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Wimbledon 2023 results: Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune among day five winners

World number one Carlos Alcaraz gained his first victory on Centre Court as he defeated France's Alexandre Muller to move into the third round of Wimbledon.

The 20-year-old Spaniard won 6-4 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 against the world number 84.

Alcaraz lost to Jannik Sinner in the last 16 on Centre Court in 2022, but defeated a battling Muller on Friday.

Elsewhere, there were wins for third seed Daniil Medvedev and sixth seed Holger Rune, but 15th seed Alex de Minaur was beaten by Matteo Berrettini.

The unseeded Italian, a finalist here in 2021 when he lost to Novak Djokovic, gained a 6-3 6-4 6-4 victory to eliminate Australian De Minaur, who will also be involved in mixed doubles action later on when he teams up with girlfriend Katie Boulter, the British women's number one.