Wimbledon 2025: Sinner, Djokovic and Swiatek in action on middle Saturday
Date: 2025-07-05T10:06:33.000Z
Title: If you missed the sporting theatre
Content: of Aryna Sabalenka against Emma Raducanu on Centre Court last night, with the British No 1 giving the tournament favourite a run for her money, then Jonathan Liew was there to capture the moment
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Date: 2025-07-05T09:59:19.000Z
Title: Preamble
Content: Hello and welcome to middle Saturday at Wimbledon, where the third round of the men's and women's singles draws enters its second day. We'll have Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek and the like all on court as the day progresses. As an SW19 native I can confirm that the weather has been overcast and pretty blustery with a bit of drizzle in the air. Nonetheless, the queue was already snaking right across Wimbledon Park early this morning on what is traditionally the busiest day of the championships.
The world No 1, Jannik Sinner, gets us under way on Centre against Spain's Pedro Martínez, while teenage sensation Mirra Andreeva opens up on No 1 Court against Hailey Baptiste of the United States.
Here are today's main-draw singles matches:
Centre Court (1.30pm BST start)
Jannik Sinner (It, 1) v Pedro Martínez (Sp)
Iga Swiatek (Pol, 8) v Danielle Collins (US)
Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser) v Novak Djokovic (Ser, 6)
No 1 Court (1pm BST start)
Mirra Andreeva (7) v Hailey Baptiste (US)
Barbora Krejcikova (Cz, 17) v Emma Navarro (US, 10)
Ben Shelton (US, 10) v Marton Fucsovics (Hun)
No 2 Court (11am BST start)
Clara Tauson (Den, 23) v Elena Rybakina (Kaz, 11)
Alex de Minaur (Aus, 11) v August Holmgren (Den)
No 3 Court (11am BST start)
Daria Kasatkina (Aus, 16) v Liudmila Samsonova (19)
Grigor Dimitrov (Bul, 19) v Sebastian Ofner (Aut)
Court 12 (11am BST start)
Flavio Cobolli (It, 22) v Jakub Mensik (Cz, 15)
Zeynep Sonmez (Tur) v Ekaterina Alexandrova (18)
Court 16 (11am BST start)
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Sp) v Dayana Yastremska (Ukr)
Court 18 (11am BST start)
Belinda Bencic (Swi) v Elisabetta Cocciaretto (It)
Marin Cilic (Cro) v Jaume Munar (Sp)
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