Sonay Kartal v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova – Wimbledon 2025 live: British No 3 continues dream run on Centre Court | OneFootball

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Alcaraz gives himself 21 win salute

Sonay Kartal has been rewarded for the best Wimbledon run of her career so far with a first ever match on Centre Court.

The British No 3 has been on the rise over the past year, shooting up the world rankings to the brink of the top 50, which she will now break into after making the fourth round of a major for the first time. The 23-year-old Brightonian swept aside Diane Parry in the third round and now faces Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who beat former world No 1 Naomi Osaka on Friday.

Cameron Norrie meanwhile continues his Championships on No 1 Court against Chile’s Nicolas Jarry, having seen off 12th seed Frances Tiafoe before knocking out unheralded Italian Mattia Bellucci.

Elsewhere today, world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka is back on court after beating Emma Raducanu to play against 24th seed Elise Mertens. In the men’s draw, American fifth seed Taylor Fritz meets Australia’s Jordan Thompson while Carlos Alcaraz faces 14th seed Andrey Rublev.

Sinner surpasses Federer with dominant run

Jannik Sinner continued to navigate a serene course through the choppy waters of Wimbledon with another straight-sets win.

Pedro Martinez was his latest victim, the Spanish world number 52 – who was carrying a shoulder injury – winning just five games in a 6-1 6-3 6-1 defeat on Centre Court.

While 19 seeds perished over the opening two rounds in the men’s draw, Sinner has looked unsinkable.

In reaching the fourth round, the 23-year-old Italian has dropped only 17 games from his three matches.

Roger Federer previously held the record for the least games lost in the first three rounds at Wimbledon, 19 in 2004.

WIMBLEDON (AP)

Jack Rathborn6 July 2025 11:00

Flavio Cobolli falling in love with grass after stunning run to fourth round

“Three years ago I completely hate the grass when I play junior because with my tennis, we start to play tennis in clay in Italy. Most of the court are in clay. So when you play on hard court, especially indoor grass it's completely different, and you need more time to play with the grass.

“I think now it makes me happy because I play good, of course (smiling), but also, because I can try other things from clay or hard court. I think it's good for me because I think I have one of the best returns on the tour.

“When you return on this surface, it's like something that you -- it's good. It makes me happy. I don't know why, but I really like to play there.”

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Jack Rathborn6 July 2025 10:40

Jannik Sinner on the fine margins of winning tennis matches

Jannik Sinner said: “I don't know. I think, as I would say, every match has his own story. Things can change very quickly. It depends also before the match what happens. Maybe you don't sleep well. Maybe something happens in the practice session. Maybe you have some pain. You never know.

“Of course, if I have the chance, I try to close the match as fast as I can. I try to make that happen. In the other way, I'm not rushing. I try to play my level. I also try to improve couple of things.

“Today I could have gone a little bit more to the net, which I haven't done, for example. There are always small things what I try to do better in next rounds or tomorrow in practice sessions. Because at the end of the day, the most important from my point of view is to get better as a player. You have every day the chance to do that. That for me is the most important.”

Iga Swiatek shuts down question over women's matches going to best-of-five sets in second half of grand slams

“I think with the way that everything is, like, faster and faster in our world right now, there's more probability that men's game is going to be faster rather than us suddenly playing five sets.

“I think I would be good at it because I always feel like physically I can survive more and I would have more time sometimes to problem solve.

“Honestly, it's super hypothetical. It's not going to happen anyway. I never thought of it. I think for the condition of the grass, sometimes it would be easier if the guys played three sets. I know that our sport has great traditions. I think also it's entertaining to see these five-set matches. Honestly, I haven't thought about it, so I don't know.”