Top seed Aryna Sabalenka reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals following a tough workout by a familiar opponent on Sunday, while it was a mixed day for Britain as Cameron Norrie was left as the last home hope standing after Sonay Kartal went out.

World number one Aryna Sabalenka overcomes a battling Elise Mertens to reach the quarter-finals and stay on course for a first Wimbledon title.

Carlos Alcaraz stretched his winning streak in the grass-court Grand Slam tournament to 18 matches — and his current unbeaten run across all events to 22 — by coming back to beat No. 14 seed Andrey Rublev 6-7 (5),

Highlights of the seventh day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Saturday (times GMT):1255 FRITZ THROUGH AS THOMPSON RETIRESAmerican fifth seed Taylor Fritz progressed to the quarter-finals after Jordan Thompson retired due to injury with Fritz leading 6-1 3-0.

Wimbledon started like it does every year, with 64 seeds across the men’s and women’s singles draw. As the third round begins, just 27 remain — 14 women and 13 men. It’s the fewest at a Grand Slam since the 32-seed format was first adopted in 2001.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic slips and fall as he plays Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic during a third round men's singles match at Wimbledon on Saturday in London.

On Sunday evening, Carlos Alcaraz dazzled against Andrey Rublev in the fourth round of Wimbledon. After dropping the first set in a tiebreak, Alcaraz came back to defeat Rublev in four sets: 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Raducanu put the three-time Grand Slam champion under huge pressure on Centre Court before eventually falling in two tight sets.

A reporter at Wimbledon is getting ripped for an "inappropriate" question to female tennis star Emma Raducanu. Raducanu, who lost in straight sets to world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the third round, has been linked to a couple of male tennis stars.