Top seed Aryna Sabalenka takes on Britain's Emma Raducanu, while American Taylor Fritz faces Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina when the third round at Wimbledon begins on Friday.

On Wednesday afternoon, Emma Raducanu defeated Markéta Vondroušová in the second round of Wimbledon: 6-3, 6-3. Raducanu was beaming after her victory, even knowing she will face WTA World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the next round.

Welcome to the Wimbledon briefing, where will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. On day three, the top half of the women’s draw went down to two seeds, the rain did nothing to deter the Wimbledon queue and an American master of the serve survived again.