IGA SWIATEK VS. PETRA MARTIC | THIRD ROUND HIGHLIGHTS | WIMBLEDON 2023

 

DJOKOVIC WINS IN NICK OF TIME | ALCARAZ SHINES | BRITS OUT

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Novak Djokovic showed again why he remains invincible at Wimbledon, young rival Carlos Alcaraz graced Centre Court for the first time and Andy Murray's hopes ended in Greek tragedy on another marathon day at the grasscourt slam on Friday.

Serbia's Djokovic, chasing records on multiple fronts, left it late to book his place in round four, beating Stan Wawrinka 6-3 6-1 7-6(5) just before Wimbledon's 11pm curfew.

Spain's world number Alcaraz is a round behind because of this week's rain but picked up speed with a 6-4 7-6(2) 6-3 victory against Frenchman Alexandre Muller.

Women's top seed Iga Swiatek continued her serene progress with a third successive straight sets win -- this time against Croatia's Petra Martic 6-2 7-5.

WTA ROUNDUP: COCO GAUFF CRUISES PAST JESSICA PEGULA INTO SEMIS

 

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Fifth-seeded Coco Gauff breezed past No. 3 Jessica Pegula in an all-American quarterfinal match Thursday at the Rothesay International in Eastbourne, England.

Gauff fired three aces en route to a 6-3, 6-3 wi in just 68 minutes. Gauff converted five of seve break points to advance to the semifinals, where she'll play another fellow American, Madison Keys.

The unseeded Keys scored a 6-4, 6-1 win over Petra Martic of Croatia.

Meanwhile, No. 2 seed Caroline Garcia of France was forced to retire in the second set, trailing No. 9 Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 2-1.

Italian Camila Giorgi also advanced when Jelena Ostapenko retired after the first set. Giorgi won the opener 7-6 (8) in one hour and 12 minutes.

Bad Homburg

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek of Poland continued her grass court tuneup with a dominating 6-3, 6-2 over No. 9 Anna Blinkova of Russia at Bad Homburg, Germany.

Swiatek draws Italy's Lucia Bronzetti in the semifinals. Bronzetti posted a 6-4, 6-3 upset of No. 8 seed Varvara Gracheva of France.

Also, Emma Navarro advanced when Rebeka Masarova of Spain retired in the second set with the players knotted at 1-1. Masarova took the first set 7-6 (2).

The other quarterfinal between Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Repuboic and second-seeded Liudmila Samsonova of Russia was suspended due to darkness. The match will pick up in the third set after Siniakova won the first set 7-5 and Samsonova the second, 6-4. The match is already eight minutes shy of two hours.

--Field Level Media

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