Top seed Aryna Sabalenka twice came back from a break down in the first set and once more in the second to outlast Emma Raducanu and advance to the Wimbledon fourth round with a hard-fought 7-6(6) 6-4 victory.
Raducanu was in a strong position to claim the first set with a 4-2 lead, but a lapse in consistency allowed the fierce, hard-hitting Sabalenka to storm back, taking three consecutive games—including a love break in the eighth—to lead 5-4. In a dramatic tenth game, Sabalenka had SEVEN break points to close out the set, but Raducanu dug deep and held serve to level at 5-5, sending the home crowd on Centre Court into a frenzy.