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): 1400 BAUTISTA AGUT UPSETS KHACHANOV IN STRAIGHT SETS
Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut beat 10th seed and French Open quarter-finalist Karen Khachanov 6-3 7-6(3) 6-1 at Court Two to move into the fourth round. Bautista Agut will play Frenchman Benoit Paire, who beat Jiri Vesely 5-7 7-6(5) 6-3 7-6(2) earlier in the day.
1355 PLISKOVA PASSES HSIEH TEST Czech third seed Karolina Pliskova was pushed by Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei but eventually won the match 6-3 2-6 6-4 to move into the fourth round.
Former world number one Pliskova fired 14 aces, smashed 42 winners and won 24 of 28 net points to settle the tie and she will next play unseeded compatriot Karolina Muchova who beat Estonia's 20th seed Anett Kontaveit 7-6(7) 6-3. READ MORE
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Raonic outserves Opelka in the battle of the big men Wimbledon the poorer for Kyrgios exit
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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
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. 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 UNDERWAY AT WIMBLEDON
Play began in bright sunshine with temperatures hovering around 22 degrees Celsius and a forecast high of 26C.
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