Womens top seed Aryna Sabalenka and mens defending champion Carlos Alcaraz both survived tough tests to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals and Cameron Norrie kept alive British singles hopes after surviving a five-set thriller on Sunday.
Sabalenka ruined home favourite Emma Raducanus dream in the previous round but had the Centre Court crowd cheering her on as she beat Elise Mertens 6-4 7-64 in a high-quality duel.
Wimbledons new automated line-calling technology came under fire after an embarrassing malfunction robbed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of a point during her last-16 victory over Britains Sonay Kartal on Centre Court.
Spaniard Alcaraz came through a ferocious firefight against Russian 14th seed Andrey Rublev 6-75 6-3 6-4 6-4 to stay on course for a third successive title.
Andrey is one of the most powerful players we have on Tour and is so aggressive with the ball. He forces you to the limit on each point, Alcaraz, bidding to become only the fourth man to win back-to-back French Open and Wimbledon titles multiple times, said on court.
