Tennis-Wimbledon day three
LONDON, - Highlights of the third day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Wednesday : Tennis-Wimbledon day three
1000 RAIN DELAYS START
The start of day three at Wimbledon has been pushed back by 45 minutes to 1045 GMT due to rain.
The temperature is around 19 degrees Celsius and intermittent rain is expected throughout the day, after the first two days of the tournament were played in very hot and
sunny conditions
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WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY ON WEDNESDAY
CENTRE COURT
1-Aryna Sabalenka v Marie Bouzkova
Oliver Tarvet v 2-Carlos Alcaraz
Emma Raducanu v Marketa Vondrousova
COURT NUMBER ONE
Cameron Norrie v 12-Frances Tiafoe
Katie Boulter v Solana Sierra
5-Taylor Fritz v Gabriel Diallo
COURT NUMBER TWO
Olga Danilovic v 6-Madison Keys
Nuno Borges v Billy Harris
Naomi Osaka v Katerina Siniakova
Arthur Fery v Luciano Darderi
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