Wimbledon Day 3 Upsets: Navarro Shocks Osaka, Raducanu Dominates

Day 3 of the Wimbledon Championships saw thrilling matches and unexpected results. Emma Navarro stunned Naomi Osaka with a commanding win, while Emma Raducanu thrashed Elise Mertens. Other highlights included Bianca Andreescu eliminating Linda Noskova and Daniil Medvedev overcoming Alexandre Muller. Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu will play mixed doubles together.

Highlights of the third day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Wednesday (times GMT): 1726 FLAWLESS NAVARRO SENDS OSAKA PACKING

American 19th seed Emma Navarro, 23, stunned four-time major winner Naomi Osaka with a 6-4 6-1 win. 1724 RADUCANU THRASHES MERTENS

Emma Raducanu stormed into the third round with a 6-1 6-2 thrashing of Belgian Elise Mertens. The Briton, who has struggled with form and injuries since her stunning victory as a qualifier at Flushing Meadows in 2021, has never moved beyond the fourth round at the All England Club.

1640 ANDREESCU ELIMINATES NOSKOVA Former U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu grabbed a 6-3 7-6(5) win over Czech teenager Linda Noskova in the second round.

1608 MEDVEDEV BATTLES PAST MULLER Russian fifth seed Daniil Medvedev rallied from a set down to defeat Frenchman Alexandre Muller 6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-4 7-5.

1550 FOGNINI STUNS RUUD Norwegian eighth seed Casper Ruud, a two-times French Open finalist, tumbled out after being beaten 6-4 7-5 6-7(1) 6-3 by 37-year-old Italian Fabio Fognini.

1530 ALCARAZ BEATS VUKIC TO MARCH ON Spanish third seed Carlos Alcaraz continued his title defence with an impressive 7-6(5) 6-2 6-2 victory over Australian Aleksandar Vukic.

Up next for the 21-year-old three-times Grand Slam champion is American Frances Tiafoe. 1515 SVITOLINA SURVIVES LINETTE SCARE

Former Ukrainian world number three Elina Svitolina, a semi-finalist last year, booked her place in the second round with a hard-fought 7-5 6-7(9) 6-3 win over Magda Linette of Poland. 1445 COLLINS, TIAFOE THROUGH

Danielle Collins, the 11th seed, beat Clara Tauson of Denmark 6-3 7-6(4) to advance to the second round. The former Australian Open runner-up, 30, announced in January she would be quitting the sport in 2024. Fellow American Frances Tiafoe also progressed to the third round after defeating Croatian Borna Coric 7-6(5) 6-1 6-3.

1350 EUBANKS KNOCKED OUT BY HALYS American Christopher Eubanks, who reached the quarter-finals last year, suffered a 6-4 6-4 6-2 loss to Frenchman Quentin Halys.

1312 GAUFF DISMANTLES TODONI American second seed Coco Gauff, the U.S. Open champion, secured a comprehensive 6-2 6-1 victory over 19-year-old Romanian qualifier Anca Todoni to reach the third round.

1130 MURRAY AND RADUCANU TO PLAY MIXED DOUBLES Twice Wimbledon champion Andy Murray will team up with 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu, 21, in the mixed doubles after the British duo were awarded a wildcard.

Murray is also competing in the men's doubles with his brother Jamie, a seven-times Grand Slam doubles champion, after pulling out of his singles opener against Czech Tomas Machac on Tuesday due to a back problem. 1010 PLAY DELAYED DUE TO RAIN

The start of play on the outside courts was delayed due to rain. ORDER OF PLAY

Centre Court (1230 GMT): Alexandre Muller (France) v 5-Daniil Medvedev (Russia)

Naomi Osaka (Japan) v 19-Emma Navarro (U.S.) 1-Jannik Sinner (Italy) v Matteo Berrettini (Italy)

Court One (1200 GMT): Anca Todoni (Romania) v 2-Coco Gauff (U.S.)

3-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) v Aleksandar Vukic (Australia) Emma Raducanu (Britain) v Elise Mertens (Belgium)

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