Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka staved off an upset bid by resurgent Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon by beating the home favorite 7-6 (6), 6-4 in the third-round at a raucous Centre Court

Follow reaction from our team at SW19 with top seed Sabalenka, Carlos Alcaraz, and Americans Taylor Fritz, Amanda Anisimova into the fourth round

Emma Raducanu 's bid for the Wimbledon fourth round could not have stumbled upon a higher hurdle as the Brit takes on world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka on Centre Court. Raducanu has been in fine form since the start of this year's Championships, comfortably beating Mimi Xu and Marketa Vondrousova by identical 6-3 6-3 scorelines.