On Saturday, July 5, World No. 1 tennis player, Aryna Sabalenka defeated Emma Raducanu of Britain in the round of 32 clash at the Centre Court in Wimbledon 2025. As the Belarusian continues her quest of maiden Wimbledon title, she defeated the Briton 7-6, 6-4 in straight sets to progress further into the tournament.
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After saving eight set points in the 74-long first set, the 27-year-old continued her hitting prowess, taking the second set in the next few minutes to complete a win in two hours. Although the Briton displayed one of her best performances, but could not go past the top-seeded.
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Aryna Sabalenka to take on Elise Mertens in RO16; Iga Swiatek to face C. Tauson
After her victory over Emma Raducanu, Sabalenka will play 24th seeded player, Elise Mertens in the round of 16, set to be played on Sunday, July 7. Apart from her, in the round of 16, Iga Swiatek will take on Danish player, Clara Tauson, Belinda Bencic will take on Russian, Ekaterin Alexandrova.
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Apart from this, in the men’s singles, Jannik Sinner will take on Grigor Dimitrov, Novak Djokovic, who is looking for his 25 th Grand Slam title, will take on Alex de Minaur. Taylor Fritz will take on J Thompson, Carlos Alcaraz is set to take on Andrey Rublev.