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On No 2 Court the Brazil shirts and flags are out in force, but the flags are fluttering a little less frantically when Fonseca drops the first set 6-3 against Roman Safiullin. At first look, Safiullin may not appear to be much of a danger for the 19-year-old Brazilian with the nuclear forehand; Safiullin had to come through qualifying and he hadn’t won a grand slam match in 2026 before this tournament. But Safiullin’s heavy hitting suits the grass, shown by his run to quarter-finals here in 2023, and he also defeated his fellow Russian Andrey Rublev, the 12th seed, in five sets in round one.
Centre Court 1.30pm
(25) Arthur Rinderknech (Fra) v (7) Novak Djokovic (Ser)
(1) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) v Jelena Ostapenko (Lat)
(3) Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) v Michael Zheng (USA)