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.

An emotional Emma Raducanu hit out at some ‘very wrong’ calls by Hawk-Eye following her Wimbledon exit at the hands of favourite Aryna Sabalenka. Raducanu produced a brave, at times brilliant performance against world number one Sabalenka but ultimately fell short as she exited her home Grand Slam in the third round.

LONDON - Women's top seed Aryna Sabalenka fought off inspired home favourite Emma Raducanu in a cauldron-like Centre Court atmosphere to keep her Wimbledon quest on track but it was the end of the road for two other Grand Slam champions on Friday.