Wimbledon Day Three: Sinner, Djokovic, Sabalenka, Osaka Play
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- Jannik Sinner, defending Wimbledon champion, opens Centre Court at 1:30pm against Nuno Borges after surviving a first-round scare on Monday.
- Novak Djokovic, seven-time Wimbledon winner, faces two-time Grand Slam finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas on Centre Court from around 7pm.
- World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka opens Court No 1 at 1pm against McCartney Kessler, with Coco Gauff and Felix Auger-Aliassime also in second-round action.
- Naomi Osaka plays Anastasia Gasanova from 11am, with Sky Sports flagging attention on whether she'll repeat her full-length kimono from day one.
- Mirra Andreeva, the French Open champion, meets 2024 Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejčíková on Centre Court between the Sinner and Djokovic matches.
- Serena Williams, 44, lost to Maya Joint in the first round the previous night in her first competitive singles match since 2022, saving a match point in the second set before falling in a match lasting nearly two and a half hours.
- Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper have pulled out of Wimbledon, contributing to what Sky Sports describes as growing injury concerns in tennis.
Why it matters: Five of the sport's biggest names play second-round matches on a single day, including a marquee Centre Court night session between Djokovic and Tsitsipas. The Williams defeat ends her comeback after a four-year singles absence, while the Raducanu and Draper withdrawals leave the draw notably thinned before the second round is complete.
