appearance. 

Andy Murray

No one should be more happy about Day 3's results than Andy Murray. 

The British favorite did more than just survive the day—he conquered it, beating Yen-Hsun Lu in straight sets to book his ticket to the third round. As BBC Sport noted, it was his 13th consecutive win on grass. 

But that wasn't all that Murray should be happy about. A straight-set victory was to be expected, after all. With all of the upsets that went on in Day 3, the road has been cleared for Murray to breeze to the finals. As tennis analyst Ben Rothenberg tweeted, Nicolas Almagro is the highest-seeded contender remaining on his side of the draw. 

After making his first trip to the Wimbledon finals last year, he now has an ideal path to return there once more.