Wimbledon 2021: Cirstea v Raducanu, Federer v Norrie and more – live!

11.43am BST

In the meantime, here’s some reading to take you through the hiatus: the estimable Andy Bull on Andy Murray, who has raged against the dying of the light but yesterday’s found himself beaten by a young upstart and asking “Is all the hard work worth it”?

Related: Is the sun finally setting on Andy Murray’s brilliant, battling career? | Andy Bull

11.41am BST

I did say “weather permitting”. And right now the weather is unpermitting. Light showers have shooed the players off the courts for the time being – which is just as well for Kerber, who was floundering badly against the world No 100 Aliaksandra Sasnovich. The Belarusian was 5-1 up in the first set and cruising.

Berrettini meanwhile had found little joy in the early stages against 64th-ranked Aljaz Bedene, both men holding their serves at 3-3.

11.35am BST

We’re not even a week into Wimbledon and the drama has come thick, fast and slippery. We’ve had a Murray epic, a Murray downfall, a Serena slip-up, a Kyrgios rant, a masterclass apiece from Djokovic and Federer, and the gloriously unannounced arrival of a new superstar.

Things ramp up another gear on the last day of week one, with aforementioned superstar Emma Raducanu taking her place alongside fellow teen sensation Coco Gauff in the afternoon’s first matches. Raducanu pits her wits against Sorana Cirstea on No1 Court while Gauff faces off against Kaja Juvan in the main arena. After that Roger Federer takes on Cameron Norrie – the last of the British men’s hopes – and Nick Kyrgios test his mettle against the talented Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime. And at the end of it all, Daniel Medvedev and Ashleigh Barty, second and first seeds respectively in their draws, continue their pursuit of the title.

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