Sabalenka predicted Raducanu will “soon” return to the top 10 in the world rankings. The more pressing challenge, though, is for the Briton to create some stability. There are technical improvements to make, but Sabalenka match showed Raducanu’s best tennis can compete with anyone

American Ben Shelton - who had his second-round match suspended because of bad light on Thursday - needed just 84 seconds to defeat Japan's Rinky Hijikata. Four-time major winner Naomi Osaka was beaten 3-6 6-4 6-4 by former quarter-finalist Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Emma Raducanu expressed frustration with having to get a couple of her rackets re-strung during her third-round loss to top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka at Wimbledon.

The exact start time for Raducanu-Sabalenka will obviously depend entirely on the length of those preceding matches, but the current estimate is approximately 5pm BST. TV channel: In the UK, live free-to-air coverage of Wimbledon begins on Friday on BBC Two from 11am BST, continuing right through to 7pm.

British number one Emma Raducanu is out of Wimbledon after falling agonisingly short of top seed Aryna Sabalenka in a gripping third-round match.

Playing against 15,000 opponents is no easy task, but that is what Aryna Sabalenka must have felt she was up against as she faced Britain's big hope, Emma Raducanu, in a rollicking third round Wimbledon showdown on Friday.

Nevertheless, the home crowd cheered for Raducanu as her Wimbledon campaign and grass court season ended. During her post-match press conference, Raducanu was still visibly upset about how she failed to execute, but still saw the silver lining in her performance.