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The second-seeded Serbian completely outclassed the Czech in 94 minutes on Court 1. Earlier, Spain’s David Ferrer was on court briefly as his opponent Steve Darcis retired injured. 

Ferrer, twice a quarter-finalist at the grasscourt slam, was leading 3-0 when Belgium’s Darcis cried off with a back injury. Darcis, who once beat Rafa Nadal at Wimbledon, is the eighth player to retire in the men’s singles at this year’s championships. 

Grigor Dimitrov gave an exhibition of his enormous talent, striding emphatically into the third round with a 6-3 6-2 6-1 win over Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. The 13th-seeded Bulgarian looked less like his “Baby Federer” nickname and more like the Swiss maestro all grown up as he made light work of Baghdatis, a former semi-finalist here. In the women’s group, seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Russian countryman Ekaterina Makarova in straight sets to reach the third round. 

The 32-year-old Kuznetsova downed Makarova 6-0, 7-5 in 71 minutes to set up a third round meeting with Slovakia’s Polona Hercog after she beat Varvara Lepchenko of the USA.

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