HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Wimbledon day five

HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Wimbledon day five
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Highlights of the fifth day at Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam tournament of the year, on Friday (times GMT): 1215 SVITOLINA WINS ON SIXTH MATCH POINT

Eighth seed Elina Svitolina moved into the fourth round with a battling 6-3 6-7(1) 6-2 victory over Greece's Maria Sakkari, needing six match points to win the contest. Svitolina had two match points in the second set which were saved and the Ukrainian also needed treatment on her right foot before bouncing back in the final set, as Sakkari made a total of 48 unforced errors.

Friday's order of play at Wimbledon Azarenka and Halep meet in battle of former number ones

FACTBOX-Simona Halep v Victoria Azarenka

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Lucky-loser Davis stands tall to oust Kerber at Wimbledon Nadal survives Kyrgios test in Wimbledon thriller

Kyrgios still wrestling with his tennis soul after Nadal defeat Tennis royalty hands down tips to Britain's Next-Gen royals

Murray makes winning doubles return as Brits march on Isner's hopes extinguished on 4th of July as 10 Americans march on

'Superstar' Gauff tipped for top five in five years Serena survives Fourth of July test from Slovenian student

Serena Williams v Kaja Juvan - match stats Kyrgios blasts record 143mph second serve against Nadal

Federer crushes Clarke to reach third round Barty, Stephens keep eyes on the ball outside Wimbledon

No pain, no gain for Kvitova as she advances Barty cheered on by Aussie fans on Court Two

Dart frustrated as mixed doubles partner Clarke teams up with Gauff Tomic fined for playing below standards

1155 RAONIC SWEEPS ASIDE OPELKA

Wimbledon 2016 finalist Milos Raonic beat the towering American Reilly Opelka 7-6(1) 6-2 6-1 in the third round, barely breaking a sweat after the opening set went to a tiebreak.

Canadian Raonic, seeded 15, will play either fourth seed Kevin Anderson or Guido Pella in the next round.

1135 WOZNIACKI KNOCKED OUT IN STRAIGHT SETS

China's unseeded Zhang Shuai upset last year's Australian Open champion Caroline Wozniacki in straight sets with a 6-4 6-2 victory on Court Two to reach the fourth round for the first time in her career. Zhang, ranked 50th in the world, fired 26 winners and broke the former world number one and 14th seed six times to wrap up the match in 81 minutes to advance.

1010 PLAY UNDER WAY AT WIMBLEDON

Play began in bright sunshine with temperatures hovering around 22 degrees Celsius and a forecast high of 26C.

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