HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Wimbledon day three

Highlights of the third day at Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Wednesday (times GMT): 1331 OPELKA DUMPS OUT WAWRINKA

Swiss 22nd seed Stan Wawrinka was dragged into a dogfight by American Reilly Opelka, who beat the three-time Grand Slam winner 7-5 3-6 4-6 6-4 8-6 in three hours and 13 minutes. Belgium's David Goffin advanced with a routine 6-2 6-4 6-3 victory over Jeremy Chardy, while Czech Jiri Vesely joined him in the third round by beating Pablo Cuevas 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 6-4.

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Wednesday's order of play at Wimbledon 1312 PLISKOVA STROLLS PAST PUIG

Former world number one Karolina Pliskova, who warmed up for Wimbledon by winning the title at Eastbourne, continued her good form on the grass with a 6-0 6-4 win over Monica Puig. The Czech third seed set up a clash with Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei who beat Kirsten Flipkens 7-6(3) 6-3.

1207 SVITOLINA THROUGH AFTER GASPARYAN RETIRES Russian Margarita Gasparyan, who beat Elina Svitolina in the first round at Birmingham last month, moved towards another upset against the Ukrainian by taking the first set 7-5 before a leg injury forced her to quit while trailing 5-6 in the second.

Frenchman Benoit Paire also progressed after Serb Miomir Kecmanovic retired due to an injury while trailing 7-6(5) 6-4. 1120 AZARENKA SWATS ASIDE TOMLJANOVIC

Former world number one Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, twice a semi-finalist at Wimbledon, beat Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic 6-2 6-0 to set up a potential third-round clash with Simona Halep who meets Romanian compatriot Mihaela Buzarnescu later. 1010 PLAY UNDERWAY AT WIMBLEDON

Play began in bright sunshine with the temperature hovering around 20 degrees Celsius and a forecast high of 21C.