London — SA’s Kevin Anderson cruised into the third round at Wimbledon on Wednesday, defeating Andreas Seppi 6-3 7-6 6-4. The big-serving Anderson was far too strong for the Italian in the match that lasted an hour and 43 minutes. Earlier in the week, Anderson had beaten Spain’s Ferna-ndo Verdasco in the first round. Anderson’s best result at Wimbledon came in 2014 and 2015 when he reached the fourth round. He has now improved his overall Wimbledon win/loss record to 11-8. Defending champion, Briton Andy Murray, outclassed German maverick Dustin Brown 6-3 6-2 6-2 in an entertaining match of exhibition-style shots to maintain his record of always having reached at least round three at Wimbledon. Brown, ranked 97th in the world, was a potentially tricky opponent having beaten twice champion Rafa Nadal in the second round in 2015. Despite being moved around the court by a barrage of drop shots and lobs from Brown, world No1 Murray only rarely showed signs of the sore hip that had been ...
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