This series from the #JoySports team lasts for the duration of the Wimbledon tournament: June 29 - July 12.
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Stan Wawrinka continued his stealthy progress through the Wimbledon draw with another clinical victory on Friday as the Swiss dispatched Fernando Verdasco to reach the fourth round.
The French Open champion, whose is not for his hard backhand, has not dropped a set in his three opening matches and was untroubled throughout against Verdasco.
Australian firebrand Nick Kyrgios produced a brutal serving display to get past seventh seed Milos Raonic while France's Richard Gasquet eased into the last 16 by comfortably winning against 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets.
Top seed Novak Djokovic beat Australia's Bernard Tomic as the reigning champion's bid to retain the title gathered pace with a dominant display.
Men's singles results - round three
1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) beat Bernard Tomic (Australia) 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.
4-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) beat Fernando Verdasco (Spain) 6-4 6-3 6-4
21-Richard Gasquet (France) beat 11-Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) 6-3 6-4 6-4
16-David Goffin (Belgium) beat Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 6-3 6-4 6-2.
Womens singles
World number one Serena Williams survived an almighty scare at Wimbledon on Friday, battling back to beat Britain's Heather Watson in three sets and stay on course for a 21st grand slam title.
Fourth seed Maria Sharapova (below) beat Irina Begu in straight sets 6-4 6-3 to progress to round four.
The 28-year-old Russian, champion at the All England Club in 2004, overpowered her 29th-seeded opponent on a sun-drenched Court One to take her place in the last 16.
Results
1-Serena Williams (U.S.) beat Heather Watson (Britain) 6-2 4-6 7-5
4-Maria Sharapova (Russia) beat 29-Irina Begu (Romania) 6-4 6-3
6-Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) beat Sloane Stephens (U.S.) 3-6 6-3 6-1
Zarina Diyas (Kazakhstan) beat 14-Andrea Petkovic (Germany) 7-5 6-4
16-Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Aleksandra Krunic (Serbia) 6-3 6-2
CoCo Vandeweghe (U.S.) beat 22-Samantha Stosur (Australia) 6-2 6-0
23-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) beat Kristina Mladenovic (France) 6-4 6-4
30-Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.) 7-5 7-5
The fourth round
This is what the order of play for the next round looks like
Men’s singles
Djokovic (above, pcitured) v Anderson
Wawrinka v Goffin
Gasquet v Kyrgios
Cilic/Isner (to be completed today) v Kudla
Women’s singles
S Williams v V Williams
Azarenka v Bencic
Sharapova v Diyas
Vandeweghe v Safarova
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