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LONDON (AP) – The latest news from Wimbledon (all local):
20h05
Karolina Pliskova came back from the brink of defeat to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time with a 3 -6, 7-6 (3), 6-1 win over Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu
After being a set and a breakdown, the seventh seeded Czech raised his game and took advantage of a series of mistakes from her Pliskova is one of only two players among the top 10 in the women's table, with the favorite Simona Halep in the third round Saturday.
All England Club, vice-champion of the US Open 2016, Pliskova played for the first time in the third round and will face the Dutch Kiki Bertens, 20th seed, in her debut in the fourth round.
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7:25 pm
Roger Federer won 37 of the first 40 points and carried his winning streak of Wimbledon to 29 sets in a third-6-3, 7-5, 6-2 . victory against Jan-Lennard Struff, 64th German player
A year ago, Federer became the first man since Bjorn Borg in 1976 to win the title without losing a set.
Federer's best race at the All England Club is 35 consecutive sets, from 2005 to 2006.
The eighth champion and the No. 1 seed clash with Adrian Mannarino, 22nd seed, who beat Daniil Medvedev 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3
7:15 pm
The American John Isner, ninth seeded, reached the fourth round of Wimbledon For the first time, beating Moldovan Radu Albot, 98th, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
Isner hit 21 ace and never faced a breaking point.
This is his 10th appearance at the All England Club; Isner will face No. 31 Stefanos Tsitsipas for a spot in the quarter-finals.
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6:10 pm
Stefanos Tsitsipas becomes the first. A Greek man will reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament in the 50 – year professional era.
Tsitsipas, 19, beat the Italian Thomas Fabbiano 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 at Wimbledon in 91
Tsitsipas, 31st seed, reached his first final of ATP this year in Barcelona, where he lost to Rafael Nadal on the podium.
The last man from Greece to qualify for the Wimbledon Round of 16 was Nicky Kalogeropoulos in 1964. Professionals started competing in Grand Slam tournaments four years later.
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17:55
Hans Podlipnik-Castillo and Marcelo Arevalo defeated the British duo Jay Clarke and Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 7 (5), 5-7, 6-4, 22- 20 in a match equaling fifth place in men's doubles at Wimbledon.
Clarke and Norrie saved eight match points during a fifth set that lasted 2 hours and 24 minutes, but their resistance was finally stopped in the 87th game of the first round. Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa defeated Kevin Ullyett and Paul Hanley 28-26 in the fifth set of their second round in 2007.
Chilean player Podlipnik-Castillo and his Argentine partner Arevalo will face Raven Klaasen, seeded number 13, Michael Venus in the second round
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5:30 pm
Serena Williams won her winning streak 17 times and qualified for the fourth round with a win of 7-5, 7-6 (2 ). Kristina Mladenovic, 62nd overall in France, partly thanks to 13 ace.
Seven of Williams' 23 Grand Slam titles came to the All England Club, including the last two times that she played in the Grass Court tournament. in 2015 and 2016. She left Wimbledon last year while she was pregnant. 9659002] The 36-year-old American will face another mother in the fourth round on Monday: Evgeniya Rodina of Russia, who beat Madison Keys, seeded No. 10 of the United States.
Williams is the only former Wimbledon champion to stay on the field. Her sister, a five-time champion of Venus, lost on Friday, while Petra Kvitova, Maria Sharapova and Garbine Muguruza were eliminated earlier.
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17:05
Wimbledon champion five times, Venus Williams, could not make a third consecutive comeback, instead joining the first 10 headers 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.
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3:20 pm
Gael Monfils advanced 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 place
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 beat another Czech, Lucie Safarova, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1.
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14:15 [19659002] The fourth seed Alexander Zverev 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 progressed by 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.
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1:55 pm [19659002MadisonKeyshasdifferentlastnumberofthediumofthedium10discoveredbyWimbledonontheirbackback
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 the 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 No. 2 seed Caroline Wozniacki. beating former semifinalist Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 to reach the knockout stage for the third time.
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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 passes Kristina Mladenovic later on Friday.
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11:05
Roger Federer and Serena Williams will try to avoid other upheavals at Wimbledon's third round starts Friday
Federer was to play Jan-Lennard Struff 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 competition
Five-time champion Venus Williams was also in action against Kiki Bertens of the Netherlands.
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