Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka staved off an upset bid by resurgent Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon by beating the home favorite 7-6 (6), 6-4 in the third-round at a raucous Centre Court.

Emma Raducanu is back. That will be scant consolation as she tries to get over the immediate crushing disappointment of this straight-sets defeat to Aryna Sabalenka but should provide comfort when she looks back on her exploits at Wimbledon 2025 in the weeks to come.

An emotional Emma Raducanu said it was tough to see the positives in her third-round defeat despite pushing world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in two tight sets. The three-time Major winner came back from a break down in both sets to win 7-6(6) 6-4 and suggested that Raducanu could return to the world’s top 10.