Wimbledon 2015: Nadal's time is up but Murray marches on

Fourteen-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal was stunned by German qualifier Dustin Brown at Wimbledon's Centre Court, crashing out of the tournament early for the fourth year in succession.

The tenth seed never looked comfortable on the grass of SW19, losing 7-5 3-6 6-4 6-4 to a player ranked outside the world's top 100 for the fourth Wimbledon in a row.

After the match, Nadal conceded that he may never be back to his dominant best. "I don't know if I will be back to the level of 2008 or 2010," he said. "My motivation is try to be back to that level. But I've got to keep working. If I don't make that happen then I've played five finals and taken the trophy back home two times, so that's not bad."

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Meanwhile, Andy Murray was never forced out of second gear as he cruised through to the third round of Wimbledon, beating Robin Haase 6-1 6-1 6-4 on Court One.

The world number 78 held serve in the first game of the match, but was then blown away by the impressively clinical Scot, who won 12 of the next 13 games and comfortably closed the match out. He will play Italian Andreas Seppi in round three on Saturday.

Britain will have two men in the third round for the first time since 2002, as James Ward booked his progress with a 6-2 7-6 (7-4) 3-6 6-3 win over Jiri Vesely, but fellow Brit Aljaz Bedene failed to join them as he was defeated 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-4 by 22nd seed Viktor Troicki in the former's first Wimbledon since switching nationality in March.

Roger Federer continued his bid to win a record eighth title with a 6-4 6-2 6-2 win over American Sam Querrey, lighting up the court at one point with an outrageous 'hot-dog' lob.

"At times he was so excellent, so close to the form that brought him seven championship titles, he had the crowd emitting that sound that only ever seems to soundtrack his performances, a sort of awed amalgam of a wow and a purr," reported Jim White in the Daily Telegraph.

In the women's draw, defending champion Petra Kvitova eased into the third round with a 6-2 6-0 defeat of Kurumi Nara, while there were also wins for Caroline Wozniacki and Sabine Lisicki.