Latest News: Third Round Underway at Wimbledon



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LONDON (AP) The last of Wimbledon (all local time):

6:10 pm

Stefanos Tsitsipas became the first Greek man to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament in the era of the Open after defeating Thomas Fabbiano of Italy at Wimbledon

Tsitsipas, 19, won 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in 91 minutes, becoming thus the first Greek to advance to the knockout stages of Wimbledon since Nicky Kalogeropoulos in 1964

The 35th ranked teenager reached his first ATP tour this year in Barcelona, ​​where he lost to the best Rafael Nadal on clay. .

17:55 pm

Hans Podlipnik-Castillo and Marcelo Arevalo defeated the British Jay Clarke and Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-7 (5), 5-7, 6-4, 22 -20 in a match equaling fifth place of the highest number of men's doubles at Wimbledon.

Clarke and Norrie saved eight game points during a fifth set that lasted 2 hours, 24 minutes, but their resistance was finally over in the 87th match of the first r

The biggest number of games in a men's doubles match at Wimbledon is 102, when Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa defeated Kevin Ullyett and Paul Hanley 28-26 in the fifth set of their second round match in 2007.

Chile Player Podlipnik- Castillo and his Argentine partner Arevalo will face Raven Klaasen and Michael Venus in 13th place.

17:30

Serena Williams ran her winning streak of Wimbledon to 17 games and moved to the fourth round with a 7-5, 7-6 (2) win over French Kristina Mladenovic, 62nd, thanks in part to 13 ace.

Seven of Williams' 23 Grand Slam titles have come to the All England Club, including the last two times she's played in the grbad tournament, in 2015 and 2016. She left Wimbledon's # 1 39, last year during pregnancy.

The 36-year-old American will face another mother in the fourth round on Monday. : Evgeniya Rodina (Russia), qualified in 120th place in the US Keys

Williams is the only former Wimbledon champion remaining on the field. His sister, Venus, five-time champion, lost Friday, while Petra Kvitova, Maria Sharapova and Garbine Muguruza were eliminated earlier.

17:05

Wimbledon champion five times, Venus Williams, could not make a third consecutive comeback, instead joining the first 10-man parade at the end of the tournament. Grand Slam.

9th head Williams lost to number 20 Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-7 (5), 8-6 in the third round.

In each of his first two games this week, Williams dropped the opening set before finally winning in three. She could not do exactly the same thing this time.

Her outing means that eight of the top 10 seeded women left before the end of week 1 at the All England Club.

The 38-year-old American, who was the oldest in the Wimbledon women's championship last year

3:20 pm

Gael Monfils acceded to the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time after being eliminated for the last time. semi-finalist of the year Sam Querrey 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

Having reached the third round at the All England Club for the seventh time, Monfils finally went a step further to complete a full set of the last 16 appearances at the Grand Slam

The Frenchman reached the semifinals at the French Open 2008 and the US Open 2016. He also qualified for the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 2016.

After losing 13 unforced errors, the Monfils, ranked 44th, made only eight points more and did not experience a break point for the rest of the match.

Monfils will face Kevin Anderson in eighth position.

14h50

The Italian Camila Giorgi has qualified for the fourth round at Wimbledon after saving a match point by defeating Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic 3-6, 7 -6 (6) 6-2.

The 52nd Giorgi produced a backhand at 4-5, 30-40 in the second set, then won a tiebreaker to force a deciding set.

After making 18 straight errors in each of the first two innings, Giorgi tightened his game to only eight points in the third and qualify for the round of 16 at Wimbledon for the first time since 2012.

to Ekaterina Makarova, 35th, who overcame another Czech, Lucie Safarova, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.

14:15 [19659002] Alexander Zverev, fourth seeded, completed a new five-match comeback to reach the third round at Wimbledon

Zverev defeated American Taylor Fritz 6-4 , 5-7, 6-7 (0), 6-1, 6- 2, in a match that was suspended Thursday after the third set.

Zverev also cleared a 2-1 deficit three times to reach the quarterfinals of the French Open, his best result in a Grand Slam. Kevin Anderson also advanced, beating No. 25 Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-3, 7-5, 7-5 after losing just eight out of 61 points in his first serve.

1:55 pm [19659002MadisonKeyshasdifferentfastwindowofthedifferent10thiswindowtoWimbledonafterhisbackback

The American defeated one set and two fell in the end, losing to Russia's Evgeniya Rodina 7- 5, 5-7, 6-4 in the third round

In a game full of big swings, the 10th-seeded Keys led 5-2 in the first set before Rodina, ranked 120th, won the next nine. matches to go 4-0 in the second. But Keys won the next five games and broke again to level the score. Rodina then was tied for the fourth set at 4-4, but Rodina immediately marked a new break and served the win.

Six of the top 10 women, including defending champion Garbine Muguruza, lost in the first two rounds.

Rodina made the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time. She was 0-15 in her career against top-20 opponents before Friday's win.

The Russian is one of two remaining mothers in the tournament and will face the other – Serena Williams – if the American can overtake Kristina Mladenovic

13:35

Ekaterina Makarova of Russia became the first player to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon

Makarova continued her victory over second seed Caroline Wozniacki. defeating former semi-finalist Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 to reach the knockout stages.

11:45

The third round is Kevin Anderson, of South Africa, eighth seeded, was among the first on the fifth day against No. 25 Philipp Kohlschreiber , from Germany, on the second place of the Grand Slam tournament. for the fourth time.

In the women's draw, Madison Keys No. 10 of the United States played Evgeniya Rodina of Russia. The winner could face Serena Williams in the fourth round if the seven-time champion pbades Kristina Mladenovic later on Friday.

11:05

Roger Federer and Serena Williams will try to avoid new surprises Wimbledon in the third round starts Friday

Federer was to play Jan-Lennard Struff from Germany and Williams face Kristina Mladenovic of France while they continue their quests for a ninth and eighth Wimbledon title respectively.

Williams found herself favorite after the defeat of defending champion Garbine Muguruza on Thursday, meaning that only two of the top eight seeds are still on the field.

3 Marin Cilic also lost Thursday, becoming the third of the top 10 men to come out of the championship

Venus Williams, five-time champion, was also in action, facing Kiki Bertens, of the Netherlands.

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