Wimbledon 2025 Day Five Recap

Day 5 at Wimbledon served up one other serving to of grass-court tennis because the third spherical received underway. Carlos Alcaraz prolonged his profitable streak to 21 matches with a troublesome four-set win over Jan-Lennard Struff, whereas Taylor Fritz powered previous Alejandro Davidovich Fokina to succeed in the second week for a 3rd time.

Cameron Norrie continued to hold British hopes, Andrey Rublev seemed sharp, and Nicolas Jarry backed up his Rune upset with one other robust displaying. And for the primary time all week, each match on the schedule was accomplished on time, with no rain or fading mild inflicting delays—a welcome change after a number of days of suspended play.

With the underside half of the draw stabilising barely after a chaotic opening few rounds, eyes now flip to who can emerge from the pack and whether or not gamers like Fritz can capitalise to make the semi-finals, or one of many outsiders can do a Vladimir Voltchkov.

Right here’s the whole lot that occurred on Day 5 at SW19.

Day 5 Wimbledon 2025 Spherical of 32 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Scoreline

Taylor Fritz (5)
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26)
6-4 6-3 6-7(5) 6-1

Jordan Thompson
Luciano Darderi
6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3

Karen Khachanov (17)
Nuno Borges
7-6(8) 4-6 4-6 6-3 7-7(10-8)

Kamil Majchrzak
Arthur Rinderknech
6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(6)

Nicolas Jarry (Q)
João Fonseca
6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6(4)

Cameron Norrie
Mattia Bellucci
7-6(5) 6-4 6-3

Andrey Rublev (14)
Adrian Mannarino (Q)
7-5 6-2 6-3

Carlos Alcaraz (2)
Jan Lennard Struff
6-1 3-6 6-3 6-4

Fritz Foils Fokina

Fifth seed Taylor Fritz prevented one other five-setter on Friday, seeing off Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-1 to succeed in Wimbledon’s fourth spherical.,

Often, we see the Spaniard diving across the grass courts, but it surely was Fritz who mirrored Fokina’s tumbles across the internet, and he wanted two medical timeouts, one for a lower elbow after a failed chase for a drop shot within the second set and one other for a foot blister.

Regardless of shedding a good third-set tiebreak after failing to serve out the match at 5-3, Fritz regrouped, breaking early within the fourth to safe the three-hour, 12-minute win.

Fritz has performed nicely to date at Wimbledon. He’s identified most for the standard American serve + forehand combo, however he’s a good mover for his peak, and possibly he doesn’t look as easy as, say, Alcaraz, however he reaches quite a lot of balls on the market.

It’s getting fairly annoying having to cease on a regular basis. I really feel dangerous for my opponent once I preserve having to cease on a regular basis, however you possibly can solely actually do it on grass. I’m simply actually decided to get a few of these balls, and ultimately, I’m going to win certainly one of these factors. Fritz on his diving volleys.

Alcaraz Slips Previous Struff

Carlos Alcaraz is as much as a 21-match win streak after battling previous Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to make the fourth spherical at Wimbledon.

Alcaraz hasn’t had all of it his approach to date at SW19, and he confronted a stern problem from Struff’s highly effective recreation however prevailed in two hours and 25 minutes.

Alcaraz dominated the primary set, breaking twice with aggressive forehands and deep returns, however faltered within the second, as he wobbled on serve.

Regaining management, he unleashed quite a lot of selection within the third and fourth units, and his Wimbledon to date is considerably harking back to Federer in 2010. That doesn’t finish nicely, however Fed was carrying a thigh pressure that yr, so if Carlos can lower out the lapses that echo struggles seen in his five-set opener towards Fabio Fognini, he’ll possible be in subsequent Sunday’s remaining.

I used to be struggling in each service recreation I did at this time. Love 30, break factors down. It was demanding. He stored pushing me. I sort of survived and I’m actually pleased that I received the break and it was completed. I knew at first it was going to be actually troublesome. That I must be actually targeted on each shot and on my service video games and return. I believe his recreation fits fairly nicely to the grass. Massive serves. Approaching the online as a lot as he can. I’m actually happy with the whole lot that I’ve completed at this time. Combating, operating, making nice photographs. I attempted to make the alternatives he gave to me within the match and I’m simply proud with the best way I received in 4 units. Alcaraz on his win.

Different Key Matches

Cameron Norrie def. Mattia Bellucci 7-5, 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-3

Cameron Norrie stored British hopes alive on Friday, defeating Mattia Bellucci 7-5, 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-3 to succeed in the fourth spherical for under the second time in his profession. 

All of the discuss main as much as the event was of Draper, however Norrie is left to fly the flag, and he has an admirable strategy to all his matches, refusing to roll over even when being outplayed.

Right here, he weathered early breaks and leaned on the Court docket One crowd’s assist to safe a vital break within the fourth set, closing out the match after a aggressive three-hour battle. 

Andrey Rublev def. Adrian Mannarino 6-4, 6-2, 6-4

14th seed Andrey Rublev powered into the Wimbledon third spherical with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Adrian Mannarino.

The Russian, who reached the quarterfinals in 2023, showcased his clear ball placing towards a possible banana pores and skin, as Mannarino has loads of grass-court expertise, however the Frenchman wasn’t in a position to counter Rublev’s offence.

Nicolas Jarry def. Joao Fonseca 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4)

Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry took out Brazilian João Fonseca 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(4) on Court docket 12 and the win places him again inside the highest 100.

Jarry, who certified with three straight-set wins and upset eighth seed Holger Rune within the first spherical (4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4), used his highly effective serve to dominate early, breaking Fonseca with baseline aggression.

Fonseca, making his Wimbledon debut, fought again to take the third set together with his gung-ho forehand, however Jarry seemed stronger bodily over the two-hour, 45-minute match to file the victory.

Fonseca is explosive, and to make the third spherical at his first Wimbledon is spectacular. If he can fine-tune his motion on the floor quite than attempting to maneuver on it like a clay court docket, then his recreation can be extremely harmful. Can it’s discovered? Possibly, however the very best grass court docket gamers appear to intuitively know that small steps skipping across the ball are the place it’s at. 

Wimbledon 2025 Day Six Spherical of 32 Matches