Spain's Garbine Muguruza fell to a straight sets second round loss ©Getty Images

French Open champion Garbine Muguruza fell to a shock second round defeat at Wimbledon after being comfortably beaten by Slovakia’s Jana Cepelova in the women’s second round at the All-England Club today.

The Spaniard had finished as the runner-up to America’s Serena Williams in 2015, but knew that Cepelova could prove a tricky opponent, with the world number 124 having surprisingly beaten Romania’s Simona Halep last year.

Muguruza got off to the worst possible start after being broken in her opening service game, with Cepelova eventually easing to win the opening set 6-3.

Cepelova continued to dominate proceedings as Muguruza failed to find form in the second set, with the Slovakian cruising to a 6-3, 6-2 triumph.

After the shock victory, Cepelova will now face the Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova, who overcame the United States’ Samantha Crawford 6-3, 6-4.

There was better fortune for third seed Agnieszka Radwańska with the Pole, a finalist in 2012, battling to a 6-2, 4-6, 9-7 win over Ana Konjuh of Croatia.

She will now face the Czech Republic’s Katerina Siniakova, following her 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over France’s Caroline Garcia.


Poland's Agnieszka Radwańska battled to a three set victory to keep her hopes alive ©Getty Images
Poland's Agnieszka Radwańska battled to a three set victory to keep her hopes alive ©Getty Images


Germany’s Sabine Lisicki and Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard, runners-up in 2013 and 2014 respectively, also made it through to the third round.

Lisicki eased to a 6-4, 6-2 triumph over Australia’s Sam Stosur and Bouchard ended the challenge of Britain’s Johanna Konta after battling past the home favourite 6-3, 1-6, 6-1.

There was home success in the men’s draw after Britain’s Andy Murray eased to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-1 win over Chinese Taipei’s Yen-Hsun Lu, who had ended Murray’s challenge at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Murray will now take on Australia's John Millman, who defeated France’s Benoit Paire 7-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

His fellow Britain Dan Evans also booked his place in the third round after sealing a 7-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov in a rain-delayed match, which had begun yesterday.

Evans reward will be a meeting with seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer of Switzerland.

Japan's fifth seed Kei Nishikori recovered from a set down in his match against France’s Julien Benneteau, coming back to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 and set up a match with Russia’s Andrey Kuznetsov.