Carlos Alcaraz saved his Wimbledon three-peat marketing campaign chugging alongside by beating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Centre Court docket on Friday to succeed in the fourth spherical.
Alcaraz prolonged his profitable streak to 21 matches total and 17 consecutive victories on the All England Membership, the place he has gained the previous two titles.
The five-time Grand Slam champion shook off a second-set wobble with an early break and by dropping solely 4 factors on his serve within the third set.
Struff held powerful, however Alcaraz broke for a 5-4 lead within the fourth set and served out the victory.
Earlier Friday, Ben Shelton wanted all of a couple of minute and precisely 4 factors to wrap up a 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Rinky Hijikata in a second-round Wimbledon match suspended the night time earlier than due to darkness at 5-4 within the third set.
The Tenth-seeded Shelton was about to serve for the match on Thursday at 9:30 p.m. when motion was halted at No. 2 Court docket, which doesn’t have a roof or lights. They got here again out to the identical stadium rather less than 16 hours later.
Shelton will face Marton Fucsovics subsequent with an opportunity to succeed in the fourth spherical on the All England Membership for the second consecutive 12 months.
Info from The Related Press was used on this report.