Alcaraz marches in Wimbledon last 16 as Sabalenka loses

Carlos Alcaraz battled past Jan-Lennard Struff to reach the Wimbledon last-16 on Friday before women’s top seed Aryna Sabalenka dug deep to beat Emma Raducanu in a high-class match.

- Agence France-Presse

Both players avoided the fate of Australian Open champion and sixth seed Madison Keys, who joined the mass exodus of top seeds.

It is only day five of Wimbledon but just four of the top 10 women’s seeds remain, with half of the men’s top 10 also ousted.

Men's second seed Alcaraz eventually overcame German world number 125 Struff 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to stay on track for a third straight Wimbledon crown.

But the Spaniard will have to cut out his errors if he is to become just the fifth man in the Open era to perform that feat.