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Defending champion and third seed, Carlos Alcaraz, overcame 29th-seeded American Frances Tiafoe 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-2 in the third round of the men\u2019s singles on the fifth day of Wimbledon 2024 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), London, on Friday.<\/p>\n
Spain\u2019s Alcaraz is set to face either USA\u2019s Brandon Nakashima or Frenchman Ugo Humbert in the round of 16.<\/p>\n
Later in the day, World No. 1 and top seed, Jannik Sinner of Italy, will take on Serbia\u2019s Miomir Kecmanovic in his third-round match.<\/p>\n
In the women\u2019s singles, second seed and reigning US Open champion Coco Gauff overpowered local qualifier Sonay Kartal 6-4, 6-0, while former US Open champion and local wildcard Emma Raducanu triumphed over ninth seed Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-3.<\/p>\n
Also, French Open runner-up and seventh seed, Italian Jasmine Paolini, advanced to the round of 16, defeating Canada\u2019s Bianca Andreescu 7-6(4), 6-1 while Spain\u2019s Paula Badosa ousted 14th-seeded Russian Daria Kasatkina 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-4.<\/p>\n
WIMBLEDON 2024: Italian JASMINE PAOLINI INTO ROUND 4<\/strong><\/p>\n Italian Jasmine Paolini defeated former U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu 7-6(4), 6-1 at Wimbledon on Friday, reaching the fourth round for the first time.<\/p>\n Jasmine Paolini \ud83d\udc49 the first Italian player in the Open Era to make the Round of 16 at each of the first three Women\u2019s Singles Grand Slam events in a season \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9<\/p>\n She\u2019s also the first player into the fourth round here at #Wimbledon<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/R8akjv82we<\/a><\/p>\n\n