Sabalenka Sets Up 4th Osaka Clash in 4 Months as Djokovic, Sinner Reach Wimbledon Last 16
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Updated · Sky Sports · Jul 4
Sabalenka Sets Up 4th Osaka Clash in 4 Months as Djokovic, Sinner Reach Wimbledon Last 16
3 articles · Updated · Sky Sports · Jul 4
Summary
6-4, 6-4 over Jelena Ostapenko sent top seed Aryna Sabalenka into a Wimbledon fourth-round meeting with Naomi Osaka, their fourth last-16 clash in as many months.
Osaka reached the Wimbledon last 16 for the first time with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Daria Kasatkina and arrived unbeaten in sets after making her first grass-court final in Germany.
Novak Djokovic advanced with a 7-5, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4) win over Arthur Rinderknech, recovering after nearly being bageled in the third set and now facing qualifier Roman Safiullin.
Defending champion Jannik Sinner got his cleanest win of the tournament, beating Jenson Brooksby 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 to set up a fourth-round match against qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki.
Coco Gauff also moved on, surviving Claire Liu 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-2 to equal her best Wimbledon run and earn a last-16 meeting with 11th seed Belinda Bencic.