Roger Federer posted another solid performance in advancing to the third round at Wimbledon with a straight-set win Wednesday.

Federer, playing the day's first match on Center Court, finished off a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 win over Fabio Fognini before rain hit.

The rain caused a suspension of play across Wimbledon. Officials ordered the roof over Center Court closed, which means world No. 1 Novak Djokovic should get his second round match versus Ryan Harrison in later Wednesday.

The players in the bulk of the 16-match men's schedule, however, were forced to wait out the rain.

Federer needed just 74 minutes in dispatching Fognini. He had eight unforced errors and didn't have to deal with a break point. Federer won 80 percent of the points on serve.

Other second-round matches completed before the rain saw 15th-seeded Juan Monaco stop Jeremy Chardy 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) and No. 31 Florian Mayer defeat Philipp Petzschner 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

In first-round play, from matches suspended Tuesday, seventh-seeded David Ferrer topped Dustin Brown 7-6 (7-5), 6-4, 6-4 without dropping serve while No. 21-seeded Milos Raonic defeated Santiago Giraldo 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. Jurgen Melzer ousted 25th-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 6-4, 8-6.

Other first-round winners were Bjorn Phau and Lukasz Kubot. (c) UPI