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Tennis-Round-up of Day Five at Wimbledon

July 1 (Reuters) - Round-up from the fifth day of Wimbledon on Friday (all times GMT): DEL POTRO DOWNS WAWRINKA Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina came back from dropping the first set to secure a stunning 3-6 6-3 7-6(2) 6-3 victory over men's fourth seed Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland and reach the third round. Del Potro returns from wilderness to knock out Wawrinka DJOKOVIC TWO SETS DOWN AGAINST QUERREY Men's top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia lost the first two sets 7-6(6) 6-1 to American 28th seed Sam Querrey in the third round before rain halted the match. Saved by the rain, Djokovic's hopes hang by a thread FEDERER CRUSHES EVANS Men's third seed Roger Federer of Switzerland crushed Briton Dan Evans 6-4 6-2 6-2 to advance to the last 16. Federer claims another British scalp as he sends Evans packing SERENA SEES OFF COMPATRIOT MCHALE Women's number one seed Serena Williams beat fellow American Christina McHale 6-7(7) 6-2 6-4 to advance to the third round. Serena survives three-set thriller, racket not so lucky KYRGIOS SINKS BROWN IN FIVE SETS Men's 15th seed Nick Kyrgios of Australia beat German Dustin Brown 6-7(3) 6-1 2-6 6-4 6-4. Kyrgios tames Brown to reach third round MATCHES TO BE PLAYED ON MIDDLE SUNDAY Matches will be played on the middle Sunday at Wimbledon for the first time since 2004 after heavy downpours continued to plague the rain-ravaged tournament on Friday. Wimbledon confirms middle Sunday play as rain falls VENUS EDGES THROUGH IN THREE SETS Women's eighth seed Venus Williams of the United States beat Russian teenager Daria Kasatkina, seeded 29th, 7-5 4-6 10-8 to advance to the last 16. TSONGA POWERS INTO ROUND THREE Men's 12th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France beat Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-1 6-4 6-3 to reach the third round. BERDYCH ADVANCES IN STYLE Men's 10th seed Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic coasted to a 6-4 6-1 6-2 win over Benjamin Becker of Germany to move into the third round. Playing catch-up, Tsonga and Berdych finally negotiate round two (Compiled by Nivedita Shankar in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)