36-year-old Bautista Agut defeats Fognini in five to reach Wimbledon’s last 16

Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut advanced to the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against Italian Fabio Fognini 7-6 (6), 3-6, 5-7, 7-6 (1), 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday afternoon.

The Spaniard becomes the ninth man in the Open Era to reach the round of 16 at Wimbledon aged 36 or older.

Bautista Agut, ranked No 112, will play American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, next.

The 36-year-old Spaniard defeated German Maximilian Marterer (6-3, 6-1, 6-4) and edged out Italian Lorenzo Sonego (6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.

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In the previous rounds of The Championships, Fognini, ranked No 94, won against French lucky loser Luca Van Assche (6-1, 6-3, 7-5) and Norwegian Casper Ruud, the No 8 seed (6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (1), 6-3).

London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):

• Alexei Popyrin vs. Novak Djokovic
• Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Daniil Medvedev
• Taylor Fritz vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• Holger Rune vs. Quentin Halys: saturday
• Francisco Comesana vs. Lorenzo Musetti: saturday
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Cameron Norrie: 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (15)
• Ben Shelton (14) beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Arthur Fils vs. Roman Safiullin: saturday
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Emil Ruusuvuori: saturday
• Ugo Humbert (16) beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-6 (9), 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6)
• Lucas Pouille vs. Alex De Minaur
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
• Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Gael Monfils: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Frances Tiafoe (29): 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Tommy Paul beat Alexander Bublik (23): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2