Roddick overcomes Melzer challenge

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The American overcame two tie-breaks and a dropped set to see off his Austrian opponent 7-6 (7/2) 7-6 (7/2) 4-6 6-3 in just under three hours.

Sixth-seeded Roddick had not lost to Melzer in eight previous encounters, and seven of his wins had come in straight sets.

Germany's Tommy Haas held off Marin Cilic to win a five-set thriller on Court One and book his place in Wimbledon's fourth round - and then called for floodlights to be installed.

The match, which had been enthralling before bad light interrupted play on Friday night, resumed with the players level at 6-6 in the final set before eventually ending 7-5 7-5 1-6 6-7 (7/3) 10-8 in the German's favour.

"It got darker and darker and I don't know why they don't have lights here - maybe that is something for the future," said Hass.

A packed crowd had been treated to an epic four-hour contest that swung one way and then the other before darkness fell on Wimbledon, forcing the players to come back on Saturday.

When it started up again, both players held serve during the first four games to leave the scores level at 8-8.

But Haas finally engineered a hard-fought victory over the number 11 seed when he broke the Croatian's serve to lead 9-8.

It left the German serving for the match and this time, unlike Friday evening, he did not squander his opportunity. Despite a few jitters, he held serve to finally win.