Before stunning Nadal on Centre Court Brown had only won consecutive tour-level matches once this year.
He said "I guess the main thing for me is to accept that my game has that span."
Roger Federer.
For this.
Also: Men's seeded winners: No. 3 Andy Murray, No. 6 Tomas Berdych, No. 12 Gilles Simon, No. 13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 18 Gael Monfils, No. 20 Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 22 Viktor Troicki, No. 23 Ivo Karlovic, No. 25 Andreas Seppi.
Women's seeded winners: No. 2 Petra Kvitova, No. 5 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 10 Angelique Kerber, No. 13 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 15 Timea Bacsinszky, No. 18 Sabine Lisicki, No. 20 Garbine Muguruza, No. 21 Madison Keys, No. 28 Jelena Jankovic, No. 31 Camila Giorgi.
LOSERS
Also:
Men's seeded losers: No. 10 Rafael Nadal, No. 15 Feliciano Lopez, No. 30 Fabio Fognini.
Women's seeded losers: No. 8 Ekaterina Makarova, No. 17 Elina Svitolina, No. 25 Alize Cornet, No. 26 Svetlana Kuznetsova.
KIWIS ARE UNDEFEATED...
...when it comes to doubles with four teams now through to the second round. After her first round singles defeat, Marina Erakovic has bounced back with a victory in the doubles alongside local Heather Watson.
The duo defeated Ukraine's Nadiia Kichenok and Bojana Jovanovski from Switzerland in straight sets 6-4, 7-6 (4). Kiwi compatriot Michael Venus and his Croatian partner Mate Pavicalso advanced to the second round beating with a four sets win Santiago Giraldo (Colombia) and Portugal's Joao Sousa - 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 in two hours.
On court tonight
No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 27 Bernard Tomic, No. 4 Stan Wawrinka vs. Fernando Verdasco, No. 7 Milos Raonic vs. No. 26 Nick Kyrgios, No. 9 Marin Cilic vs. No. 17 John Isner; No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Heather Watson, No. 4 Maria Sharapova vs. No. 29 Irina-Camelia Begu, No. 6 Lucie Safarova vs. Sloane Stephens, No. 16 Venus Williams vs. Aleksandra Krunic.