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 was in great spirits after progressing to the Wimbledon quarterfinal and praised the crowd by funnily stating that this time there was no need to "pretend" that they were supporting her.

Orpington’s Emma Raducanu has spent four years countering the unfair but persistent suggestion that she was a lucky winner. In Friday’s third-round Wimbledon defeat to No.1 seed Aryna Sabalenka, however,