Wimbledon 2025 Day Three Recap

Day three of Wimbledon 2025 delivered a mixture of dominant performances, prolonged battles, and a pair extra shocking upsets below cloudy London skies.

Carlos Alcaraz returned to prime kind, whereas Cameron Norrie and João Fonseca recorded spectacular wins. With this aspect of the draw already skinny on the bottom for prime seeds after Monday’s opening spherical, two others fell by the wayside as Tiafoe (12) and Lehecka (23) blew golden alternatives to make the latter phases of a Grand Slam.

Nonetheless, Taylor Fritz saved his event alive with one other five-set win, seeing off Gabriel Diallo 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(0), 4-6, 6-3 below the roof on Courtroom One. The fifth-seeded American has an important likelihood of creating the semi-finals, however he’s making heavy work of issues to date.

A number of matches stay unresolved, with Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (1-6, 6-4, 3-6, 5-5), Arthur Fery vs. Luciano Darderi (4-6, 3-6), Cristian Garin vs. Arthur Rinderknech (6-3, 3-6, 6-7(3)), and Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Jan-Lennard Struff (6-3, 6-7(9)) all pressured to finish their matches on Thursday because of darkness suspending play.

Full recap beneath.

Day Three Wimbledon 2025 Spherical of 64 Outcomes

Alcaraz Trounces Tarvet

Common service resumed for Carlos Alcaraz on Wednesday as he turned on the fashion in his second-round conflict at Wimbledon, dismantling British qualifier Oliver Tarvet 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 in a way more polished show on Centre Courtroom.

After a gruelling five-setter in opposition to Fabio Fognini in his opener, the Spaniard was again to his ruthless greatest, needing simply over two hours to see off Tarvet, hammering 37 winners and breaking Tarvet’s serve six instances.

I assumed Alcaraz performed some respectable stuff, and he was far too good for Tarvet, who has by no means confronted that calibre of participant earlier than. The Spaniard performs too quick and too heavy for him.

The Brit deserves plaudits after coming by qualifying slightly than counting on a wild card just like the no-hopers, and I can’t keep in mind one other Brit qualifying since Marcus Willis again in 2017.

He confirmed he’s obtained sport too, particularly within the second set, the place he unleashed some high quality passing pictures. However Alcaraz’s mix of energy and precision proved an excessive amount of.

I’ve to present reward to Oliver, his second match on the Tour. I simply love his sport to be sincere. The extent he performed within the first match on Centre Courtroom, which I do know is de facto tough, he confirmed nice tennis. I knew at first I needed to be actually centered, needed to play my greatest tennis. Right now I performed simply nice tennis and I’m actually proud of my sport right this moment. I discovered the suitable method to attempt to get pleasure from after each match. After I step on the court docket I’m simply making an attempt to get pleasure from. It doesn’t matter if I’m successful or shedding. That’s the key for the previous two or three months, having an important consecutive successful steak and I’m simply having fun with. Alcaraz on his win.

Different Key Matches

Andrey Rublev def. Lloyd Harris 6-7(1-7), 6-4, 7-6(7-5), 6-3

Andrey Rublev, the No. 14 seed, powered into the Wimbledon third spherical with a hard-fought victory over South Africa’s Lloyd Harris.

After dropping the primary set in a tiebreak, Rublev rallied to win 6-7(1-7), 6-4, 7-6(7-5), 6-3 in 2 hours and 48 minutes. He fired 12 aces and 42 winners, overcoming 27 unforced errors to transform 3 of 8 break factors.

Harris, ranked No. 320 however clearly higher than that, stayed aggressive with 25 aces however faltered with 35 unforced errors.

Rublev’s clutch play within the third-set tiebreak (7-5) proved pivotal, organising a third-round conflict with Adrian Mannarino.

Karen Khachanov def. Shintaro Mochizuki 1-6, 7-6(9-7), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Karen Khachanov survived a five-set battle in opposition to Japan’s Shintaro Mochizuki to advance. The three-hour-43-minute marathon ended 1-6, 7-6(9-7), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, with Khachanov grinding his method to victory in a match the Japanese will likely be disenchanted to lose.

Mochizuki gained extra first and second serve factors, gained extra first and second serve return factors, hit extra winners, made fewer unforced errors and gained seven extra factors. But nonetheless misplaced in 5 units. Ouch.

Cameron Norrie def. Frances Tiafoe 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5

Cameron Norrie upset No. 12 seed Frances Tiafoe, advancing with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5 victory in slightly below three hours. 

Norrie is a difficult buyer, and Tiafoe struggled with consistency, committing 33 unforced errors. The Brit units up a third-round match in opposition to Mattia Bellucci, who upset Jiri Lehecka. A dreadful returning day for the Czech, who would have fancied a deep run after the draw opened up and he made the ultimate at Queen’s. 

João Fonseca def. Jenson Brooksby 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4

João Fonseca secured a 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Jensen Brooksby to turn out to be the primary Brazilian man to achieve the third spherical at SW19 since Thomaz Bellucci in 2010.

Brooksby is an effective match participant with an unorthodox, artful fashion, however his 28 unforced errors handed Fonseca the sting, who used his firepower to good impact.

He now faces qualifier Nicolas Jarry within the third spherical after he dispatched Learner Tien 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.

Wimbledon 2025 Day 4 Spherical of 64 Matches