She still has a long way to go before the final, but whatever happens from here, this was a crucial victory for the world No. 1.

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.

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.