Starting the match ranked the best batsman in Test cricket, the veteran left-hander lasted a total of six balls across both his innings - here squeezing a catch off bat and pad to silly point.
Its purpose is to match the two top-ranked teams in a national championship game and to create competitive match-ups in the four other BCS bowl games.
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The sixth-seeded Berdych , runner-up at Wimbledon last year, was another in cruise-control in a straight-sets triumph over Spaniard Verdasco, ranked nine, in a match that last just under two hours.
North Korea and the United Arab Emirates earlier kicked off the Group D schedule with a 0-0 draw at the Qatar Sports Club in match between teams ranked 105th and 108th in the world respectively.
On the men's side, No. 4-ranked David Ferrer needed five match points before clinching a 6-0, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 win over American Tim Smyczek, who got into the main draw as a lucky loser from qualifying.
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Ferrer has won an ATP Tour-leading 73 matches this year, one more than Djokovic -- who will seek to clinch his semi spot in his third and final closing Group A match against sixth-ranked Czech Tomas Berdych on Friday.
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Yan, fresh from two Futures tournament triumphs but playing only his second ever match against an opponent ranked in the top 100, refused to be beaten and clawed a break back in game four with a winner down the line.
Murray said his match against Youzhny, 25, who is seeded third and is ranked 19th in the world, would be "a different match against a different type of player".
The world No. 2, who lost to Andy Murray in the Melbourne semifinals last month, will play 60th-ranked Slovenian Grega Zemlja in his opening match.
Lisicki also moved into round two of the singles, coming from behind to beat Tunisian teen Ons Jabeur -- ranked 297th -- and securing a match against Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova.
The sixth-ranked Chinese held their own against the world's top-ranked team, but lacked the skill to match the Dutch.
Federer had already qualified as Group B winner before beating Mardy Fish 6-1 3-6 6-3 in Thursday's opening match, handing the eighth-ranked American a third successive defeat in his debut at the tournament.
Despite winning only two matches in her previous eight visits to SW19, Keothavong , the world number 51, was expected to beat Mayr - who is ranked 29 places below her - in her match on Court Four.
Seventh seed, Stosur admitted the match against Robson, who is currently ranked 89th in the world, will be tough.
The Pole's reward for a 6-7 (10-12) 6-4 6-2 success is a match with Argentine qualifier Paula Ormaechea, who claimed the first WTA Tour level match win of her career by beating 50th-ranked Romanian Simona Halep 6-1 3-6 7-5.
Last year's French Open finalist Sara Errani defeated 64th-ranked Jamie Hampton 6-2 6-1 in the opening match.
And despite going into the Leeds match sitting top of the table - the highest-ranked non-league side in the country - most of the squad have second jobs.
Playing without Landon Donovan, a veteran of three World Cups who is unsure whether to continue his career, the 28th-ranked U.S. was under pressure for much of the match.
Day, ranked 43rd, beat 2007 Masters winner Zach Johnson in his opening match and then disposed of American PGA Tour rookie Russell Henley -- who won the Sony Open in Hawaii last month.
The match took just over four hours and saw Monfils, currently ranked No. 81 after a knee injury forced him out of the world's top 100, dig deep to win the fifth after losing two tie breaks that could have finished the match early.
"I know he's my father but he's annoying me, " Bernard, who was ranked as high as world no. 27 last year, stated to the match referee.
Japan and Russia were also tied 1-1 in Moscow, where world No. 57 Ayumi Morita leveled the best-of-five match with a 6-2 6-2 win over 20th-ranked Ekaterina Makarova.
Britain's next opponents, Israel, are hardly likely to be quaking in their boots ahead of the 4-6 March match against a likely trio of Bogdanovic, Murray and the 187th-ranked Arvind Parmar.
Williams has now beaten second-ranked Sharapova in their past 12 meetings, and was in control for most of the match despite trailing 3-1 in the second set.
But that ranking is misleading as Przysiezny, who has a good Davis Cup pedigree, was a top 200-ranked player before a lengthy injury-enforced lay-off, and the way the match developed highlighted just how false the world standings were.
However, not many expected Andy Robinson's men to extend their four-match unbeaten run with a victory over the world's number one-ranked side and so it proved, although the ease with which southern hemisphere behemoths secured the win was surprising.
The visitors may be ranked 15 places above Ulster in the official ERC rankings, fifth against 20th, but this match made a mockery of those positions.
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