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- Sabalenka wins the first set 7-6 (8-6)!
- Karen Khachanov beats Nuno Borges in five sets!
- Carlos Alcaraz beats Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4!
- Elise Mertens beats Elina Svitolina 6-1, 7-6 (4)!
- Norrie beats Bellucci 7-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Fritz beats Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-3, 6-7, 6-1
- Rublev beats Mannarino 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Laura Siegemund beats Madison Keys 6-3. 6-3!
- Sonay Kartal beats Diane Parry 6-4, 6-2!
- Shelton beats Hijikata 6-2, 7-5, 6-4
- Pavlyuchenkova beats Osaka 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Sierra beats Bucsa 7-5, 1-6, 6-1
- Today’s full order of play
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Struff v Alcaraz passes the two-hour mark, still on serve in the fourth set with the German leading 3-2. On No 3 Court, Portugal’s Nuno Borges – wearing a black ribbon in a tribute to Diogo Jota – has broken Khachanov in the decider. Is another seed on his way out?
What a day for Laura Siegemund – having stunned Madison Keys in singles earlier, she’s just won her doubles opener alongside Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia. The pair defeated the American duo of Hailey Baptiste and Caty McNally 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.
Just over a year ago, Jarry was ranked 16th in the world – but has been struggling ever since with vestibular neuritis, a nerve disorder which causes vertigo and dizziness. Having fallen outside the world’s top 200, he battled through qualifiers to reach here and has now beaten Holger Rune and Fonseca to reach the last 16.
“Every day is a battle,” the Chilean told the ATP website. “Every month it’s a bit better. I have to reteach my body and my eyes to do certain things. While I improve in my tennis, the other skills also are improving on the same path. Right now I’ve been able to have a good all-around package to be able to compete at this level.”
Nicolás Jarry beats João Fonseca 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6! Fonseca’s hopes of a deep run at his first Wimbledon are over as qualifier Jarry seals victory in the fourth-set tie-break – and sets up a last-16 meeting with Cameron Norrie.
Nicolas Jarry celebrates after winning his third round match against Brazil’s Joao Fonseca. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters
Elina Svitolina is hanging on, saving break points at 6-1, 4-3 down and levelling the set with a forehand that clips the very edge of the line. On Centre, Struff has held firm early in the fourth set, and leads 2-1 on serve.
More tennis players in songs: “Another mention for the dynamic duo (Venus and Serena) courtesy of Ludacris – My Chick Bad. Wouldn’t advise listening to it though,” writes Tor Turner.
Meanwhile, Brad Elliott informs me that “If Loving You Is Wrong, from Faithless’ debut album, had a somewhat raunchy reference to Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.”
More from the women’s draw, where Madison Keys and Naomi Osaka both went out earlier today.
Alcaraz wins third set, leads Struff 2-1! Carlitos gets the job done and is a set away from the fourth round. After this match on Centre Court, there’s still Aryna Sabalenka v Emma Raducanu to come …
Carlos Alcaraz takes the third set. Photograph: Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty Images
Speaking of Borges and Khachanov – the Russian has taken the fourth set 6-3, and they’re going to a decider on No 3 Court. Svitolina broke Mertens to open the second set, but the Belgian immediately hit back, and leads 3-2 in the second set.
Here’s our report on Cam Norrie, something of a forgotten figure to British tennis fans, who has bounced back in style to reach the last 16.
Kamil Majchrzak beats Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 7-6, 7-6! Disappointment for Rinderknech, who couldn’t follow up his shock win over Zverev – instead it’s his Polish opponent, currently ranked No 109 in the world, who advances to face either Nuno Borges or Karen Khachanov in the last 16.
More tennis players in songs: “Conchita Martinez” by Saint Etienne, nominated by Gavin Broad; and Chris Fagg points out that rapper Lil Wayne loves a tennis reference, sampling Elena Dementieva’s grunts and name-dropping Roger Federer, Steffi Graf and others.
Some strong words from coach Goran Ivanisevic for Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has drifted down to 24th in the world rankings and only played two sets at this year’s tournament before retiring.
“He’s too good a player to be out of the top 10. He wants, but he doesn’t do anything. I was shocked, I have never seen a more unprepared player in my life. With this knee, I am three times more fit than him. This is really bad.”
Struff immediately slips back into bad habits on serve, three double faults in one game allowing Alcaraz an early break in the third set. The Spaniard quickly backs it up to lead 3-0.
Mertens has wrapped up the first set against Svitolina, winning it 6-1. If the Ukrainian can’t turn things around, that will leave just six of the top 16 women’s seeds remaining in the draw.
“Kendrick Lamar notably mentioned Serena Williams in his Drake diss-track, ‘Not Like Us’,” writes Jack Synnott. “And she appeared on stage with Kendrick at this year’s Super Bowl!” Of course. And another mention for the legendary sisters from Super Furry Animals, courtesy of Paul Turner.
Struff levels with Alcaraz at 1-1: Despite a quite brilliant diving volley to save a point, Alcaraz can’t stop Struff from serving out the set – and the defending champion is in a match here.
Jordan Thompson beats Luciano Darderi 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3! The Australian is into the fourth round here for the first time – which is something of a surprise, given that he’s a decent grass-court player. Next up, the No 5 seed, Taylor Fritz.
Struff is growing into this match, a deft volley putting Alcaraz under pressure on serve, and he has a break point when his opponent fails to land a winner down the line under pressure. He converts it, too, nailing a backhand return – and will now serve for the second set!
On tennis players in songs, David Dyte writes: “You mean Michael Jackson wasn’t singing about Billie Jean King?”
Who will dance on the floor in the round? Not this Billie Jean. Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive
Alcaraz promptly drops out of the zone, handing back the break to Struff. The German leads 3-2 on serve in the second set. On No 1 Court, Mertens has an early break against Svitolina.
On a random topic: which tennis players are mentioned in songs? I can only think of John McEnroe (in “Jump Around”) and a “Venus and Serena” mention in Snoop Dogg’s Signs (feat. Justin Timberlake). There must be more, surely?
Jan-Lennard Struff (or JLS, if you prefer) has tried to switch things up in this second set, but Alcaraz is in the zone and quickly breaks to move 2-1 up. Elsewhere, João Fonseca has got a set on the board but trails Nicolas Jarry 2-1, while Nuno Borges is 5-1 up on Khachanov in the third set, looking to edge in front.
Alcaraz serves out the set, and Struff will need to up his game – particularly on serve – if he’s to make this much of a contest. Next up on No 1 Court after Norrie’s win, a rare match between two seeds as Elise Mertens (24) takes on Elina Svitolina (14).
Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak is two sets up against Arthur Rinderknech, the conqueror of Sacha Zverev in the last round. Majchrzak had never won a singles match here before this year and in his grass-court warm-ups, he went out in the first round in Birmingham, Ilkley and Eastbourne. Then he turned up here and beat the former finalist Matteo Berrettini.
Thanks, Katy. Carlos Alcaraz isn’t messing around – he’s raced into a 5-1 first-set lead over Struff, who’s been edgy and error-prone, and is serving for a 1-0 lead.
Carlos Alcaraz is a double break up in the opening set. Photograph: Stéphanie Lecocq/Reuters
With that, it’s time for me to take my leave. Niall is back to guide you through the rest of the day …
“You guys were amazing today,” Norrie tells the crowd. “It definitely changed the momentum of the match. I wasn’t thinking [about being the last British man standing] but I’ll take it. I started a bit over-confident, he started great, and I stole the first set. He was a bit up and down [after that] and I tried to stay as solid as I could. It was a lot of fun. Hopefully I can play my next match on Court 1 too.”
Bellucci brings up his advantage, but again makes a messy mistake. And another. Norrie has match point … and Bellucci biffs long! Norrie, Britain’s last remaining man, is into the last 16 for the second time, having gone all the way to the semi-finals in 2022. This is now the joint-furthest he’s gone at any slam since then. He’ll face the winner of Fonseca v Jarry, with Jarry, the Chilean qualifier, still two sets to love up in that.
Cameron Norrie is through to round four! Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA
Norrie is serving for the match at 7-6, 6-4, 5-2. He’s swiftly broken to 15. At least he’s got the comfort of another break – but if Bellucci holds here the pressure will only rise. From 15-all, Bellucci swats away a forehand winner. Now that the pressure is off for the Italian, he’s swinging freely. Another fierce forehand and Norrie nets. 40-15. But out of nowhere Bellucci makes two errors and it’s deuce!
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