LONDON (Reuters) – Highlights on day four of the Wimbledon tennis championships on Thursday (all times GMT):
1150 KVITOVA DOWNS BOGDAN
Twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova continued her fine run on grass this season with a 6-1 7-6(5) win over Romanian Ana Bogdan to move into round three.
1120 BADOSA ADVANCES TO THIRD ROUND
Spanish fourth seed Paula Badosa sealed a 6-3 6-2 victory over Romania’s Irina Bara to reach the third round, where she will face Petra Kvitova.
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1010 BAUTISTA AGUT WITHDRAWS DUE TO COVID
Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut, the 17th seed, became the third player to pull out of the tournament due to COVID-19 following the withdrawals of last year’s finalist Matteo Berrettini and 2017 runner-up Marin Cilic.
“Fortunately, the symptoms are not very serious but I think it is the best decision,” Bautista Agut wrote on Twitter. “I hope to come back soon.”
1000 PLAY UNDERWAY
Play began under cloudy skies at Wimbledon, with the temperature hovering around 17 degrees Celsius (62.6 degrees Fahrenheit).
(Compiled by Hritika Sharma in Hyderabad and Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Davis)
