Roger Federer makes first Wimbledon appearance this year to pay tribute to Andy Murray, Madison Keys lashes out at crowd

• It was another busy day at Wimbledon, including two all-British singles matches

It was an emotional day at Wimbledon as Centre Court celebrated Andy Murray’s legacy.

Murray and his brother Jamie were beaten by Rinky Hijikata and John Peers in the men’s doubles before a series of tributes were paid to the two-time champion, who is playing his final Wimbledon.

Elsewhere there were two ‘Battles of Britain’ where Harriet Dart defeated Katie Boulter and Cameron Norrie swept aside Jack Draper.

Mail Sport’s JAMES SHARPE was on hand to round up some of the things you might have missed from day three of the Championships.

Roger Federer made his first Wimbledon appearance yesterday to pay tribute to Andy Murray. While the eight-time Wimbledon king surprisingly didn’t join in the post-match celebrations to honour Murray’s career, it appears that Federer met up with his former rival before the match to show his support for Murray on an emotional day.

MADISON’S CHAMPAGNE MOMENT

Days after Harriet Dart had her first-round match briefly suspended due to a champagne cork flying onto the court, American star Madison Keys was the next to take aim at the Wimbledon crowd. When asked if she preferred playing on the outdoor courts to the main courts, Keys replied: “The main courts are definitely a lot quieter. There’s always champagne corks popping, so it’s everywhere.”

KATIE FIRST, THEN MEDIA

Alex de Minaur arrived on Court 1 just 45 minutes after his second-round win over Jaume Munar to cheer on his girlfriend Katie Boulter.

There was just one problem: the Australian had to go to his press conference at 3.15pm. As the clock struck the half-hour mark, Boulter broke back to level the deciding set with De Minaur still on court. He finally made it to his press conference at 4.30pm after Boulter lost a thrilling final-set tie-break to fellow Briton Harriet Dart. “I’m glad everyone knows there are priorities,” he said.

DJOKOVIC BLOCKED BY BEEB

The BBC’s clumsy bosses mixed up their Wimbledon schedule and left Novak Djokovic off the air.

Shortly before 2pm, BBC One and BBC Two were showing the Boulter-Dart match on No 1 Court while Djokovic played against Britain’s wild card Jacob Fearnley on Centre Court.

By the time officials realised the mistake and broadcast the action on Centre Court on BBC 2, Djokovic was 20 minutes into his match.

HUBERT’S TIMELESS DEPARTURE

Hubert Hurkacz, seeded number 7, was eliminated in a bizarre manner: he retired injured on match point against Arthur Fils.

Former Wimbledon semi-finalist Hurkacz was injured attempting a diving volley at 7-7 in a fourth-set tie-break but made it to set point and force a decider.

After a nine-minute delay to receive treatment on his knee, Hurkacz limped back onto the court to continue, but he attempted ANOTHER diving volley as Fils won the next two points to set up match point.

Instead of serving to stay in the match, Hurkacz limped to the net to concede the match. Suffice to say, he didn’t fight until the end.

YES, MINISTER!

Ons Jabeur showed once again why she is a favourite among Wimbledon crowds by rushing to the aid of a distressed fan.

The 2022 and 2023 finalist, known as the Minister of Happiness, rushed to help a fan who fainted in the scorching heat on day four.

Jabeur passed two bottles, one filled with water and the other with an electrolyte drink, to two fans over the barrier as everyone on Court 2 cheered.

SERVICE WITHOUT A SMILE

Daria Saville and Marta Kostyuk gave a masterclass in how not to serve during their three-hour marathon on Court 14.

Sixteen games ended in a break of serve, with both players committing 24 double faults between them. Only two games in the entire second set ended in a break of serve.

Australia’s Saville served for the match three times in the second set and wasted a match point in an epic 20-minute service game that Kostyuk eventually won on her eighth break point.

Kostyuk of Ukraine eventually won the match on his sixth match point in a decider in which four of the first five games came against his serve.

There’s still no love lost between Taylor Fritz and Arthur Rinderknech.

Fritz had angered fans at Roland Garros last year when he “silenced” the boos from the crowd after eliminating Rinderknech, the last Frenchman remaining in the draw.

Ahead of their second-round clash at Wimbledon, Rinderknech said: “He won’t cry so much anymore. I have nothing against him, but he was wrong to expect the French crowd to kiss him between points.”

After Fritz’s four-set victory yesterday, the two men exchanged heated words on court again.

“You know what you did,” said Fritz. “I know what I did?” replied Rinderknech. “Yes, you know what you did,” replied Fritz.

Fritz explained in his post-match press conference: “When we shook hands, I just said, ‘Have a safe flight home.’

“He asked me what I said. I told him what I said. He told me he was still double-crossing. I said, ‘Oh, congratulations, good for you.’ Then he started being like, ‘Why are you blah, blah, blah?’

“I’m like, man, you know what you said. Don’t disrespect me before the game and don’t expect me to be nice after the game. That’s not how it works.”