• TV personality Sir Bruce Forsyth, right, and his wife Wilnelia Merced watch the match between Ricardas Berankis. Clive Brunskill / Getty Images / July 1, 2015
    TV personality Sir Bruce Forsyth, right, and his wife Wilnelia Merced watch the match between Ricardas Berankis. Clive Brunskill / Getty Images / July 1, 2015
  • Marin Cilic has a drink during his match against Ricardas Berankis. Toby Melville / Reuters / July 1, 2015
    Marin Cilic has a drink during his match against Ricardas Berankis. Toby Melville / Reuters / July 1, 2015
  • Maria Sharapova rests between games second round match against Robin Haase. Julian Finney / Getty Images / July 1, 2015
    Maria Sharapova rests between games second round match against Robin Haase. Julian Finney / Getty Images / July 1, 2015
  • A spectator is seen to by a medic after falling ill in the heat. Andy Rain / EPA / July 1, 2015
    A spectator is seen to by a medic after falling ill in the heat. Andy Rain / EPA / July 1, 2015
  • Spectators brave the sun on a hot day. Andy Rain / EPA / July 1, 2015
    Spectators brave the sun on a hot day. Andy Rain / EPA / July 1, 2015
  • Novak Djokovic wipes his face after a point, during the singles match against Jarkko Nieminen. Alastair Grant / AP Photo / July 1, 2015
    Novak Djokovic wipes his face after a point, during the singles match against Jarkko Nieminen. Alastair Grant / AP Photo / July 1, 2015
  • Play is interrupted on an outside court as medics attend to a ball boy who collapse. Gerry Penny / EPA / July 1, 2015
    Play is interrupted on an outside court as medics attend to a ball boy who collapse. Gerry Penny / EPA / July 1, 2015
  • Spectators shelter from the sun beneath a Union Flag-themed umbrella. Leon Neal / AFP / July 1, 2015
    Spectators shelter from the sun beneath a Union Flag-themed umbrella. Leon Neal / AFP / July 1, 2015
  • Water droplets fall from an ice-filled towel wrapped around Nick Kyrgios’s neck as he rests during a break against Juan Monaco. Glyn Kirk / AFP / July 1, 2015
    Water droplets fall from an ice-filled towel wrapped around Nick Kyrgios’s neck as he rests during a break against Juan Monaco. Glyn Kirk / AFP / July 1, 2015

Tennis

Serves, slices and scorching heat: Wimbledon 2015 Day 3 in pictures

Jake Badger

July 02, 2015

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Day 3 at Wimbledon 2015 will be remembered more for the searing heat than the tennis on display. Here are a selection photos showing the heat on the record-breaking day.

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