Wimbledon 2025, July 4 schedule: Alcaraz, Sabalenka, and Osaka in third round ties
Briton Emma Raducanu, looking to build on her win over Czechia's Marketa Vondrousova, will be taking on top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, who is looking to secure her first Wimbledon title, in the third round of the women's singles.
Here's the full list of third-round fixtures (singles only) for day five of Wimbledon 2025:
Centre court:
Men's singles - [5] Taylor Fritz (USA) vs [26] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)
Men's singles - Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs [2] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) - Not before 7:30PM IST
Women's singles - [1] Aryna Sabalenka vs Emma Raducanu (GBR)
Court 1:
Women's singles - Diane Parry (FRA) vs Sonay Kartal (GBR)
Men's singles - Mattia Bellucci (ITA) vs Cameron Norrie (GBR)
Women's singles - [24] Elise Mertens (BEL) vs [14] Elina Svitolina (UKR)
Court 2:
Women's singles - Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Naomi Osaka (JPN)
Men's singles - [10] Ben Shelton (USA) leads Rinky Hijikata 6-2, 7-5, 5-4 - Not before 5PM IST
Women's singles - Laura Siegemund (GER) vs [6] Madison Keys (USA) - Not before 5:30PM IST
Men's singles - Nicolas Jarry (CHI) vs [14] Joao Fonseca (BRA)
Court 3:
Women's singles - Dalma Galfi (HUN) vs [13] Amanda Anisimova (GBR)
Men's singles - [14] Andrey Rublev vs Adrian Mannarino (FRA)
Men's singles - Nuno Borges (POR) vs [17] Karen Khachanov
Court 12:
Women's singles - Solana Sierra (ARG) vs Cristina Bucsa (ESP)
Women's singles - Kamilla Rakhimova vs [30] Linda Noskova (CZE)
Men's singles - Kamil Majchrzak (POL) vs Arthur Rinderknech (FRA)
Court 18:
Men's singles - Marton Fucsovic (HUN) tied Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6(5) - Not before 5PM IST
Men's singles - Luciano Darderi (ITA) vs Jordan Thompson (AUS) - Not before 6:30PM IST
Indians in action
Court 16
Mixed doubles - Yuki Bhambri (IND)/Xinyu Jiang (CHI) vs Christian Harrison (USA)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA)
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