Gasquet on collision course with Murray
Richard Gasquet set up a possible fourth-round clash with Andy Murray at Wimbledon by securing a straight-sets victory over Simone Bolelli.
Gasquet needed just an hour and 45 minutes to demolish the Italian 6-3 6-2 6-4 on Court 14, and was rarely troubled during the match, firing 12 aces.The 25-year-old from France, seeded 17th but ranked 13th in the world, has yet to drop a set as he seeks to match his best Wimbledon performance of a semi-final appearance in 2007. In 2008 he lost in the fourth round to Murray, from two sets and a break of serve in front.
Gasquet has met Murray four times with the series locked at two wins apiece.
There were differing fortunes for two of the brightest young things in men's tennis, with Ryan Harrison of the US beaten 6-7 (6/8) 6-1 4-6 6-3 6-2 by seventh seed David Ferrer while Bernard Tomic fought back from two sets down to see off Igor Andreev 4-6 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-1.
Both matches were delayed second-round encounters, and for 18-year-old qualifier Tomic the victory represented a significant first.
The Australian said: "It's the first time I've been down in my career two sets to love and a break, and potentially a double break down. I think I gave it a shot. I tested myself to win that match, to get back in that third set, and I did."
Tomic next faces fifth seed Robin Soderling, who fought back from two sets down himself on Thursday to defeat another Australian, Lleyton Hewitt.
Tomic said: "Hopefully he's not going to like the way I play. But he can hit you off the court, as he's done the last few years. He's beaten a lot guys very easily."
Eleventh seed Jurgen Melzer completed the third-round line-up by seeing off Dmitry Tursunov 6-3 2-6 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 (7/1).
Due to the rain that hit SW19 in the latter part of the day, several games had to be carried over to Saturday, including Juan Martin del Potro's clash with Gilles Simon, Gael Monfils match with Lukasz Kubot and Mardy Fish against Robin Haase.
Del Potro was a set up but a break down against Simon, Monfils was locked at 1-1 and Fish was unable to get on court at all.
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