Wimbledon 2024, Day 5 Updates: Alcaraz trails Tiafoe; Paolini, Paul reach round of 16
Defending champion and third seed Carlos Alcaraz takes on 29th-seeded American Frances Tiafoe in third round of men’s singles on the fifth day of Wimbledon 2024 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), London on Friday.
World No. 1 and top seed Jannik Sinner of Italy will be up against Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic in his third-round fixture.
Twelfth-seeded American and Queen’s champion Tommy Paul progressed to the fourth round with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 win over 23rd-seeded Kazakh Alexander Bublik.
In women’s singles, French Open runner-up and seventh-seeded Italian Jasmine Paolini made it to the round of 16, beating Canada’s Bianca Andreescu 7-6(4), 6-1.
Second seed Coco Gauff takes on local qualifier Sonay Kartal in the third round.
Here’s the full list of third-round results (only singles) for day five of Wimbledon 2024:
Centre Court
Men’s Singles – [29] Frances Tiafoe (USA) leads [3] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 – in progress
Women’s Singles – [WC] Emma Raducanu (GBR) vs (9) Maria Sakkari (GRE)
Men’s Singles – [1] Jannik Sinner (ITA) vs Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB)
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Court No. 1
Women’s Singles – [7] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) beat Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 7-6(4), 6-1
Men’s Singles – [10] Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs Gael Monfils (FRA) – in progress
Women’s Singles – [Q] Sonay Kartal (GBR) vs [2] Coco Gauff (USA)
Court No. 2
Men’s Singles – [12] Tommy Paul (USA) beat [23] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Men’s Singles – Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs [5] Daniil Medvedev – in progress
Indians in action
Men’s Doubles, 1st Round
Court 18: [2] Rohan Bopanna (IND)/Matthew Ebden (AUS) vs Constantin Frantzen (GER)/Hendrik Jebens (GER)
Court 8: Yuki Bhambri (IND)/Albano Olivetti (FRA) vs Kevin Krawietz (GER)/Tim Puetz (GER) – 3:30PM IST
Court No. 3
Women’s Singles – [14] Daria Kasatkina vs Paula Badosa (ESP) – in progress
Men’s Singles – Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs [14] Ben Shelton (USA)
Court No. 12
Men’s Singles – Brandon Nakashima (USA) vs [16] Ugo Humbert (KAZ) – in progress
Court No. 17
Women’s Singles – [18] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) vs [12] Madison Keys (USA) – in progress
Court No. 18
Women’s Singles – [19] Emma Navarro (USA) beat Diana Shnaider 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Women’s Singles – [28] Dayana Yastremka (UKR) vs Donna Vekic (CRO) – in progress
Court No. 15
Women’s Singles – [Q] Lulu Sun (NZL) beat Lin Zhu (CHN) 7-6(4), 7-6(6)
Court No. 16
Men’s Singles – Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) vs Fabio Fognini (ITA) – in progress