
Emma Raducanu reminded the tennis world what a special talent she is before her Wimbledon hopes were ended with a narrow loss to world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
The 22-year-old played some electrifying tennis under the roof on Centre Court but was unable to apply the finishing touches, eventually going down 7-6 (6), 6-4 after exactly two hours.
The first set alone took 74 minutes, with Raducanu saving seven set points and creating one of her own, while she led 4-1 in the second before Sabalenka recovered to set up a fourth-round clash with Elise Mertens.
Raducanu will now drop to British No 3 behind Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal, who is the last home woman left in singles, but that will not be the case for long if she can maintain this level.
Saturday’s order of play
Centre Court
From 1.30pm
- Jannik Sinner (ITA) [1] v Pedro Martinez (ESP)
- Iga Swiatek (POL) [8] v Danielle Collins (USA)
- Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) v Novak Djokovic (SRB) [6]
Court 1
From 1pm
- Mirra Andreeva [7] v Hailey Baptiste (USA)
- Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) [17] v Emma Navarro (USA) [10]
Not Before: 4:00pm - Ben Shelton (USA) [10] v Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
Court 2
From 11am
- Clara Tauson (DEN) [23] v Elena Rybakina (KAZ) [11]
- Alex de Minaur (AUS) [11] v August Holmgren (DEN)
Court 3
From 11am
- Daria Kasatkina (AUS) [16] v Liudmila Samsonova [19]
- Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [19] v Sebastian Ofner (AUT)
Court 12
From 11am
- Flavio Cobolli (ITA) [22] v Jakub Mensik (CZE) [15]
- Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) v Ekaterina Alexandrova [18]
Court 18
From 11am
- Belinda Bencic (SUI) v Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA)
- Marin Cilic (CRO) v Jaume Munar (ESP)
Court 14
Not Before 12:30pm
- Brandon Nakashima (USA) [29] v Lorenzo Sonego (ITA)
Court 16
From 11am
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) v Dayana Yastremska (UKR)
Who is in the Royal Box?
Among Friday’s contingent were former Match of the Day host Gary Lineker, TV chef and food writer Dame Mary Berry and Irish actress Sharon Horgan. Two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua was also in attendance with his promoter Eddie Hearn. Musician Jamie Cullum, physicist and TV presenter Professor Brian Cox were also present.
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