Day 3 Recap

Quick Served: Day 3 — Wackiness Resumes

Wednesday’s morning rain might be the only thing Wimbledon’s served up that feels normal this week.

Jon Wertheim takes the reins for our Day 3 recap, breaking down the biggest results, highlighting who’s playing well so far, and serving up some classic inside scoops.

Plus, Taylor Fritz was able to hold off and beat Gabriel Diallo in another late-night five-setter for the No. 5 seed. Though, this match only took one day to finish.

Tune in to find out which player is biking to the grounds, which American is doing tourist duty between matches—and which top seed found themselves in some off-court drama.

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In one of the most anticipated matches of the day, British No. 1 Emma Raducanu beat 2023 Wimbledon champ Marketa Vondrousova in straight sets to advance to the third round.

Now, only Ann Jones and Virginia Wade have a higher winning percentage at Wimbledon than Raducanu (75%, 9-3 record) among British players in the Open Era.

Raducanu has reached the Round of 16 at SW19 twice in her career (2021 & 2024) but to advance to the second week of competition this year, she’ll have to beat No. 1 seed Aryna Sabalenka.

JW previews that match and explains what’s working well for Raducanu so far this week.

It may be his debut, but Joao Fonseca is another young star advancing at the All England Club. The 18-year-old Brazilian beat American Jenson Brooksby in four sets, winning the last two.

Fonseca is now the youngest man to reach the third round at both Wimbledon and Roland-Garros in the same season since…Andy Roddick in 2001. He’s also the youngest man to reach the round of 32 at Wimbledon since 2011.

This is just Fonseca’s fourth tour-level tournament on grass and he’ll face Nicolas Jarry on Thursday.

Listen now to hear JW share more about the Brazilian’s Wimbledon debut after having the chance to speak with Fonseca after his match.

The ‘Whacky Wimbledon’ theme rolled on Wednesday, especially on the women’s side, where four seeded players lost in straight sets to opponents ranked outside the Top 100.

World No. 104 Laura Siegemund, a 37-year-old veteran from Germany, upset the No. 29 seed Leylah Fernandez to reach the third round at Wimbledon for the first time in her career.

Cristina Bucsa (No. 102) knocked out the No. 22 seed and 2024 semifinalist Donna Vekic.

World No. 110 Dalma Galfi ousted No. 21 Beatriz Haddad Maia to reach the Round of 32.

Diane Parry became the first Frenchwoman in three years to beat a Top-15 player at Wimbledon—taking down No. 12 Diana Shnaider. The 22-year-old is ranked No. 118.

And while Kamilla Rakhimova delivered the highest-profile upset of the day by defeating No. 4 seed Jasmine Paolini—she’s ranked No. 80 and the match went the distance.

Also making noise: Solana Sierra (No. 101), who stunned home favorite Katie Boulter in three sets to become the first lucky loser to reach the Wimbledon third round since 2019.

Scheduling Note: Arthur Fery’s match against Italian Luciano Darderi was suspended Wednesday evening due to darkness.

The matches between Felix Auger-Aliassimie and Jan-Lennard Struff as well as Cristian Garin and Arthur Rinderknech were also postponed to Thursday.

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2 — Since the rankings were first published in 1973, Cameron Norrie is just the second British player to claim ATP Top 20 wins at each of the four Grand Slam events, along with Andy Murray.

37 & 118 — Laura Siegemund (37 years and 118 days) is the second-oldest player to reach her maiden third round at Wimbledon in the Open Era, younger only than Rita Bentley in 1970.

20 — Carlos Alcaraz (22y 56d) is the youngest player to claim 20 consecutive match wins at the ATP level since Juan Martin del Potro (19y 336d) in 2008.

5— Nicolas Jarry is just the fifth Chilean in the Open Era to reach multiple Men's Singles R32s at Wimbledon after Cristian Garin, Fernando Gonzalez, Ricardo Acuna and Jarry's grandfather, Jaime Fillol.

Matches To Watch: Thursday, July 3

Dayana Yastremska vs. Anastasia Zakharova: After upsetting No. 2 Coco Gauff, Yastremska will look to keep the momentum rolling against Zakharova who knocked out two-time major winner Victoria Azarenka—her fourth win this tournament including qualifying.

No. 17 Barbora Krejcikova vs. Caroline Dolehide: The defending champ held on for a first round win while Dolehide, a 26-year-old American, advanced to the Round of 64 for the first time at Wimbledon.

Daniel Evans vs. No. 6 Novak Djokovic: The quest for Djokovic’s eighth Wimbledon and 25th major title continues against a fellow seasoned veteran. 35-year-old Evans holds a head-to-head advantage over Djokovic (1-0).

No. 4 Jack Draper vs. Marin Cilic: The British No. 1 will headline the No. 1 Court as he attempts to reach the third round of Wimbledon for the first time. In his way—former World No. 3 Cilic who was the 2017 finalist at SW19.

Thursday’s Full Order Of Play