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 said it was tough to see the positives in her third-round defeat despite pushing world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in two tight sets. The three-time Major winner came back from a break down in both sets to win 7-6(6) 6-4 and suggested that Raducanu could return to the world’s top 10.

Emma Raducanu’s valiant Wimbledon defeat shows future is even brighter than the past - Raducanu went down 7-6, 6-4 to world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka but matched her illustrious opponent in an epic late-ni