Wimbledon Day 3 Highlights: Upsets, Stunning Wins, and Rain Delays

The third day of Wimbledon featured thrilling upsets, stunning comebacks, and rain delays. Key moments included Maria Sakkari defeating Arantxa Rus, Thanasi Kokkinakis staging a comeback against Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Daniil Medvedev overcoming Alexandre Muller. Emma Raducanu and Andy Murray will team up for mixed doubles, adding to the excitement.

Highlights of the third day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Wednesday (times GMT): 1831 SAKKARI PAST RUS

Greek ninth seed Maria Sakkari defeated Dutch Arantxa Rus 7-5 6-3 to reach the third round. 1812 KOKKINAKIS CLAIMS STUNNING WIN

Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis rallied from two sets down to upset 17th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 4-6 5-7 7-6(9) 6-4 6-4 in a four-and-a-half-hour marathon. 1727 SHNAIDER DOWNS STEPHENS

Russian 20-year-old Diana Shnaider, who won the Bad Homburg Open last month, made light work of former U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens, winning 6-1 6-1. She will next face Emma Navarro. 1726 FLAWLESS NAVARRO SENDS OSAKA PACKING American 19th seed Emma Navarro, 23, stunned four-times 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)

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