LONDON (Reuters) – Highlights of the fifth day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Friday (times GMT):
1427 SIEGEMUND STUNS KEYS
Germany’s Laura Siegemund, ranked 104th in the world, shocked Australian Open champion Madison Keys, beating the American sixth seed 6-3 6-3 to set up a fourth-round clash with Argentine lucky loser Solana Sierra.
1330 KARTAL SETS UP PAVLYUCHENKOVA CLASH
Britain’s Sonay Kartal fought back from 4-1 down in the first set to beat qualifier Diane Parry 6-4 6-2, reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time, where she faces Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
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1258 CABRAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO JOTA
Francisco Cabral wore a black ribbon during his second-round match in the men’s doubles tournament, paying tribute to fellow Portuguese Diogo Jota, the Liverpool striker who died in a car crash on Thursday.
Cabral and his Austrian partner Lucas Miedler lost 6-3 7-6(9) to Czech pair Petr Nouza and Patrik Rikl.
1235 SHELTON QUICK TO FINISH THE JOB
American 10th seed Ben Shelton, whose second-round clash with Rinky Hijikata was suspended on Thursday while he was serving for the match, took 55 seconds to land three aces and win 6-3 7-5 6-4.
“For me, very different playing over two days and coming out for whatever that was… 55 seconds today,” the 22-year-old said. “I’m sorry you guys didn’t get to see much tennis.”
1227 ANISIMOVA GETS PAST GALFI
Former Wimbledon quarter-finalist and American 13th seed Amanda Anisimova beat Dalma Galfi 6-3 5-7 6-3 to reach the fourth round.
1224 FUCSOVICS BEATS MONFILS
Former French Open and U.S. Open semi-finalist Gael Monfils crashed out of the second round as Hungarian Marton Fucsovics defeated the 38-year-old 6-4 1-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
1213 PAVLYUCHENKOVA ELIMINATES OSAKA
Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka was unable to capitalise on a bright start in the first set as former French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova fought back to win 3-6 6-4 6-4 and reach the fourth round.
1210 LUCKY LOSER SIERRA REACHES FOURTH ROUND
Argentina’s Solana Sierra became the first lucky loser to reach the fourth round in the women’s singles at Wimbledon, beating Spain’s Cristina Bucsa 7-5 1-6 6-1.
1005 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play began under clear skies at the All England Club with the temperature hovering around 22 degrees Celsius (71.6°F) and expected to climb up to 27 degrees Celsius later in the day.
WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY ON FRIDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)
CENTRE COURT (play begins at 1230 GMT)
5-Taylor Fritz (U.S.) v 26-Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Emma Raducanu (Britain)
COURT NUMBER ONE (play begins at 1200 GMT)
Diane Parry (France) v Sonay Kartal (Britain)
Mattia Bellucci (Italy) v Cameron Norrie (Britain)
24-Elise Mertens (Belgium) v 14-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
COURT NUMBER TWO (play begins at 1000 GMT)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) v Naomi Osaka (Japan)
Laura Siegemund (Germany) v 6-Madison Keys (U.S.)
Nicolas Jarry (Chile) v Joao Fonseca (Brazil)
(Reporting by Aadi Nair and Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
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