Wimbledon 2023 Day 4 Highlights: Rybakina beats Cornet; Casper Ruud knocked out in 2nd round

Elena Rybakina registers a straight-set win over Alize Cornet. She wins 6-2, 7-6 to enter third round

9th seeded Taylor Fritz is knocked out! The US 25-year-old faces 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 2-6 defeat to Mikael Ymer of Sweden!

Huge cheer from the crowd as Alize Cornet returns to play after taking pain-killers and being heavily strapped on the right knee. Play resumes at centre court

That doesn't look good. Alize Cornet slips as she prepares for a return and seems to have hurt her left leg in the process. Rybakina sprints towards Cornet to check up on her and the former breaks into tears as she limps her way towards the bench. The scoreline currently reads 6-2, 5-5

Defending champion and world no.3 Elena Rybakina has little difficulty as she takes the first set 6-2 against Alize Cornet

Sorana Cirstea beats Jelena Ostapenko 4-6, 7-6, 6-4! Ostapenko, seeded 17th, is the 5th seeded player to bow out of Wimbledon 2023 in women's singles on Day 4!

Carolina Garcia produces exquisite returns on Fernandez' serves, while maintaining authority on her own to win the tie-breaker 10-6, thus securing a third round berth!

The final scoreline reads 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-6) in favour of Garcia

Garcia holds serve without any discomfort and we are now into a ten-point tie-breaker!

Both, Leylah Fernandez and Caroline Garcia hold serve so far in this final set. Fernandez leading 6-5 with Garcia now serving to stay alive in the match

Fifth-seeded Caroline Garcia recovers after losing the first set 3-6 to take the second 6-4. The decider is currently level 3-3

The first major upset of Wimbledon 2023, then!

Casper Ruud is knocked out in the second round of the event, losing to Liam Broady of England 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 0-6

He breaks for the third time and successfully holds as well! Broady leads 5-0 and will serve for the match!

The crowd erupts as Broady breaks Ruud for the second-successive time in the deciding set! He leads Ruud 3-0. 

Broady leads 2-0 in the final set. Are we getting the first major upset of the tournament tonight?

This is exceptional from the 29-year-old Liam Broady! He makes a great recovery, beating Ruud 6-3 in the fourth set to force the second round clash to the final set. The scoreline currently reads 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 with Broady leading in the final set so far

Victoria Azarenka make easy work of Nadia Podoroska, beating her 6-3, 6-0 to advance to third round.

Niemeier, meanwhile, defeated no.16 Karolina Muchova 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 in round 1, while Barbora Krejcikova was forced to hand a walkover to Mirra Andreeva, who was leading 6-3, 4-0.

Andrey Rublev beats came back strongly from a set down to beat fellow Russian Aslan Karatsev 6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. Shapovalov, meanwhile, beats Barrere in straight sets (6-3, 6-4, 7-6)

Alexander Zverev cruises to second round with a straight-set win (6-4, 7-6, 7-6) win over Gijs Brouwer.

Good comeback from the 4th-seeded Ruud, as he takes the second set 6-3 against Liam Broady. 

Zverev, meanwhile, also closing in on a victory, leading 6-4, 7-6, 6-5 against Brouwer

Crowd favourite Liam Broady takes the first set 6-4 against Casper Ruud, much to the cheer from the fans at centre court. Ruud, however, breaks early in the second and is currently leading 3-1.

Is there an upset on the cards early in men's singles?

Stanislas Wawrinka seals blockbuster clash against Novak Djokovic in the third round of Wimbledon Championships. Reacting to the clash, Wawrinka funnily remarks, "'I will enjoy against Novak Djokovic, if I don't get killed!'

Stanislas Wawrinka entered the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 win over Etcheverry.

Zverev, meanwhile, takes a 6-4, 2-3 lead over Netherland's Brouwer on Court 1. Casper Ruud also kickstarts his second round clash at Centre Court against England's Liam Broady.

Petra Kvitova battled three sets to beat Italy's J Paolini 6-4, 6-7, 6-1. Sofia Kenin also entered round 3 with a 6-4, 6-3 win over China's Wang Xinyu

Shapovalov races to first set win against Barrere, leading 6-3, 1-2 on Court 8. Zverev, meanwhile, also begins his campaign on Court 1 agaisnt Brouwer.

Hurkacz beats Choinski to secure a third round place in Wimbledon 2023 as well, winning 6-4, 6-4, 7-6.

Wawrinka will be serving to take a 2-1 lead over Etcheverry; he leads 6-3, 4-6, 5-4. Musetti, meanwhile, is closing in on a third-round spot, leading 6-4, 6-3, 3-0.

Hubert Hurkacz has also resumed his match against local J Choinski. The scoreline currrently reads 6-4, 6-4, 6-6 in favour of Hurkacz.