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Wimbledon at a glance

/ 07:29 AM July 04, 2015

Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland celebrates winning the match against Fernando Verdasco of Spain after their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Friday July 3, 2015. Wawrinka won 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. AP

Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland celebrates winning the match against Fernando Verdasco of Spain after their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Friday July 3, 2015. Wawrinka won 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. AP

LONDON— A look at Wimbledon on Friday:

Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 79 degrees (26 Celsius)

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Men’s third-round results: No. 1 Novak Djokovic beat No. 27 Bernard Tomic, No. 4 Stan Wawrinka beat Fernando Verdasco, No. 14 Kevin Anderson, No. 16 David Goffin beat Marcos Baghdatis, No. 21 Richard Gasquet beat No. 11 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 26 Nick Kyrgios beat No. 7 Milos Raonic, Denis Kudla beat Santiago Giraldo.

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Women’s third-round results: No. 1 Serena Williams beat Heather Watson, No. 4 Maria Sharapova beat No. 29 Irina-Camelia Begu, No. 6 Lucie Safarova beat Sloane Stephens, Zarina Diyas beat No. 14 Andrea Petkovic, No. 16 Venus Williams beat Aleksandra Krunic, CoCo Vandeweghe beat No. 22 Sam Stosur, No. 23 Victoria Azarenka beat Kristina Mladenovic, No. 30 Belinda Bencic beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Stat of the Day: 14-11 — Serena Williams’ head-to-head record against her older sister Venus; they will meet for the 26th time on Monday, in the fourth round.

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Quote of the day: “Even now, I just wish I could maybe go back and play one point different to see if it would have changed things.” — Watson, who led Serena Williams 3-0 and 5-4 in the third set and twice was two points from victory.

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On court Saturday: No. 2 Roger Federer vs. Sam Groth, No. 3 Andy Murray vs. No. 25 Andreas Seppi, No. 9 Marin Cilic vs. No. 17 John Isner (resumption of match suspended Friday at 10-10 in fifth set), No. 22 Viktor Troicki vs. Dustin Brown; No. 2 Petra Kvitova vs. No. 28 Jelena Jankovic, No. 5 Caroline Wozniacki vs. No. 31 Camila Giorgi, No. 10 Angelique Kerber vs. No. 20 Garbine Muguruza.

Saturday’s forecast: Sunny. High of 77 degrees (25 Celsius).

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