World number two Daniil Medvedev remains on track to win a maiden Grand Slam title after breezing through to the third round, while British hopes are gathering pace at Wimbledon.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic remains the clear 1/2 favourite to retain his the Wimbledon crown, but Medvedev, priced at 6/1, could pose a challenge to the Serb’s recent dominance on grass and, indeed on all surfaces.
Djokovic won the last edition of the tournament in 2019, retaining the title after also prevailing in 2018, while he has gone all the way at SW19 on five occasions.
Having already claimed the Australian Open and French Open this season, Djokovic has his sights firmly set on a third Grand Slam success this month.
The Serbian can be backed at 1/200 to see off Denis Kudla, 16/1, on Friday in the third round after dispatching Jack Draper and Kevin Anderson.
Cilic Test Awaits Medvedev
Medvedev saw off highly-rated Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz 6-4 6-1 6-2 on Thursday to seal his passage through to the third round.
The 25-year-old, who has never gone beyond the third round at Wimbledon, faces a tougher test on Saturday when he squares off against Marin Cilic.
Cilic, who is available at 18/5, fell to a straight sets defeat in his only previous meeting with Medvedev, 4/21, when they clashed in Washington in 2019.
Meanwhile, Alexander Zverev can be backed at 15/1 to win the third Grand Slam of the season after putting in a dominant display to dispatch of Tennys Sandgren 7-5 6-2 6-3.
Zverev is 1/11 to overcome Taylor Fritz, 25/4, on Saturday and he will take on Felix Auger-Aliassime or Nick Kyrgios if he makes it through to the fourth round.
British Quartet Standing Firm
Andy Murray, Cameron Norrie, Dan Evans and Emma Raducanu remain in the draw to give British fans hope of glory this summer.
Murray is priced at 33/1 to add a third Wimbledon crown to his collection and he takes on Denis Shapovalov on Friday.
He is available at 53/20 come out on top and Shapovalov, who had a walkover in his round two tie with Pablo Andujar-Alba, is 5/18.
Queen’s Club finalist Norrie’s reward for beating Alex Bolt is a last-32 tie with eight-time champion Roger Federer on Saturday.
Federer saw off Gasquet 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 6-4, extending his winning record over the Frenchman to 19-2, and he’s priced at 10/1 to win the tournament.
Wildcard Raducanu, who finished her A-Levels two months ago, is the last remaining British woman at SW19 after defeating 2019 French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova 6-2 6-4.
The world number 338 can be backed at 8/5 to win her third-round tie against Sorana Cirstea, who is the 1/2 favourite.
Top Seeds Continue to Fall
The big names in the women’s draw have continued to fall in the opening stages with only three top-10 players remaining.
Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina was the latest casualty on Thursday after going down 6-4 6-3 to Magda Linette.
Ashleigh Barty is the 15/4 favourite, while Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek are both priced at 6/1.
*All odds correct at time of writing
