Wimbledon: Tsitsipas beats Djere to reach last 16

Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas, the No 5 seed, advanced to the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against Serb Laslo Djere 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

Tsitsipas, ranked No 5, will face American Christopher Eubanks next.

The Greek beat Austrian Dominic Thiem (3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (8)) and Andy Murray (7-6 (3), 6-7 (2), 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds of The Championships, Djere, ranked No 60, edged out American Maxime Cressy (6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8), 7-6 (7)) and defeated American Ben Shelton, the No 32 seed (3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3).

London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):

• Frances Tiafoe vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Alexander Zverev vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Holger Rune: saturday
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Nicolas Jarry (25): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-5
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Marton Fucsovics: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Christopher Eubanks beat Christopher O’Connell: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2)
• Jiri Lehecka beat Tommy Paul (16): 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (5), 6-7 (9), 6-2
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat David Goffin (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Roman Safiullin beat Guido Pella: 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-0
• Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Liam Broady (WC): 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Mikael Ymer: 6-2, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1
• Alexander Bublik (23) beat Maximilian Marterer: 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Jannik Sinner (8) beat Quentin Halys: 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (17) beat Lorenzo Musetti (14): 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4