Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka staved off an upset bid by resurgent Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon by beating the home favorite 7-6 (6), 6-4 in the third-round at a raucous Centre Court.

Aryna Sabalenka took a moment to send another encouraging message to Emma Raducanu, this time through social media. On Friday, the locals lost their top-ranked female player after the world No. 1 overcame the 22-year-old Briton 7-6 (6) 6-4 in a high-quality third-round match.

Japan's Osaka looked every bit the Grand Slam great for a set before losing 3-6 6-4 6-4 to Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. American Keys racked up 31 unforced errors in a 6-3 6-3 loss to Germany's Laura Siegemund, at 37 the oldest woman left in the singles draw.