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Tennis-Round-up of Day Six at Wimbledon

July 2 (Reuters) - Round-up from the sixth day of Wimbledon on Saturday (all times GMT): DEFENDING CHAMPION DJOKOVIC SUFFERS SHOCK EXIT Men's number one seed and defending champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia suffered a shock 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 7-6(5) defeat in the third round by 28th-seeded American Sam Querrey. Djokovic shows rare fallibility in shock loss to Querrey MURRAY EASES PAST MILLMAN Men's second seed and 2013 Wimbledon champion Andy Murray breezed to a 6-3 7-5 6-2 victory against John Millman of Australia to move into the fourth round. Murray into Djokovic-free second week after downing Millman TWICE CHAMPION KVITOVA BOWS OUT Twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, the 10th seed, lost 7-5 7-6(5) to Russian Ekaterina Makarova. Twice Wimbledon champion Kvitova bows out KERBER TRIUMPHS IN ALL-GERMAN BATTLE Women's fourth seed Angelique Kerber, the 2016 Australian Open champion, beat fellow German Carina Witthoeft 7-6(11) 6-1 to advance to the fourth round. Aussie Open champ Kerber grinds out third-round win NISHIKORI DOWNS KUZNETSOV Men's fifth seed Kei Nishikori of Japan recovered from an early break in the third set to beat Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 7-5 6-3 7-5 to move into the fourth round. Nishikori eases past Kuznetsov to set up Cilic showdown 1945 RAONIC SURGES THROUGH Canadian sixth seed Milos Raonic overwhelmed American Jack Sock, seeded 27th, 7-6(2) 6-4 7-6(1) to advance to the last 16. Raonic flattens Sock to reach round four HALEP ADVANCES TO FOURTH ROUND Romania's Simona Halep, the women's fifth seed, beat women's 26th seed Kiki Bertens of Netherlands 6-4 6-3 to book her place in the fourth round. Omens looking good for Halep as she reaches last 16 1835 AMERICAN KEYS ADVANCES American Madison Keys, the women's ninth seed, beat Alize Cornet of France 6-4 5-7 6-2. 1820 GOFFIN INTO LAST 16 Men's 11th seed David Goffin of Belgium overcame Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-1 to reach the last 16. 1810 TOMIC OVERPOWERS BAUTISTA AGUT Men's 19th seed Bernard Tomic of Australia beat 14th-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 6-2 6-4 6-4 to reach round four. (Reporting by Nivedita Shankar in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)