LONDON (Reuters) – Highlights of the fifth day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Friday (times GMT):
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Play began under sunny skies, with the temperature hovering around 24 degrees Celsius. Britain’s Met Office has forecast a rain-free day.
Former champion Andy Murray and fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas will resume their second-round match on Centre Court. Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka are in third-round action later.
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Djokovic and Wawrinka renew age-old rivalry for first time on grass
Order of play on Friday
Murray’s night-time drama ends on a Wimbledon cliff-hanger
American Tiafoe rides serve into third round, Fritz crashes out
Rybakina fights off Cornet to reach third round
Britain’s Broady finally gets his Wimbledon moment
Fifth seed Garcia squeezes through at Wimbledon
Berrettini fells Sonego in lengthy Italian job
Rublev downs fellow Russian Karatsev to reach third round
Big-serving Zverev powers past Dutch qualifier Brouwer
Battling Svitolina knocks Mertens out of Wimbledon
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(Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru;, editing by Ed Osmond)
