Top Seeds Advance, Surprises, and Impressive Wins

The spherical of sixteen lineup at Wimbledon is full. It options seven of the highest ten seeds, with Alcaraz, Djokovic, Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Rune, Rublev, and Sinner coming by way of their third-round ties.

Alongside the highest guys getting the job performed, there have been spectacular wins for Christopher Eubanks, Hubert Hurkacz and Jiri Lehecka; the latter took out Tommy Paul in 5 units.

The thirty-two spherical additionally signalled a return to type for 2021 finalist Matteo Berrettini. The injury-prone Italian has spent vital time on the sidelines over the past yr or so, and post-comeback, his outcomes have been lacklustre, however a straight units win over Sascha Zverev is a formidable win, and it will likely be attention-grabbing to see how he fares towards Alcaraz within the fourth spherical.

There was additionally one rain-affected match, with Dimitrov and Tiafoe having to be completed on Sunday after Saturday night rain.

The Bulgarian didn’t want lengthy to wrap up proceedings; he began the day with a two-set lead and reeled off 5 video games to wrap up a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 towards the tenth seed.

Wimbledon 2023 Spherical of 32 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Carlos Alcaraz (1)
Nicolas Jarry (25)
6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 7-5

Novak Djokovic (2)
Stan Wawrinka
6-3 6-1 7-6(5)

Daniil Medvedev (3)
Marton Fucsovics
4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4

Stefanos Tsitsipas (5)
Laslo Djere
6-4 7-6(5) 6-4

Holger Rune (6)
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (31)
6-3 4-6 3-6 6-4 7-6(8)

Andrey Rublev (7)
David Goffin
6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-2

Jannik Sinner (8)
Quentin Halys
3-6 6-2 6-3 6-4

Grigor Dimitrov (21)
Frances Tiafoe (10)
6-2 6-3 6-2

Hubert Hurkacz (17)
Lorenzo Musetti (14)
7-6(4) 6-4 6-4

Jiri Lehecka
Tommy Paul (16)
6-2 7-6(2) 6-7(5) 6-7(9) 6-2

Matteo Berrettini
Alexander Zverev (19)
6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5)

Alexander Bublik (23)
Maximilian Marterer
6-4 6-1 7-6(4)

Denis Shapovalov (26)
Liam Broady
4-6 6-2 7-5 7-5

Christopher Eubanks
Christopher O’Connell
7-6(5) 7-6(3) 7-6(2)

Daniel Elahi Galan
Mikael Ymer
6-2 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 3-6 6-1

Roman Safiullin
Guido Pella
7-6(1) 6-4 6-0

Djokovic Fends Off Wawrinka

A late begin on the centre court docket meant Djokovic was in peril of operating into the 11 pm curfew, however he managed to keep away from it, coming by way of 6-3, 6-1, 7-6(5) with the match ending at 10.45 pm.

Djokovic dominated within the first two units, as Stan’s first serve went AWOL, and Novak was all the time a step forward within the rallies.

Nonetheless, within the third, the three-time Grand Slam Champion lastly discovered a better degree, pushing Djokovic round to power a tiebreak which he led 5-3, however his first serve nonetheless refused to fireplace as Djokovic reeled him in to win one more tiebreak.

He was two factors away from extending this match to a different day. Coming into the court docket at present, we knew it will be actually tight to complete the match at present. Certainly one of us needed to win in straight units, and the primary two units seemed excellent for me. Then he raised his degree, and I dropped mine somewhat bit. And yeah, [the] crowd acquired concerned. It was a superb ambiance. And hopefully, you guys loved it. Djokovic on his win over Wawrinka.

Rune Saves Match Factors vs Fokina

Holger Rune got here by way of a fifth-set tiebreak to beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(10-8) after three hours and 58 minutes.

Fokina had two match factors at 5-4 within the fifth, however a Rune volley and an ace erased them. Then after main 8-5 within the tiebreak, the Spaniard threw in an underarm serve at 8-8, which wasn’t that properly executed, and Rune fired a passing winner earlier than closing it out 10-8.

Ailing-advised? Based mostly on the result, sure, however had it gained him the purpose, we’d all be saying how good it was. I’m unsure why he tried it, given how properly he served, however that’s trademark Fokina.

Different Matches of Word

Hurkacz Hooks Musetti: A formidable win for Hurkacz, who hasn’t had an amazing season, however he’s gained all three matches at SW19 in straight units with out being damaged.

Alcaraz Jinks Previous Jarry: A set dropped for Alcaraz, however he was rock strong in defence towards the difficult Jarry, who backed up his spectacular clay swing with some first rate wins on grass.

Tsitsipas Downs Djere: Tsitsipas has performed 5 days in a row at SW19, two of his matches going 5 units, however he acquired the job performed in straights vs Djere. His reward is a time off.

Wimbledon 2023 Spherical of 16 Matches

High Half

Backside Half

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