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LONDON --?Roger Federer ended British qualifier Marcus Willis feel-good Wimbledon run on Wednesday, while top-seeded?Novak Djokovic?achieved another Grand Slam milestone with his second-round victory.Federer swept past the 772nd-ranked left-hander 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 in a match played under the Centre Court roof on a rainy day at the All England Club.The seven-time Wimbledon champion won the first seven games and was always in control. Willis was the lowest-ranked qualifier to reach the second round at a Grand Slam since 1988.It was very refreshing to play against an opponent like this, Federer said. I always knew it was going to be a completely different match than everything that Ive played before here at Wimbledon.He compared it to the time he walked out to play Pete Sampras on Centre Court in 2001.I remember how nervous I was and how big a deal it was, Federer said. You had nothing to lose and you could just go out there and enjoy yourself. Marcus did that wonderfully.While Willis savored the moment, smiling, laughing and playing to the raucous crowd throughout the match, there was never much doubt about the outcome.I was enjoying it out there, he said. If Im playing well and competing with Roger Federer for a couple of sets, Im doing the right things. Ive still got a lot to learn, a lot of improving to do.It sounds funny, he added, but Im disappointed to lose. I went out there trying to win.Djokovic, the defending Wimbledon champion, won his 30th straight match at a major tournament Wednesday, sweeping into the third round with a clinical 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over Adrian Mannarino under the roof on Centre Court.The win gave Djokovic sole ownership of third place on the all-time list for most consecutive victories in Grand Slam play. Only Rod Laver with 31 and Don Budge with 37 have won more in a row.Djokovic hasnt lost a Grand Slam match since falling to Stan Wawrinka in the 2015 French Open final. He hasnt dropped a set so far this week as he bids for a fourth Wimbledon title, fifth straight Grand Slam championship and 13th major overall.For two sets and most of the third, Djokovic had little trouble against the 55th-ranked Mannarino, a French left-hander playing on his 28th birthday.But the match came to life with Djokovic serving for the match at 5-4. He served two double-faults, his seventh and eighth of the match, and was broken for the first time.Then, in the tiebreaker, Djokovic moved out to a 5-2 lead after a pair of cross-court winners. Two points later, Mannarino played a soft drop shot. Djokovic raced forward and slipped and fell onto his back, his racket flying, as he knocked the ball into the net.Djokovic was unhurt -- and unfazed -- and he closed out the match three points later.Djokovics match, like Federers, was played in its entirety under the retractable roof, which was closed after steady rain lashed the grounds and forced delays on all other courts.Before play was stopped by rain on the outside courts, No. 10 Tomas Berdych completed a 7-5, 7-5 (5), 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (2) win over Ivan Dodig.Other seeded players to have their matches called off Wednesday included?Kei Nishikori (5), Marin Cilic (9), David Goffin (11) and Ivo Karlovic (23).In an effort to get matches done, tournament officials to change the mens first-round doubles matches to a best-of-3 set format, while the remainder of the event will continue as a best-of-five.The last time mens doubles was reduced to best-of-three for the first round was 2011. 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Michael Grabner Jersey . -- For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama. New Zealands Lydia Ko couldnt buy a putt Saturday at the womens Olympic golf tournament in Rio de Janeiro. But when it mattered most, the worlds top-ranked player came through.Faced with a 7-foot putt on the 18th hole -- and the silver medal hanging in the balance -- Kos shot slid in the side door for a birdie on the final hole of golfs return to the Olympics in more than a century.My celebration was like as if I won the gold, said Ko, who shot a final-round 2-under-par 69. I wasnt putting very great today, so just to see something go in, I think was really cool because now theres no playoff.Had Ko missed her putt, there would have been a playoff with Chinas Shanshan Feng, who ended up with the bronze medal.Starting the final round 2 shots back of 54-hole leader and eventual gold-medal winner Inbee Park, Kos putting was just a touch off Saturday.In the final round, Ko managed just 69 feet of putts made over 18 holes, compared to nearly double that for Park (123 feet.) On the front nine, Ko sank just one putt more than 16 inches -- a 16-footer for birdie at the seventh hole -- for her only par breaker through the first 13 holes.On 14 of 18 holes, Kos final stroke came from less than 3? feet from the cup. And 38 of Kos 69 feet of putts came on the final five holes. Thats where she made three birdies that pulled her from off the podium into the silver-medal position when aall was said and done.ddddddddddddComing down the stretch I tried to play a little more aggressively and that worked in my favor coming down on 16, said Ko, who drove the green on the short par-4 and two-putted for birdie.At one stage I was fifth, and I said, OK, Ive got a lot of work to do, Ko said. But it was a really good finish, and no matter what the result is, when youre finishing off with a birdie where theres the most crowds, its a great feeling.Early on in the final round, Ko showed a composure well beyond her 19 years. When her second shot on the par-4 second hole found a greenside sandy area, she was forced to take an unplayable lie penalty stroke.Ko nearly holed her next shot, a putt from the fringe that stopped an inch short of the hole.So what does it mean to Ko, a two-time major champion, to become the youngest female medalist in New Zealands Olympic history?I said if I get a medal, Im never going to take it off, she said. I think I might have to shower with it. And I know that it doesnt rust; or at least were going to try it.But you know, this is an honor. ... This medal is obviously something that Im very proud of. But its I think a medal that represents every golfer here, and, you know, everyone back at home in New Zealand. ' ' '