Tennis

Rafa Nadal swept aside his Italian opponent with contemptuous ease on Centre Court this evening, but exchanged what seemed like heated words with Lorenzo Sonego at the end of the match.

Amanda Anisimova is through to the last 16 at Wimbledon after a titanic Centre Court opener against fellow American Coco Gauff.

Boulter never really got going. She hit an astonishing 21 unforced errors in a match during which Frenchwoman Tan, who beat Serena Williams in the previous round, hardy had to break sweat.

Isner ended Andy Murray’s hopes at this year’s Championship’s on Wednesday, but could not repeat his Centre Court heroics as the number 10 seed won 6-4, 7-6, 6-3.

Heather Watson is through to the fourth round of a grand slam for the first time after a 7-6, 6-2 win over Slovenia’s Kaja Juvan.

The Latvian lost the first set 6-3, but then went on a nine-game winning streak – only losing one out of 13 games to take the match 3-6, 6-1, 6-1.

Coco Gauff will win Wimbledon – whether that is this year remains to be seen, but this is a champion in the making.

Rafa Nadal saw off the challenge posed by an agile and powerful opponent in Ricardas Berankis, beating the Lithuanian in four sets.

Andy Murray crashed out of Wimbledon in the second round losing to American John Isner in a pulsating four setter on the Centre Court tonight which lasted three hours and 23 minutes.