Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner remain on a collision course at Wimbledon as the third round of the Championships gets underway on day five.
Djokovic produced a “vintage” performance to defeat former world No 3 Stefanos Tsitispas on Wednesday, a straight-sets victory he raced to in an effort to save valuable energy for his bid to win a record 25th grand slam title at Wimbledon.
The 39-year-old will now face France’s 26th seed Arthur Rinderknech, who is bidding to advance past the third round for the first time, while defending champion Sinner plays Jenson Brooksby as the Italian aims to gather momentum.
World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka meets former Jelena Ostapenko in what could be an explosive third-round clash on Centre Court, while four-time major winner Naomi Osaka continues her campaign against former world No 8 Daria Kasatkina.
And there are plenty of Brits in doubles action, albeit none in singles after Arthur Fery became the only Brit in either the men’s or women’s draw to reach the third round with a four-set win over Otto Virtanen on Thursday.
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Wimbledon order of play
🏟️ No.2 Court
11:00AM Start
- Roman Safiullin vs Joao Fonseca (BRA) [24]
- Jessica Pegula (USA) [4] vs Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP)
- Hubert Hurkacz (POL) vs Tommy Paul (USA) [21]
🏟️ No.3 Court
11:00AM Start
- Belinda Bencic (SUI) [11] vs Anna Kalinskaya [19]
- Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs Daniil Medvedev [8]
- Karolina Muchova (CZE) [10] vs Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA)
Wimbledon order of play
🏟️ No.1 Court
1:00PM Start
- Daria Kasatkina (AUS) vs Naomi Osaka (JPN) [14]
- Jannik Sinner (ITA) [1] vs Jenson Brooksby (USA)
- Claire Liu (USA) vs Coco Gauff (USA) [7]
Wimbledon order of play
Day 5 – Friday 3 July
🏟️ Centre Court
1:30PM Start
- Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) [25] vs Novak Djokovic (SRB) [7]
- Aryna Sabalenka [1] vs Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
- Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) [3] vs Michael Zheng (USA)
Day four recap
On the British front, Arthur Fery is the last player standing after he beat qualifier Otto Virtanen – conqueror of fourth seed Ben Shelton – in their second-round tie.
French-born Fery, who grew up in Wimbledon, was the only Brit to make it to the middle weekend after there were defeats for Katie Swan, Jacob Fearnley and Jan Choinski.
Swan lost 6-1 6-4 to former Australian Open champion Madison Keys, while Fearnley fell in straight sets to Spaniard Jaume Munar, 6-4 7-6 6-4, and Choinski battled hard against 17th seed Frances Tiafoe but ultimately lost in four, 4-6 6-2 7-5 6-2.
Day four recap
Reigning champion Iga Swiatek suffered a scare as she needed three sets to see off Taylor Townsend in round 1, but was in cruise control against 2021 runner-up Karolina Pliskova, who is making a gradual return from a long injury lay-off, in yesterday’s second-round encounter. The Pole won 6-1 6-3 in the first match on Centre Court.
Later on Matteo Berrettini won an entertaining four-set tussle with 20th seed Arthur Fils, with the Italian overjoyed to be playing at the top level again after recurring injury crises.
And there was joy too for Grigor Dimitrov, who was forced out of Wimbledon last year with a torn pec muscle when leading Jannik Sinner in their fourth-round match. The Bulgarian, who was granted a wildcard for this tournament, saw off 15th seed Jakub Mensik in four sets and will now face Berrettini in the third round.
Welcome
Hello and welcome to day five of Wimbledon!
Novak Djokovic headlines Centre Court today as he faces 25th seed Arthur Rinderknech in his bid to win a record 25th major, while defending champion Jannik Sinner takes to No 1 Court hoping to build momentum after a tricky couple of matches.
Naomi Osaka plays former world No 8 Daria Kasatkina first up on that court, while Aryna Sabalenka, Jelena Ostapenko, and Coco Gauff are all in action later today.
Flo Clifford3 July 2026 09:04