Wimbledon day five
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July 3 : Highlights of the fifth day at Wimbledon on Friday (times GMT):
1313 OSAKA SAILS INTO FOURTH ROUND
Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka powered past Daria Kasatkina 6-1 6-3 to reach the fourth round of Wimbledon for the first time.
1301 BENCIC BEATS KALINSKAYA
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Last year’s semi-finalist and 11th seed Belinda Bencic stayed composed through the third-set tiebreak to beat 19th seed Anna Kalinskaya 6-4 4-6 7-6(10-6).
1224 SAFIULLIN KNOCKS OUT FONSECA
Former quarter-finalist Roman Safiullin, ranked 132nd in the world, beat 24th seed Joao Fonseca 6-3 6-3 6-3 in the third round.
1007 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play got underway under sunny skies at the All England Club, with temperature around 20 degrees Celsius (68 Fahrenheit).
Men’s defending champion Jannik Sinner is due to face Jenson Brooksby on Court One later in the day, while women’s world number one Aryna Sabalenka meets former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko on Centre Court.
Seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will also be in action, taking on France’s Arthur Rinderknech as he continues his bid for a record-extending 25th Grand Slam title.
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WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY ON FRIDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)
CENTRE COURT (Play begins at 1230 GMT)
25-Arthur Rinderknech (France) v 7-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)
3-Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) v Michael Zheng (U.S.)
COURT NUMBER ONE (Play begins at 1200 GMT)
Daria Kasatkina (Russia) v 14-Naomi Osaka (Japan)
1-Jannik Sinner (Italy) v Jenson Brooksby (U.S.)
Claire Liu (U.S.) v 7-Coco Gauff (U.S.)
COURT NUMBER TWO (Play begins at 1000 GMT)
Roman Safiullin (Russia) v 24-Joao Fonseca (Brazil)
4-Jessica Pegula (U.S.) v Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spain)
Hubert Hurkacz (Poland) v 21-Tommy Paul (U.S.)
Source: Reuters
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