Alcaraz extends win streak to reach 4th round

Carlos Alcaraz kept his Wimbledon three-peat run chugging on by beating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 connected Centre Court connected Friday to scope the 4th round.

Alcaraz extended his winning streak to 21 matches wide and 17 consecutive victories astatine the All England Club, wherever helium has won the past 2 titles.

The five-time Grand Slam champion shook disconnected a second-set wobble with an aboriginal interruption and by dropping lone 4 points connected his service successful the 3rd set.

Struff held pugnacious but Alcaraz broke for a 5-4 pb successful the 4th acceptable and served retired the victory.

Earlier Friday, Ben Shelton needed each of astir a infinitesimal and precisely 4 points to wrapper up a 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 triumph implicit Rinky Hijikata successful a second-round Wimbledon lucifer suspended the nighttime earlier due to the fact that of acheronian astatine 5-4 successful the 3rd set.

The 10th-seeded Shelton was astir to service for the lucifer connected Thursday astatine 9:30 p.m. erstwhile enactment was halted astatine No. 2 Court, which does not person a extortion oregon artificial lights. They came backmost retired to the aforesaid stadium a small little than 16 hours later.

Shelton volition look Marton Fucsovics adjacent with a accidental to scope the 4th circular astatine the All England Club for the 2nd consecutive year.

Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this report.