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American 13th seed Taylor Fritz has just beaten Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech in four sets, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
It was a very frosty handshake between the pair at the end as well.
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In this battle of Britain on Court No 1, Jack Draper - two sets down - has just made the first break of the third set and leads Norrie 4-2, serving for 5-2.
He needs to win this set if he is to progress.
Amid a spate of five-set matches today, Chilean Alejandro Tabilo (24) has beaten Flavio Cobolli 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, while Holger Rune (15) got past Thiago Seyboth Wild 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.
In the women's, Elina Svitolina (21) beat Jule Niemeier 6-3, 6-4, and American Bernarda Pera shocked 23rd seed Caroline Garcia 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
In the men's doubles, all-British pair Kyle Edmund and Oliver Crawford have just lost against French duo Sadio Doumbia/Fabian Reboul (16), 7-5, 7-6(3).
And in the women's doubles, American Emma Navarro and Diane Parry beat Bronzetti/Gracheva 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Hibino/Bucsa defeated Maria/Rus 6-2, 6-4.
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A fairly routine win for World No 1 and top seed Iga Swiatek, of Poland, on Centre Court today.
She's just beaten Croatian Petra Martic 6-4, 6-3 and will face Kazakhstani Yulia Putintseva in the third round.
Cameron Norrie has taken the second set 6-4 and now leads Jack Draper by two.
If Draper is to move into the third round, he'll have to do it in five. The long way.
(That's a reference to England soccer defender John Stones' accent, by the way).
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In the men's singles, Lorenzo Musetti (25) has beaten Luciano Darderi 6-4, 4-6, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4 in an all-Italian match, Alexei Popyrin also won in five, beating Tomas Etcheverry (30) 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; and American Taylor Fritz (13) leads Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 6-4, 0-1 down on serve in the third.
In the women's singles, USA's Danielle Collins (11) defeated Dalma Galfi 6-3, 6-4, with Bernarda Pera into a decider against Caroline Garcia (23) after both won a set each 6-3.
In the men's doubles, Purcell/Thompson (15) beat Brits Clarke/Willis 6-4, 6-2, while Middelkoop/Martin beat Griekspoor/Stevens 6-4, 6-3.
In the women's doubles, Brits Miyazaki/Appleton got past Chinese duo Wang/Zhu in three sets, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(9), while Katerina Siniakova and USA's Taylor Townsend (4) edged past Noskova/Masarova 6-3, 7-6(5).
Brits Rajecki/Bains were beaten 6-4, 6-4 by Babos/Kichenok, while Vesnina/Shnaider overcame Tauson/Putintseva 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-0 on Court 6.
The mixed doubles begin tomorrow.
Cam Norrie has taken the first sit 7-6(3) against compatriot Jack Draper, angling away successive volleys at the net to take the advantage against the 28th seed.
He roars in delight. He liked that one.
Very well played from Jacob Fearnley today!
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Hubert Hurkacz, the No 7 seed and former Wimbledon semi-finalist, has been dramatically forced out of the tournament — suffering a knee injury after diving for a volley, compounding it by diving for another, and then retiring when down match point.
Hurkacz, with his huge serve and run to the final in Halle two weeks ago, was considered an outsider for the Wimbledon title this year.
On Thursday he was up against the young Frenchman Arthur Fils in the second round on Court 2, and was trailing two sets to one but on the verge of levelling the match in the fourth set tie-break when he suffered the nasty-looking injury.
The Athletic's Charlie Eccleshare breaks it down below.
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Hubert Hurkacz out of Wimbledon after two dives and a knee injury
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Cameron Norrie is facing 28th seed Jack Draper in the battle of the Brits on Court No 1.
It's currently on serve in the first set, 5-4 to Norrie.
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The order of play for Friday is out and surprisingly the "popcorn match" (to quote Tiafoe) of Alcaraz vs Tiafoe is first up rather than in the third, early evening slot.
That slot goes to world No 1 Sinner against Kecmanovic, which on paper looks a much less entertaining match.
It won't be a popular decision with most fans, but it's one that was possibly informed by Sinner finishing late on Wednesday night and so wanting the maximum rest time before his next match.
Home favourite Emma Raducanu's encounter with ninth seed Maria Sakkari sandwiches those two matches.
The provisional order of play on the show courts tomorrow has been revealed.
Centre Court – from 13:30*
No 1 Court – from 13:00*
*(All times BST. ET is BST -5, PT is BST -8)
Fils/Humbert are out of the men's doubles due to Humbert's hip injury; they're replaced by Monteiro/Seyboth Wild.
In the women's doubles, Burel/Osorio are out due to Burel's abdominal injury - they're replaced by Gadecki/Lechemia.
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Another straight-sets win for Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, who beat Ajla Tomljanovic 6-1, 6-2, before getting past Daria Snigur 6-3, 6-0.
She'll play the winner of Caroline Garcia (23) vs American Bernarda Pera in the third round.
Below, read Charle Eccleshare's fascinating interview with her from back in May.
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Jelena Ostapenko interview: Handshakes, electronic line calls and Roland Garros
As opposed to 'for the ages', Monfils being 37, Wawrinka 39.
Both passed The Athletic on the staircase back down from the Shelton match, with Wawrinka looking a little frustrated and Monfils relaxed and smiling.
No wonder - Monfils wrapped up the match, which was suspended from last night, in straight sets: 7-6(5), 6-4, 7-6(3). He plays 10th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the third round.
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Novak Djokovic has beaten the stubborn Brit Jacob Fearnley in four sets, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5.
He plays the winner of Tomas Etcheverry (30) and Alexei Popyrin.
Some results from day four. First up, the men's singles:
In the women's singles:
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The Serbian third seed does confirm that break.
He leads 6-5. And he will now serve for the match.