Wimbledon 2016: Thursday Results, Highlights, Scores Recap from London

After days of rainfall at Wimbledon, a full slate of matches was completed Thursday with first- and second-round action in the men's and women's singles draw taking center stage at All England Club.

Second-seeded Andy Murray was the main attraction on the men's side, while the women's draw was rife with chaos, as big names such as Garbine Muguruza, Belinda Bencic and Samantha Stosur were all ousted before making it to the first weekend in London.

With Thursday's slate officially in the books, here is a rundown of singles results in both draws, as well as a recap of the day's biggest performances, upsets and matches.

Thursday's Men's Singles Results

Round	Winning Player	Losing Player	Score
R2	(2) Andy Murray	Yen-Hsun Lu	6-3, 6-2, 6-1
R2	(5) Kei Nishikori	Julien Benneteau	4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
R2	(6) Milos Raonic	Andreas Seppi	7-6(5), 6-4, 6-2
R2	(7) Richard Gasquet	Marcel Granollers	4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-1
R2	Jiri Vesely	(8) Dominic Thiem	7-6(4), 7-6(5), 7-6(3)
R2	(9) Marin Cilic	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6-2, 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-4
R2	(11) David Goffin	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	6-4, 6-0, 6-3
R2	Nicolas Mahut	(13) David Ferrer	6-1, 6-4, 6-3
R2	(14) Roberto Bautista Agut	Mikhail Kukushkin	Walkover
R2	Grigor Dimitrov	(16) Gilles Simon	6-3, 7-6(1), 4-6, 6-4
R1	(18) John Isner	Marcos Baghdatis	7-6(2), 7-6(5), 6-3
R2	(19) Bernard Tomic	Radu Albot	7-6(3), 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3
R2	Lukas Lacko	(23) Ivo Karlovic	6-3, 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-4
R2	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	(25) Viktor Troicki	3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
R2	John Millman	(26) Benoit Paire	7-6(5), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
R2	(27) Jack Sock	Robin Haase	6-1, 6-3, 6-7(3), 6-4
R2	(28) Sam Querrey	Thomaz Bellucci	6-4, 6-3, 6-2
R2	Daniel Evans	(30) Alexandr Dolgopolov	7-6(6), 6-4, 6-1
R2	(31) Joao Sousa	Dennis Novikov	6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
R1	(32) Lucas Pouille	Marius Copil	6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
R1	Matthew Barton	Albano Olivetti	6-7(7), 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-7(5), 14-12
R1	Fabio Fognini	Federico Delbonis	6-4, 1-6, 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-3
R1	Mikhail Youzhny	Horacio Zeballos	6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
R1	Donald Young	Leonardo Mayer	6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
R2	Steve Johnson	Jeremy Chardy	6-1, 7-6(6), 6-3

Thursday's Women's Singles Results

Round	Winning Player	Losing Player	Score
R2	Jana Cepelova	(2) Garbine Muguruza	6-3, 6-2
R2	(3) Agnieszka Radwanska	Ana Konjuh	6-2, 4-6, 9-7
R2	(4) Angelique Kerber	Varvara Lepchenko	6-1, 6-4
R2	(5) Simona Halep	Francesca Schiavone	6-1, 6-1
R2	(6) Roberta Vinci	Ying-Ying Duan	6-3, 7-5
R2	Julia Boserup	(7) Belinda Bencic	6-4, 1-0, Ret.
R2	(8) Venus Williams	Maria Sakkari	7-5, 4-6, 6-3
R2	(9) Madison Keys	Kirsten Flipkens	6-4, 4-6, 6-3
R1	(11) Timea Bacsinszky	Luksika Kumkhum	6-4, 6-2
R2	Sabine Lisicki	(14) Samantha Stosur	6-4, 6-2
R2	Misaki Doi	(15) Karolina Pliskova	7-6(5), 6-3
R2	Eugenie Bouchard	(16) Johanna Konta	6-3, 1-6, 6-1
R2	Yaroslava Shvedova	(17) Elina Svitolina	6-2, 3-6, 6-4
R1	(18) Sloane Stephens	Peng Shuai	7-6(5), 6-2
R2	(19) Dominika Cibulkova	Daria Gavrilova	6-3, 6-2
R2	Alize Cornet	(20) Sara Errani	7-6(4), 7-5
R2	Marina Erakovic	(22) Jelena Jankovic	4-6, 7-6(1), 8-6
R1	(24) Barbora Strycova	Anett Kontaveit	4-6, 6-4, 6-4
R2	(26) Kiki Bertens	Mona Barthel	6-4, 6-4
R2	(27) Coco Vandeweghe	Timea Babos	6-2, 6-3
R2	(28) Lucie Safarova	Samantha Crawford	6-3, 6-4
R2	Katerina Siniakova	(30) Caroline Garcia	4-6, 6-4, 6-1
R1	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	(31) Kristina Mladenovic	6-3, 6-3
R2	Elena Vesnina	(32) Andrea Petkovic	7-5, 6-3
R1	Annika Beck	Heather Watson	3-6, 6-0, 12-10
R1	Monica Niculescu	Aleksandra Krunic	6-1, 6-4
R1	Ekaterina Makarova	Johanna Larsson	6-1, 4-6, 6-1
R2	Anna-Lena Friedsam	Ekaterina Alexandrova	6-4, 7-6(1)
R1	Mandy Minella	Anna Tatishvili	7-5, 3-0, Ret.
R2	Carina Witthoeft	Kurumi Nara	6-3, 1-0, Ret.

Thursday's Men's Singles Recap

Murray's pursuit of a second career Wimbledon title continued in impressive fashion Thursday as he defeated Yen-Hsun Lu in straight sets.

Although the Scot found himself down early in the opening set, he battled back and eventually took full control of the contest.

Following the match, Murray was happy with his resiliency, according to Alix Ramsay of Wimbledon.com: "The first set was tough—I went a break down. But I settled down at the end of that set and loosened up. I started hitting the ball a lot cleaner."

If history does indeed repeat itself, then Murray's second-round triumph over Lu is a good omen, per ESPN Stats & Info:

While Lu was no match for Murray, any opponent would have been hard-pressed to take down the Olympic gold medalist due to his dominance in the second round at Wimbledon, as pointed out by ESPN Tennis:

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2013 champion Murray remains undefeated in #Wimbledon 2R matches (11-0), d. Lu 6-3 6-2 6-1. Next up: Millman. pic.twitter.com/iPkRX4WEHP

— ESPNTennis (@ESPNTennis) June 30, 2016"

Murray is a huge favorite to reach the final from his part of the draw after making it to the French Open final, and his road to that point may have been made easier by some surprising upsets Thursday.

Perhaps the biggest among them was 13th-seeded David Ferrer falling to French journeyman Nicolas Mahut in straight sets.

Mahut is best known for his record-breaking marathon match against John Isner in 2010 at Wimbledon, but not so much for taking down ranked opponents, according to OptaJean:

The 34-year-old veteran does excel on grass courts, though, with a record that is far superior to what he has accomplished on hardcourts and clay, per Carl Bialik of ESPN's FiveThirtyEight:

In addition to a former Wimbledon quarterfinalist in Ferrer going down, No. 8 Dominic Thiem was shocked by Jiri Vesely.

Although the 22-year-old Czech won in straight sets, all three of them went to a tiebreak. Vesely showed nerves of steel in knocking off the French Open semifinalist in high-pressure situations.

Ben Rothenberg of the New York Times praised the manner in which Vesely was able to impose his will on the favorite:

Several dark-horse candidates ranked inside the top 10 were victorious, including Milos Raonic, Richard Gasquet and Marin Cilic.

No. 5 Kei Nishikori also won his match over Julien Benneteau despite dropping the first set, and he feels good about the form he displayed in the latter part of the encounter, according to Kate Battersby of Wimbledon.com:

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My goal is to get to the quarterfinal. That's going to be my first goal. I've been feeling good on grass, especially in this match. I started playing much better after the second and third set. You know, little by little I'm getting more confidence on grass court. Play one match at a time and hope I can reach the second week.

"

Thursday was also a great day for the Americans, as Isner, Jack Sock, Sam Querrey, Steve Johnson and Donald Young all advanced.

All of them are longshots to make a deep run in the tournament, but the United States has uncommon strength in numbers at this juncture, and a Cinderella run for one or two of them isn't out of the question.

Thursday's Women's Singles Recap

Muguruza had the spotlight to herself on the women's side with No. 1 Serena Williams idle, but the Spaniard got more than she bargained for in a shocking 6-3, 6-2 defeat to Jana Cepelova.

A deep run was expected out of Muguruza as the reigning French Open champion and a Wimbledon finalist from 2015, but Cepelova bolstered her giant-killer status after pulling off a similarly big upset last year, as she told Wimbledon's official Twitter account: "Last year I beat [Simona] Halep on this court. I had great memories, I am just so happy."

According to ESPN Stats & Info, few players ranked as high as Muguruza have bowed out of Wimbledon so early during the Open Era:

While Muguruza is an elite talent and a potential multi-time Grand Slam winner, David Waldstein of the New York Times pointed out that she has a penchant for letdowns after big wins:

Muguruza was far from the only big-name upset, as Bencic was defeated by unheralded American Julia Boserup.

The No. 7 seed lost the first set before retiring in the second due to a wrist injury that has been bothering her for weeks, per WTA Insider.

Bencic was joined by Stosur, who was taken down by former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki in just over an hour.

The Aussie was coming off a run all the way to the French Open semifinals, but her Wimbledon woes continued against a player who is far more comfortable on grass.

No. 16 Johanna Konta, who is the top-seeded Brit, was also upended in a three-set affair with Eugenie Bouchard. The 22-year-old Canadian has been in steady decline since reaching the 2014 Wimbledon final, but she is once again starting to look like a contender in a wide-open draw aside from Serena.

One of Serena's biggest challengers may be her own sister, as No. 8 Venus Williams survived a three-setter against Greece's Maria Sakkari.

The five-time Wimbledon champion has a legitimate chance to go all the way to the final, but she'll have to get past fellow American Madison Keys and fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber at some point, both of whom also advanced Thursday.

They were joined by third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, who narrowly avoided the same fate as Muguruza.

She defeated Ana Konjuh 9-7 in the third set after the Croatian rolled her ankle and struggled to move around the court.

The former Wimbledon finalist was somewhat fortunate to get through, but in a draw that has so much uncertainty aside from the top seed, every win is a good one and an opportunity to make a deep run.

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