Wimbledon 2024: Djokovic wins, Swiatek, Jabeur, Dart and Norrie out – as it happened

Putintseva breaks Swiatek again, completing the game with a glorious backhand from deep that kisses the baseline. It is 5-1 and surely heading to a decider.

The Jabeur holds to love in the following game. This is some high quality tennis. Svitolina is yet to be broken in the match, so Jabeur will need to do that sooner or later if she wants to take it to a deciding set.

In case you are wondering, it is still pouring at Wimbledon so all the outside courts are covered.

Jabeur v Svitolina is going with serve in the second. Svitolina has just produced a masterclass to hold, sealing the game with a sliced backhand over the net. It is 3-3 on centre.

Putintseva breaks Swiatek in the second set to make 3-1 in the second set to the Kazakhstani. Swiatek does her best to break back in the next game and it goes to deuce but Putintseva is having none of it and battles to go 4-1 up.

Jabeur and Svitolina are trading blows in the second set. Svitolina looked like she was going to enjoy an easy hold of serve but Jabeur fought back to take the game to deuce. In the end Svitolina holds her nerve to edge the game and make it 2-2.

With the rain absolutely hammering down on the roofs of Centre Court and No 1, Will’s here to take you through the next part of the action, so I can take a break watch a bit of the England game. Over to you Will …

6 Jul 202417.15 BST

Kevin Mitchell

As Cameron Norrie and Alexander Zverev hardly need reminding, it’s the hope that kills you. This time, it was Norrie’s turn to feel the blood-shivering pain of dashed expectations.

Norrie the dream-killer beat Wimbledon’s latest pin-up boy, Jack Draper, in round two and thereby inherited the extra weight of love from his compatriot’s fan base, only to find the world No 4 waiting for him, a ready-made nightmare, lurking on Centre Court like a ravenous eagle.

Neither had dropped a set in their first two matches, but Zverev emphatically confirmed his pre-match favouritism to win 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (15) in just over two-and-a-half hours.

He will be devilishly hard to stop in the second week, as long as his booming serve remains so lethal. He was up at 130mph for most of the afternoon, powering down 15 aces.

Norrie, the man with more homes than your average Canada Goose, was up for the fight against an opponent who has sometimes struggled to deliver on his promise – interrupted by off-court distractions, it has to be said – but is now playing “better than ever”, according to John McEnroe.

Norrie had his friends in the commentary box too, none more vociferous than Nick Kyrgios, who warned against writing him off, with good reason. Norrie’s tennis – sometimes as mixed as his Scots-Welsh-South-African-New Zealand heritage – has been back to near its peak on his seventh visit to the championships, where he has made the fourth round only once. This was a different level altogether.

Wonder if the warm up has had anything to do with it:

The world No 1 has set point on No 1 Court, and Swiatek takes it when Putintseva, the Birmingham champion, nets with a backhand. So Swiatek leads 6-3.

Meanwhile on Centre, Svitolina has absolutely exploded out of the blocks, surging to a 5-1 lead over Jabeur, the beaten finalist here the past two years. Svitolina is serving at 30-0, which turns into 40-15. Both are big crowd favourites – but the crowd is a little muted here, they want more of a contest. There’s a smattering of applause when Svitolina wins the set point as Jabeur jabs her return into the net. With only 27 minutes on the clock, Svitolina is 6-1 ahead.

Centre Court
Alcaraz v Humbert
Raducanu v Sun
Gauff v Navarro

No 1 Court
Paolini v Keys
Sinner v Shelton
Dimitrov v Struff/Medvedev

The luckiest of losers Mpetshi Perricard Giovanni has reached the fourth round, defeating Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori 4-6, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4.

Here’s what Zverev’s had to stay about his knee injury. Hopefully he’ll be OK for his next match.

I do feel like a cow on ice sometimes. It is what it is but I managed. I do feel restricted on some movements but I’ll check and see what it is, but I’m pleased I was able to play the way I did. If I’d dropped in my level I would have had no chance against Cam.

The good news is: we’ve still got Raducanu. The last remaining Brit in the singles will play her fourth-round match tomorrow. But she won’t be teaming up with Murray in the mixed doubles any more, after pulling out as a precaution because of stiffness in her right wrist. Here’s the full story if you haven’t seen it:

Danger for Dart at 15-30, she’s potentially two points from defeat. Make that one as she swiftly slumps to 15-40. Dart goes for broke with a fizzing forehand down the line! 30-40, so she still has to save another match point. Which she tries to do with some terrific defending at the baseline, but Wang eventually settles the point – and the match – with a backhand volley.

Wang – who took out the fifth seed Jessica Pegula in round two – wins six straight games to beat the Brit and advance to a fourth-round meeting with either Jabeur or Svitolina, who are in the opening game on No 1 Court. And you have to say Wang dealt with the pressure better.

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Dart responded well to losing the second set, racing to 3-0 in the third, but Wang broke to get back to 3-3 – and for the first time in this set is ahead as she goes after Dart’s second serve.

Dart has her face buried under a towel at the change of ends – she was able to come from 6-2 down in that final-set tie-break against Katie Boulter in the previous round – and she’ll have to show similar powers of recovery here. Dart does get a break point at 4-3 down – but her forehand drifts wide and Wang holds. Wang leads this final set 5-3.

Iga Swiatek is getting under way on No 1 Court against Yulia Putintseva, and Ons Jabeur and Elina Svitolina will soon be on Centre, but let’s turn our attention to No 2, and the final set between Britain’s Harriet Dart and China’s Wang Xinyu.

Zverev will face Taylor Fritz or Alejandro Tabilo in the last 16. And plenty of housekeeping to do, because there are a few other wins to report. Ben Shelton has survived his third consecutive five-setter, seeing off Denis Shapovalov 6-2 in the decider. Next up for Shelton is the daunting task of facing Jannik Sinner. Though I’m not sure the 21-year-old is type to get daunted, even against the world No 1.

Roberto Bautista Agut has also advanced in five sets, 7-6, 3-6, 5-7, 7-6, 6-4, against fellow veteran Fabio Fognini. Jelena Ostapenko has defeated the American Bernarda Pera 6-1, 6-3 and consistency has won out over power, with Anna Kalinskaya defeating Liudmila Samsonova 7-6, 6-2.

Zverev speaks and tries to tap up Pep:

Cam is an incredible player, grass is his favourite surface, so I knew I had to play my highest level. It’s an honour to play on Centre Court, we had so many great guests in the Royal Box today, a football legend in Pep Guardiola. When I saw Pep I got so nervous, so it’s a great privilege and honour to play. Last thing … Bayern Munich needs a coach, man. And if you’re tired of football you can coach me any time.

16-15, a sixth match point for Zverev. There have still only been two points against serve in this breathless breaker. But maybe typing that puts a curse on things, because Norrie, from his second serve, goes on to hoik his backhand long! Zverev triumphs but didn’t Norrie make him work for it. Supreme serving from Zverev after that knee injury and he’ll be mightily relieved to come through in three sets. Norrie’s defeat means that British interest in the men’s singles is over.

I wonder what the longest Wimbledon tie-break is. No time to look in the history books, though, because it’s set point Norrie and he’s got a chance with a Zverev second serve. Zverev attacks with the backhand and then follows up with a winning volley. 15-15 …

14-13, match point No 5. And you know the drill: Norrie saves it. 14-14 – and an ace out wide makes it 15-14 Norrie …

Another lengthy rally and Norrie tries to finish it with another drop shot. This one Zverev can’t get to! That exchange >>>> the 23-shot rally, because it went to 25 shots. Norrie with a fourth set point at 13-12 … and Zverev displays such patience to stay in it and draw the Norrie error. 13-13 … as the game time hits the 20-minute mark …

Zverev buries a forehand for 12-11. So Norrie is facing a fourth match point. Norrie serves down the middle … Zverev frames wide! 12-12. And. On. They. Go.

Zverev has dropped only two points on serve in this whole set. Another snarling serve and it’s 10-9, match point number three. But Zverev nets his return! And a quality point from Norrie, rounded off with a drive volley, makes it 11-10, a third set point for Norrie. A long rally plays out, no one is giving an inch, Norrie tries the drop shot, Zverev is up to it, and Norrie nets with the attempted pass! 23 shots. Phew. It’s 11-11.