Verdasco fights on

Fernando Verdasco needed almost three hours to see off a resilient Kristof Vliegen in a tense Wimbledon second-round encounter on Court Three.

The seventh-seeded Spaniard, who is ranked 74 places higher than his Belgian opponent, was taken to three tie-breaks before eventually prevailing 7-6 (7/3) 6-7 (3/7) 7-6 (7/4) 6-4.