Wimbledon 2016: David Ferrer beaten as Milos Raonic and Kei Nishikori win

Milos Raonic booked his place in the third round but 13th seed David Ferrer became the biggest exit from the men's draw.

Ferrer crashed out with a straight sets defeat to wily Frenchman Nicolas Mahut whose grass-court game was too much for Ferrer whose disappointing season continued.

The Spaniard, 34, who was beaten in the fourth round at the French Open and has slipped to 14 in the world rankings, fell behind early on as Mahut raced through the first set for the loss of just one game.

Despite improving, Ferrer, who has only reached the quarter-final twice at the All England Club, could make no impression on the Mahut serve and fell to another early exit with a 6-1 6-4 6-3 defeat.

Mahut will now face fellow Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert who has already beaten 21st seed Philipp Kohlschreiber and saw off Damir Dzumhur in his second match on Thursday.

On paper, Raonic looked to have a tough task against another experienced grass-court specialist in Andreas Seppi, but the number six seed took less than two hours to see off the Italian, much to the delight of watching coach John McEnroe.

Raonic fired down 25 aces and 41 winners as his power proved too much for Seppi and he advanced with a 7-5 6-4 6-2 success.

Next up for Raonic will be American 27th seed Jack Sock who needed four sets to beat Dutchman Robin Haase while David Goffin remains on course for a potential fourth-round meeting with the winner of that match.

The Belgian, who is seeded 11th and a French Open quarter-finalist earlier this year, raced through his second round encounter with France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin on Counrt No 8, losing just seven games in a comprehensive 6-4 6-0 6-3 victory.

Kei Nishikori was given a tough work-out by France's Julien Benneteau before eventually sealing his spot in the last 32.

The Japanese fifth seed has never gone beyond the fourth round at Wimbledon but is well placed to better that after coming from a set down to seal a four-set victory and a third round meeting with Andrey Kuznetsov.

Last year's semi-finalist Richard Gasquet also fought back from a set down, the Frenchman eventually beat Marcel Granollers 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-1 to set up a meeting with another Spaniard in Albert Ramos-Vinolas who beat 25th seed Viktor Troicki in five sets.

Elsewhere, 23rd seed Ivo Karlovic was beaten in straight sets by Slovakia's world number 123 Lukas Lacko and Steve Johnson is also through after beating Jeremy Chardy. He will face 2014 Wimbledon semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov who ousted 16th seed Gilles Simon in four sets.