Sean Kearns

It has been a Wimbledon of upsets so far. Eight top-10 seeds across the men's and women's singles draws exited in the first round - the most at a Grand Slam in the Open era - before Jasmine Paolini joined the exodus in the second round on Wednesday. Advertisement Among those avoiding shock defeats on day three were defending men's champion Carlos Alcaraz and women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka, beating Ollie Tarvet and Marie Bouzkova to progress to the third round.

It has been a Wimbledon of upsets so far. Eight top-10 seeds across the men's and women's singles draws exited in the first round - the most at a Grand Slam in the Open era - before Jasmine Paolini joined the exodus in the second on Wednesday. Among those avoiding shock defeats on day three were defending men's champion Carlos Alcaraz and women's world number one Aryna Sabalenka, beating Ollie Tarvet and Marie Bouzkova to progress to the third round.