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Wimbledon 2023 Day 3 Highlights: Djokovic beats Thompson in straight sets, advances to third round
Wimbledon 2023 Highlights Day 3: Here's what happened in Round 1 & 2 action at the All England Club in London
Wimbledon 2023 Highlights Day 3: Eighth seed Maria Sakkari was left stunned, as she crashed to a first round defeat on Day 3 of Wimbledon 2023, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday. The Greek lost 6-0 5-7 2-6 against Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk. Meanwhile, Daniil Medvedev began his campaign with an easy victory, winning 7-5 6-4 6-3 against Arthur Frey. Just like Day 2, even Day 3 has been hard-hit by rain. Day 2 saw as many as 22 matches get cancelled and then the postponed fixtures were further delayed on Day 3 due to poor weather. Women's top seed Iga Swiatek outclassed Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-2 6-0 to sweep into the third round. Novak Djokovic became only the third player in history to win 350 Grand Slam singles matches after seeing off the challenge of Jordan Thompson, whom he defeated 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 7-5 to advance to the third round.
...Read MoreWimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Tsitsipas beats Thiem
World no. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas beats 2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-2, 7-6(5), 7-6(8) to reach the second round at Wimbledon.
It was some intense tennis from both the stars.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Djokovic wins
Novak Djokovic beats Jordan Thompson 6-3, 7-6, 7-5 to advance to the third of men's singles at Wimbledon.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Tough competition
The first round encounter between Dominic Thiem and Stefanos Tsitsipas is proving to be an exciting one.
Thiem is proving to be a much tougher opponent for World no. 5 Tsitsipas than he must have anticipated. The fifth set is on and both the players have won two sets each. Thiem took the opening set 6-3, while Tsitsipas took the next two, winning it 7-6, 6-2. Thiem rallied back and won the fourth set 7-6. The fifth set is currently locked at 3-3.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Good fight by Jordan Thompson
Jordan Thompson shows great intensity in the second set and takes it to tie-breakers, however, Djokovic gets the better of Australian yet again. Scores Djokovic leads 2-0 (6-3, 7-6)
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Upset alert
Qualifier Natalija Stevanovic upsets No.18 seed Karolina Pliskova to claim a first Wimbledon main draw win 6-2, 6-3
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Djokovic in action
Novak Djokovic wins the first set 6-3 against Jordan Thompson in the men's singles second round match at the Centre Court. The second set is currently tied at 2-2.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Swiatek breezes into third round
Iga Swiatek beat Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-2, 6-0 on Wednesday to cruise into the Wimbledon third round.
The reigning US Open and French Open champion has never been beyond the fourth round at the grass-court tournament but has dropped just six games so far at the All England Club.
The 22-year-old Polish player broke her 84th-ranked Spanish opponent three times in the opening set of their Centre Court clash.
She then romped through the second set without dropping a game.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Men's singles
Three first round men's singles matches are underway:
Borna Coric vs Guido Pella, Denis Shapalov vs Radu Albot, and Roman Safiullin vs Roberto Bautista Agut. The scores are as follows:
Coric vs Pella: 3-6, 5-7, 6-4, 4-1
Shapalov vs Albot: 5-7, 4-3
Safiullin vs Bautista Agut: 2-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, 3-4
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: 10 second round matches cancelled
18 second round matches were scheduled for Day 3, out of which 10 have already been cancelled. The cancelled fixtures are:
Rublev-Karatsev
Choinski-Hurkacz
Musetti-Munar
Wang Xinyu-Kenin
Barrios Vera-Goffin
Marterer-Mmoh
Bublik-Wolf
Parks-Bogdan
Siniakova-Tsurenko
Mertens-Svitolina
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Swiatek wins first set!
Swiatek has won the first set vs Sorribes Tormo with ease, winning 6-2 at Centre Court.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Medvedev wins!
After a shaky start, Medvedev grabbed an easy 7-5 6-4 6-3 win vs Frey at Court 1.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Results
In the women's singles first round fixtures, Cocciaretto sealed a 6-3 6-4 win vs Serrano and Kontaveit defeated Stefanini 6-4 6-4. Meanwhile, Cristian beat Bronzetti 6- 6-4 and Stephens secured a 6-2 6-3 win vs Peterson. Vekic defeated Zhang 6-2 6-3.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Dimitrov, Lehecka win!
Dimitrov and Lehecka have won their respective first round matches. Dimitrov defeated Sho 6-1 6-1 6-1 and Lehecka sealed a 6-4 6-4 6-4 win vs Ofner.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Protesters disrupt play
Just Stop Oil protesters disrupted play on Court 18, where Dimitrov is facing Sho. They ran onto the court during the match and threw orange-coloured confetti and a jigsaw onto the grass, and then one of them sat down on the court.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Medvedev wins second set!
Fery was looking good initially, despite narrowly losing the first set. But in the second set, Medvdev took some time to find his footing and once he did, he surged to secure this set 6-4.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Other matches
Dimitrov is leading in the second set, 3-1 vs Sho, after winning the first set 6-1. Meanwhile, Tiafoe trails 5-6 vs Wu and Barrere won the first set, 7-5 vs Harris. Lehecka is leading 4-3 vs Offner after winning the first set, 6-4. Also, Stricker has staged a comeback, leading 5-3 in the second set, after losing 3-6 in the first vs Popyrin.
Meanwhile, in the women's singles second round match, Kasatkina sealed a 6-0 6-2 win vs Burrage at Centre Court. In the women's singles first round matches, Sakkari is trailing 3-4 in the second set vs Kostyuk, after winning 6-0 in the first. Serrano lost 3-6 7-4 vs Cocciaretto. Kontaveit is leading 2-1 vs Stefanini, after winning 6-4 in the first.
Cristian is trailing 1- vs Bronzetti, after winning 6- in the first. Meanwhile, Stephens won 6-2 2-1 vs Peterson. Vekic is leading 6-2 2-1 vs Zhang and Putintseva is leading 6-3 0-2 vs Haddad Maia. Cirstea and Maria will play a third set, with the match at 6-1 2-6.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Kasatkina in good form!
Kasatkina is leading 4-2 in the 2nd set vs Burrage, after winning 6-0 in the first set!
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Medvedev is back!
Medvedev wins the first set 7-5 against Fery! He seemed shaky at the start, but picked up his tempo and sealed this set!
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Good news!
Good news folks! Medvedev's first round clash vs Fery has resumed, with the first set at 5-5. Fery to serve!
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Bad news
It was 5-5 in the first set between Medvedev and Fery, but play gets suspended in Court 1 due to rain! Other matches have also been suspended due to rain.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Dimitrov, Lehecka, Popyrin, Kasatkina, Sakkari, Stephens win their first sets
Dimitrov won 6-1 in the first set vs Sho. Meanwhile, Lehecka sealed 6-4 in the first set vs Ofner and Popyrin secured the first set against Stricker 6-3.
In the women's singles second round, Kasatkina won the first set vs Burrage 6-0. Meanwhile, in the first round, Sakkari clinched the first set, 6-0 vs Kostyuk and Stephens secured 6-2 in the first vs Peterson.
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: UPDATE
The matches have resumed in the outside courts as the weather has gotten better now!
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Medvedev's match begins!
The action is back as Medvedev's first round match against Fery begins at Court 1!
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Medvedev's match to begin soon!
Medvedev and Fery have entered Court 1 for their first round encounter. The venue has a roof so rain can't delay play here!
Wimbledon 2023 Live Updates, Day 3: Play suspended!
Play has been suspended once again due to rain, covers are on!
