July 2 (Reuters) – Highlights of the fourth day at Wimbledon on Thursday (times GMT):
1558 KOSTYUK POWERS PAST BLINKOVA
Ukrainian 12th seed Marta Kostyuk fought back from a first-set stumble to beat Russian opponent Anna Blinkova 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3.
1412 EALA DEFEATS SERENA’S CONQUEROR JOINT
Filipino 29th seed Alexandra Eala ousted Australia’s Maya Joint — who ended Serena Williams’s singles comeback in the last round — in a 3-6 6-2 6-0 victory. The 21-year-old will face defending champion Iga Swiatek next.
1347 SWIATEK BEATS PLISKOVA
Defending champion Iga Swiatek dominated 2021 finalist Karolina Pliskova for a 6-1 6-3 victory.
1342 STRUFF BATTLES PAST NAKASHIMA
Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff, ranked 74th in the world, edged American 28th seed Brandon Nakashima 4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(5) 6-7(6) 7-6(10-7) in a battle that lasted four hours and 21 minutes.
Struff faces Russian eighth seed Daniil Medvedev in the third round.
1338 KEYS BEATS SWAN
Former Australian Open champion Madison Keys beat British wildcard Katie Swan 6-1 6-4 to reach the third round.
1224 SAMSONOVA DEFEATS SHNAIDER
Last year’s quarter-finalist Liudmila Samsonova, ranked 41st in the world, beat 15th seed Diana Shnaider 6-4 4-6 6-2.
Samsonova will face 21st seed Marie Bouzkova in the third round.
1214 FRITZ FIRES PAST KYPSON
Last year’s semi-finalist Taylor Fritz, the sixth seed, beat American compatriot Patrick Kypson 6-2 6-2 7-5.
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1203 DE MINAUR BEATS MANNARINO
Australian fifth seed Alex de Minaur clinched a dominant 6-3 6-2 6-2 win over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino to reach the third round.
1007 PLAY UNDER WAY
Play began under clear skies at the All England Club, with temperatures around 22 degrees Celsius (72 Fahrenheit).
Defending women’s champion Iga Swiatek will take on former world number one Karolina Pliskova on Centre Court later in the day, while French Open champion Alexander Zverev faces France’s Valentin Royer on Court One.
WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY ON THURSDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)
CENTRE COURT (Play begins at 1230 GMT)
Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) v 3-Iga Swiatek (Poland)
Matteo Berrettini (Italy) v 20-Arthur Fils (France)
Caty McNally (U.S.) v 2-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)
COURT NUMBER ONE (Play begins at 1200 GMT)
Katie Swan (Britain) v 26-Madison Keys (U.S.)
Valentin Royer (France) v 2-Alexander Zverev (Germany)
15-Jakub Mensik (Czech Republic) v Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
COURT NUMBER TWO (Play begins at 1000 GMT)
6-Taylor Fritz (U.S.) v Patrick Kypson (U.S.)
6-Amanda Anisimova (U.S.) v Sofia Kenin (U.S.)
17-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.) v Jan Choinski (Britain)
13-Jasmine Paolini (Italy) v Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland)
(Reporting by Suramya Kaushik, Chiranjit Ojha and Paras J. Haji in Bengaluru; Editing by Kevin Liffey, Alison Williams and Clare Fallon)
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