ANDY Murray raced the gathering rain clouds to book his place in the second round of Wimbledon then forecast a sterner test when he gets there. The World No 2 ran out an emphatic 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 victor in his All-British battle against Stockport's Liam Broady just as the South West London weather broke in late afternoon. He said he had spent Tuesday night watching England's footballers crash out of Euro 2016 to Iceland and used their example as proof that upsets can still happen in sport. Having said that, he is still tipping perennial favourites Germany or Italy.

The Scot will have to be on his guard tomorrow against Yen-Hsun Lu, a 32-year-old from Chinese Taipei who beat Andy Roddick to reach the quarter finals here in 2010 and is still the only man in history to beat Murray in an Olympic singles rubber, back in the first round in Beijing in 2008. Also on upset alert is Roger Federer, the 17-time Grand Slam winner, who takes on unorthodox British qualifier Marcus Willis on Centre Court today.

"It was obviously a surprising result," said Murray on the topic of England's last 16 exit. "But you know, that does happen in sport, where underdogs perform well and win. At the highest level, if you don't perform to your best, then upsets can happen.

"It [the meeting with Lu] will be a really, really tough match, and a good test for me early in the event," added the Scot of a player who he also encountered en route to triumph here in 2013. "He's played the three grass court challengers in the build-up, won two of them and lost in the final of one. He plays well on the grass. I'll need to perform well in that one."

The Scot certainly did that here, in circumstances on Centre Court which were somewhat unusual. Not only was he pitted against a fellow Brit for the first time in 11 years at SW19 - although ironically it was his third such encounter in the last fortnight - it was the first time his daughter Sophia had been in attendance on the grounds, even if she had been whisked off to bed by the time he had fulfilled all his post-match duties. The familiar figure of Ivan Lendl was back perched in his players' box for the first time since his 2013 triumph, while certain moments were spent gazing anxiously up at the heavens as a gusting wind blew a succession of gloomy clouds overhead.

The match was sure to be played to a finish in any case - the roof was promptly closed as soon as the players left court - but there was still a sense of mission accomplished here for a player who has been reminded of the perils of wasting time and energy early in major tournaments after playing five sets against Radek Stepanek and Mathias Bourgue in the French Open.

"The weather can always be a factor," said the Scot. "I knew there was supposed to be some rain later on in the day. So obviously to get off fairly quickly was good. Although my opponent in the next round also got done, at any tournament it's important, when you have a chance to win a match quickly, to do it."

Broady, a former boys singles' finalist here, hails from Stockport, the home town of Fred Perry, and used to drive past the house where he used to live on his route to practice each day. That was closer than he was allowed to get yesterday to the man who succeeded him in the list of Britain's male SW19 singles champions.

On the same court where another Brit, James Ward, had engineered nine break points against Novak Djokovic - albeit only converting one - Murray allowed only two, and even then promptly slammed the door shut again by hitting the lines with big serves.

The perfectionist in the Scot chided himself afterwards for not being better defensively but in truth he didn't need to be. There was a warm embrace between the two men, who had practised here as recently as February, when one last Murray drop shot brought an end to Broady's resistance. At least the 23-year-old, forced to serve an initiation by making a public speech to a Glaswegian audience after a Davis Cup tie last March, hadn't fluffed his lines.

"We shook hands and he said 'good fight, well played'," said Broady. "I said the same to him. He's a great guy. It's not nice having to play him. As we were walking off the court, he asked me if I enjoyed it. I was like, 'Yeah, of course I did'. I played Andy Murray on Centre Court, what can't I enjoy? Obviously, I didn't enjoy the losing part, but it was a great experience."

Tara Moore became the fourth Brit to book a place in the second round here with a fine 6-2, 6-2 win against Alison Van Uytvanck of Belgium, with Johanna Konta likely to join her there today when she resumes, 6-1, 2-1 up on Monica Puig.