Gary Lineker leads stylish stars at Wimbledon for huge Emma Raducanu match
Gary Lineker and Anthony Joshua are among a host of famous faces who have bagged a ticket for Wimbledon today. British tennis star, Emma Raducanu, takes on world number one, Aryna Sabalenka, on Centre Court in SW19 and the Royal Box at the All England Tennis Club is filling up quickly for day five of the tournament.
Former Match of the Day host, Gary, 64, flashed a smile a mile wide ahead of the match and cut a sharp figure sporting a crisp black suit, pastel-striped tie and designer sunglasses. The former footballer has more time on his hands now after leaving the BBC earlier this year following his 25-year tenure hosting Match of the Day.
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Another sports star seen mingling in the grounds was boxing champion, Anthony Joshua. The decorated Olympian posed for cameras alongside his long-time promoter Eddie Hearn, with the pair twinning in near-identical cream blazers.
They were joined by former Great British Bake Off star Dame Mary Berry, who looked effortlessly chic in an aquamarine dress with a white floral pattern and nude suede shoes.
Physicist Professor Brian Cox and astronaut Major Tim Peake were also among the day's invited guests as was actress, Sharon Horgan, who wore a striking cream skirt with a scalloped black belt, polka dot blouse and and rose-tinted sunglasses, which matched her hair.
And, of course, no Wimbledon line-up would be complete without Mistletoe and Wine legend, Sir Cliff Richard, who looked delighted to be back at SW19, sporting a dapper black suit with a white trim, striped tie and snazzy designer sunglasses.
Centre Court will host three third-round ties, with Raducanu and Sabalenka leading the schedule, followed by Carlos Alcaraz versus Jan-Lennard Struff and Taylor Fritz versus Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
Raducanu, 22, will walk out on Centre Court later today with a Wimbledon crowd behind her when she faces world number one Aryna. The Brit faces the championship favourite after producing her best ever performance - according to herself - when she beat Marketa Vondrousova on day three.
Determined to continue her success, the player appears to be relishing the challenge ahead of her. After dismissing claims she is unlucky in her draw to face the Belarusian tennis player, the former Grand Slam champion stated she "wants to play the best".
Highs of 26C are forecast in SW19, with sunhats and umbrellas again on display as spectators queued for ground passes early on Friday morning.
Elsewhere today at Wimbledon, Portuguese doubles player Francisco Cabral wore a black ribbon on court after the All England Club relaxed its strict all-white dress code to allow tributes to Diogo Jota, the Liverpool forward, who tragically died in a car crash, aged 28, on Thursday.
The footballer was heartbreakingly killed along with his brother and leaves behind his wife, Rute, who he had just married and three young children.
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