Early problems for Ancic

Mario Ancic, the 18-year-old proteg of last year’s Wimbledon’s men’s champion Goran Ivanisevic, lost the first set 6-4 against the Czech Republic’s Jan Vacek in the second round today.

Ancic, from Croatia, who caused a big upset with his straight-sets victory over fancied seventh seed Roger Federer in the first round, had his serve broken without registering a point in the opening game.