This is the 20th appearance at the grass-court major for Venus Williams, who has won the championship five times since her first match at the All England Club in 1997.
World No.1 Andy Murray and French Open champion Rafael Nadal registered contrasting victories in their third round matches against Fabio Fognini and Karen Khachanov respectively at All England Club on Friday.
World No.1 women's doubles player - Bethanie Mattek-Sand fell to the grass when her right knee buckled as she moved toward the net in a second-round singles match against Sorana Cirstea on Thursday.
McEnroe said on the BBC that Djokovic was "distracted" and the person who comes to mind in similar circumstances "is not a tennis player, it's actually a golfer: Tiger Woods."
Indians had a good day at the All England Club as Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna, and Purav Raja won their respective matches in doubles categories to advance to the second round of Wimbledon 2017.
The former champions - Federer and Djokovic advanced to the third round on Thursday, two days after their opening matches ended early when their opponents retired with an injury.
Djokovic will next face Ernests Gulbis in next round. Gulbis defeated Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (3) in the second round of Wimbledon 2017.
The 95th-ranked Brengle forced a huge upset against the two-time Wimbledon Champion Petra Kvitova in three sets to reach the third round at the All England Club.
The World No 1 Murray took only an hour and 36 minutes to beat Germany's Dustin Brown 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 while, Nadal beat American Donald Young 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 to reach Round of 32.
Playing her first Grand Slam event after coming back from maternity leave, the former world no.1 Victoria Azarenka gets past last year's semifinalist Elena Vesnina in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.
Big names like world number one Andy Murray, French Open champion Rafael Nadal, seven-time Grand Slam winner Venus Williams and Victoria Azarenka will be in action today on Day 3 of Wimbledon 2017.
Djokovic led 6-3, 2-0 when Martin Klizan retired with a left leg problem during the first round encounter, whereas, Federer was ahead 6-3, 3-0 when Alexandr Dolgopolov quit because of a painful right ankle.
World No.1 Angelique Kerber advanced to the second round at Wimbledon defeating American Irina Falconi 6-4, 6-4; Muguruza passes Alexandrova's test.
The former world number one Djokovic won the Eastbourne International last week beating Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-4 in the final, his first title since January.
Angelique Kerber who won two majors in 2016 was the runner-up at Wimbledon 2016, she would like to go a step ahead this time at the prestigious All England Club.
Williams' 7-6 (7), 6-4 victory over Elise Mertens at the All England Club was the five-time Wimbledon champion's first match anywhere since the unfortunate accident in Florida.
Stan Wawrinka - No.3 ranked iced his knee during changeovers and never was able to summon his best tennis at the Centre Court of All England Club.
Defending champion Murray celebrated the news of becoming a father again by reaching the second round at the All England Club Championship.
The 32-year-old Tsonga needed just one hour and 23 minutes to get the better of Cameron Norrie.
The 2016 Wimbledon champion will face Kazakhstan's Alexander Bublik in the first round of Wimbledon 2017 at Centre Court on Monday.
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