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It’s the same for the women, with the forecast.

But Canadian fans would be happy that Bianca Andreescu, who had a rematch with Jasmine Paolini, her Roland Garros conqueror, was on No. 1 Court on Friday.

There’s a roof, if they needed it. And they did. But Andreescu needed more than a dry court as she went to Paolini for the second consecutive major.

As with the men, there are few “predicted” seed meetings in this start of the third round. Only No. 12 Madison Keys vs. No. 18 Marta Kostyuk was sketched out on the proverbial paper.

From 20 singles match Thursday to just … eight on Friday. The field gets cut down in a flash. Somehow, they were all completed because of the rain.

(Wimbledon is 5 hours ahead of EDT)

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Wimbledon
Location: London, UK
Surface: Grass
Category: Grand Slam
Dates: July 1 – 14, 2024
Prize money: £50,000,000
Draws: S128 – D64 – X32

Friday, July 5, 2024
Final results
Ladies’ Singles, third round

Canadian Content

[7] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def [PR] Bianca Andreescu (CAN) 76 (4) 61

Upsets

[WC] Emma Raducanu (GBR) def [9] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 62 63 

[PR] Paula Badosa (ESP) def [14] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 76 (6) 46 64

Donna Vekic (CRO) def [28] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) 76 (4) 67 (3) 61

Seeds rolling

[2] Coco Gauff (USA) def [Q] Sonay Kartal (GBR) 64 60

[12] Madison Keys (USA) def [18] Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 64 63

[19] Emma Navarro (USA) def Diana Shnaider (RUS) 26 63 64

Other results

[Q] Lulu Sun (NZL) def Lin Zhu (CHN) 76 (4) 76 (6)

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