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.

Emma Raducanu 's bid for the Wimbledon fourth round could not have stumbled upon a higher hurdle as the Brit takes on world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka on Centre Court. Raducanu has been in fine form since the start of this year's Championships, comfortably beating Mimi Xu and Marketa Vondrousova by identical 6-3 6-3 scorelines.

Aryna Sabalenka was given a real scare but battled her way past Emma Raducanu in front of a raucous Centre Court crowd. The atmosphere was heightened by the closing of the roof and Raducanu provided those in attendance with plenty to get behind, as she went toe-to-toe with the world number one over two hours.