Aryna Sabalenka, winner of three Grand Slam singles, is the favorite to win her first Wimbledon title. Sabalenka reached the finals of the Australian Open and the French Open this year, falling to Madison Keys and Coco Gauff,

Welcome to the Wimbledon briefing, where will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. On day three, the top half of the women’s draw went down to two seeds, the rain did nothing to deter the Wimbledon queue and an American master of the serve survived again.

Carlos Alcaraz survived Wimbledon's hottest-ever opening day although the Spaniard was far from his sizzling best as he began his quest for a hat-trick of titles with a scare against Fabio Fognini.