HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Wimbledon day three

LONDON, July 2 (Reuters) - Highlights of the third day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Wednesday (times GMT):

2120 FRITZ BATTLES PAST DIALLO IN LATE THRILLER

American fifth seed Taylor Fritz was taken to five sets before overcoming Canadian Gabriel Diallo 3-6 6-3 7-6(0) 4-6 6-3, in a match which lasted more than three hours.

Fritz, who was also taken the distance in the first round, was able to finish the match after the roof was closed on Court Number One, with play suspended for the night on the other courts.

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1950 PLAY SUSPENDED FOR TWO MATCHES BUT FRITZ CONTINUES

The match between Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime and German Jan-Lennard Struff was suspended, level after two sets, as was British wildcard Arthur Fery's clash with Luciano Darderi, with the Italian two sets up.

The roof was closed on Number One Court, where play continued between American fifth seed Taylor Fritz and Canada's Gabriel Diallo, with Fritz two sets to one ahead.

1935 LEHECKA OUSTED BY BELLUCCI

Czech 23rd seed Jiri Lehecka, who reached the Queen's Club last month, was beaten 7-6(4) 6-1 7-5 by Mattia Bellucci, and the Italian will face Britain's Cameron Norrie in the third round.

Lehecka was the 15th men's seed to exit the tournament.

1930 KRUEGER BECOMES 15TH WOMEN'S SEED TO EXIT TOURNAMENT

American 31st seed Ashlyn Krueger was beaten 7-6(4) 6-4 by Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, making it 15 of the 32 seeds who are also out of the women's draw halfway through the second round.

1905 SVITOLINA SAILS PAST SASNOVICH

Ukrainian 14th seed Elina Svitolina had a comfortable 6-2 6-4 win over Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich and will meet Belgian Elise Mertens in the third round.

1855 LAST YEAR'S FINALIST PAOLINI KNOCKED OUT BY RAKHIMOVA

Russian Kamilla Rakhimova came from a set down to stun last year's finalist Jasmine Paolini, beating the Italian fourth seed 4-6 6-4 6-4 to set up a third-round clash with Czech 30th seed Linda Noskova.

Paolini became the fourth top-five seed to exit the women's draw after Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula and Zheng Qinwen.

1848 RADUCANU BEATS VONDROUSOVA TO SET UP SABALENKA CLASH

Britain's Emma Raducanu reached the third round with a 6-3 6-3 win over 2023 champion Marketa Vondrousova, repeating her second-round victory in 2021 over the Czech and earning a meeting with world number one Aryna Sabalenka.

"I guess there's no pressure on me at all in the next match," a laughing Raducanu said in her on-court interview.

1845 BOULTER, SHNAIDER STUNNED

Argentine lucky loser Solana Sierra pulled off a remarkable comeback to beat home favourite Katie Boulter 6-7(7) 6-2 6-1 and reach the third round where she faces Spain's Cristina Bucsa.

Russian 12th seed Diana Shnaider lost 6-4 6-1 to French qualifier Diane Parry, who also booked a place in the last 32 against home hope Sonay Kartal.

1757 ALCARAZ EXTENDS WINNING RUN TO REACH THIRD ROUND

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz cruised past British qualifier Oliver Tarvet 6-1 6-4 6-4 to notch up his 20th consecutive victory on tour.

The Spanish second seed will face either Felix Auger-Aliassime or Jan-Lennard Struff in the third round.

1725 RUSSIANS RUBLEV, KHACHANOV PROGRESS

Russian 17th seed Karen Khachanov edged past Japan's Shintaro Mochizuki 1-6 7-6(7) 4-6 6-3 6-4 in a hard-fought five-setter to reach the third round.

Compatriot Andrey Rublev, seeded 14th, rallied from a set down to beat South Africa's Lloyd Harris 6-7(1) 6-4 7-6(5) 6-3.

1510 NORRIE DOWNS TIAFOE

Cameron Norrie became the first Briton to reach the men's third round after he fought back to upset American 12th seed Frances Tiafoe 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-5.

1414 SABALENKA ADVANCES TO ROUND THREE

World number one Aryna Sabalenka was forced to battle through a difficult opening set before going on to beat Czech Marie Bouzkova, a former Wimbledon quarter-finalist, 7-6(4) 6-4.

1330 KEYS EASES PAST DANILOVIC

Australian Open champion Madison Keys fired off 19 winners to claim a 6-4 6-2 win over Serbian Olga Danilovic in an hour and 15 minutes to reach the third round.

1318 LOCAL HOPE KARTAL ADVANCES

Briton Sonay Kartal sealed a comfortable 6-2 6-2 victory over Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova to move into round three.

"I felt good on court today. I was hitting it really clean. It was one of those good days at the office," Kartal said.

1155 PLAY UNDER WAY

Players walked out on to the court at the All England Club after a delay lasting more than one-and-a-half hours due to rain.

1045 START FURTHER DELAYED BY RAIN

Play on all outside courts at Wimbledon will not begin until at least 1115 GMT due to rain.

1000 RAIN DELAYS START

The start of day three at Wimbledon has been pushed back by 45 minutes to 1045 GMT due to rain.

The temperature is around 19 degrees Celsius and intermittent rain is expected throughout the day, after the first two days of the tournament were played in very hot and sunny conditions.

WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY ON WEDNESDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)

CENTRE COURT (play begins at 1230 GMT)

1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic)

Oliver Tarvet (Britain) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

Emma Raducanu (Britain) v Marketa Vondrousova (Czech Republic)

COURT NUMBER ONE (play begins at 1200 GMT)

Cameron Norrie (Britain) v 12-Frances Tiafoe (France)

Katie Boulter (Britain) v Solana Sierra (Argentina)

5-Taylor Fritz (U.S.) v Gabriel Diallo (Canada)

COURT NUMBER TWO (play begins at 1000 GMT)

Olga Danilovic (Serbia) v 6-Madison Keys (U.S.)

Nuno Borges (Portugal) v Billy Harris (Britain)

Naomi Osaka (Japan) v Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic)

Arthur Fery (Britain) v Luciano Darderi (Italy)