HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Wimbledon day five

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Highlights of the fifth day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Friday (times GMT): 1830 SVITOLINA SENT PACKING BY MERTENS
Ukraine's 14th seed Elina Svitolina went out after losing 6-1 7-6(4) to Elise Mertens of Belgium in the third round. READ MORE:
Fritz fireworks end Davidovich Fokina fightback and seal last-16 spot Monfils finds philosophy after five-set Wimbledon exit
Djokovic confident for Wimbledon title tilt, Swiatek wary of Collins Australian Open champion Keys latest seed to tumble out of Wimbledon
Kartal ready to mark Wimbledon success with meaningful ink Osaka's honesty cuts through as comeback stalls at Wimbledon
Kartal wins nine games in a row to claim biggest win of her life Anisimova vows to hit practice courts after reaching last 16
Lucky loser Sierra's Wimbledon fairytale continues Serve, set, match! Speedy Shelton reaches third round in one minute
Wimbledon 2025: Who are the top players to have suffered early exits? Osaka starts strong but slips as Pavlyuchenkova turns tide
PREVIEW-Sabalenka still standing at Wimbledon and set for Raducanu challenge Djokovic easing into old routine as seeds hit back at Wimbledon
Cilic plays dream-wrecker to British hopes by toppling fourth seed Draper Sinner thrashes Vukic to roar into Wimbledon third round
One for the purists as Dimitrov beats Moutet to reach third round Evans embraces the moment as Djokovic delivers ruthless lesson
Swiatek fights back to down McNally and reach third round Rybakina swats aside Sakkari to reach Wimbledon third round
From Grand Slam to grand struggle, Krejcikova lives to fight on Brilliant Djokovic hits flow state to crush Britain's Evans
1627 BRITON NORRIE DOWNS BELLUCCI Britain's Cameron Norrie, the 2022 Wimbledon semi-finalist, beat Italy's Mattia Bellucci 7-6(5) 6-4 6-3 in a tightly contested match to progress to the fourth round.
1550 FRITZ DEFEATS DAVIDOVICH FOKINA U.S. Open finalist and American fifth seed Taylor Fritz fought through a leg injury to beat Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4 6-3 6(5)-7 6-1 to reach the fourth round.
1439 RUBLEV BEATS MANNARINO Russian 14th seed Andrey Rublev beat Adrian Mannarino 7-5 6-2 6-3 to reach the fourth round.
1427 SIEGEMUND STUNS KEYS Germany's Laura Siegemund, ranked 104th in the world, shocked Australian Open champion Madison Keys, beating the American sixth seed 6-3 6-3 to set up a fourth-round clash with Argentine lucky loser Solana Sierra.
1330 KARTAL SETS UP PAVLYUCHENKOVA CLASH Britain's Sonay Kartal fought back from 4-1 down in the first set to beat qualifier Diane Parry 6-4 6-2, reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time, where she faces Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
1258 CABRAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO JOTA Francisco Cabral wore a black ribbon during his second-round match in the men's doubles tournament, paying tribute to fellow Portuguese Diogo Jota, the Liverpool striker who died in a car crash on Thursday.
Cabral and his Austrian partner Lucas Miedler lost 6-3 7-6(9) to Czech pair Petr Nouza and Patrik Rikl. 1235 SHELTON QUICK TO FINISH THE JOB
American 10th seed Ben Shelton, whose second-round clash with Rinky Hijikata was suspended on Thursday while he was serving for the match, took 55 seconds to land three aces and win 6-3 7-5 6-4. "For me, very different playing over two days and coming out for whatever that was... 55 seconds today," the 22-year-old said. "I'm sorry you guys didn't get to see much tennis."
1227 ANISIMOVA GETS PAST GALFI Former Wimbledon quarter-finalist and American 13th seed Amanda Anisimova beat Dalma Galfi 6-3 5-7 6-3 to reach the fourth round.
1224 FUCSOVICS BEATS MONFILS Former French Open and U.S. Open semi-finalist Gael Monfils crashed out of the second round as Hungarian Marton Fucsovics defeated the 38-year-old 6-4 1-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4.
1213 PAVLYUCHENKOVA ELIMINATES OSAKA Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka was unable to capitalise on a bright start in the first set as former French Open finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova fought back to win 3-6 6-4 6-4 and reach the fourth round.
1210 LUCKY LOSER SIERRA REACHES FOURTH ROUND Argentina's Solana Sierra became the first lucky loser to reach the fourth round in the women's singles at Wimbledon, beating Spain's Cristina Bucsa 7-5 1-6 6-1.
1005 PLAY UNDER WAY Play began under clear skies at the All England Club with the temperature hovering around 22 degrees Celsius (71.6°F) and expected to climb up to 27 degrees Celsius later in the day.
WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY ON FRIDAY (prefix number denotes seeding) CENTRE COURT (play begins at 1230 GMT)
5-Taylor Fritz (U.S.) v 26-Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Jan-Lennard Struff (Germany) v 2-Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Emma Raducanu (Britain) COURT NUMBER ONE (play begins at 1200 GMT)
Diane Parry (France) v Sonay Kartal (Britain) Mattia Bellucci (Italy) v Cameron Norrie (Britain)
24-Elise Mertens (Belgium) v 14-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine) COURT NUMBER TWO (play begins at 1000 GMT)
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) v Naomi Osaka (Japan) Laura Siegemund (Germany) v 6-Madison Keys (U.S.)
Nicolas Jarry (Chile) v Joao Fonseca (Brazil)
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