Wimbledon 2017, day five live: Andy Murray vs Fabio Fognini after wins for Rafael Nadal and Johanna Konta
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Your support makes all the difference.There are four Britons in action on day five of Wimbledon as the third round gets underway in both the men’s and women’s singles events.
Andy Murray is, as always, the star attraction and the world No 1 takes on talented Italian Fabio Fognini in the day’s final match on Centre Court.
Johanna Konta, the favourite for the women’s title after Karolina Pliskova’s surprise exit on Thursday, is demoted to Court One for her match against Maria Sakkari after Wednesday’s epic three-set win over Donna Vekic.
Meanwhile, Heather Watson opens up on Centre Court against Viktoria Azarenka and Aljaz Bedene takes on the 16th seed Gilles Muller.
Rafa Nadal and Venus Williams are also bidding to reach the fourth round.
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Game, set, match! Azarenka downs Watson (3-6 6-1 6-4)
Watson earns two break points with a stunning forehand up the line but Azarenka wrestles the game back to deuce before sending down an unreturnable serve to bring up match point. Watson sends a backhand long to hand the match to the Belarusian.
Nadal* 2-0 Khachanov (*denotes next server)
A superb start by Nadal, who holds serve before breaking Khachanov to 15.
Cibulkova beaten in three sets
Women's eighth seed Dominika Cibulkova is out after a three-set loss to Ana Konjuh (7-6 3-6 6-4).
Nadal* 4-0 Khachanov (*denotes next server)
Stupendous from Nadal as he secures a double break courtesy of his freakish power off the ground. We've only been playing 13 minutes.
Nadal 4-1 Khachanov* (*denotes next server)
Khachanov gets one of the breaks back as Nadal shows he is human with a couple of errors.
Nadal 6-1 Khachanov* (*denotes next server)
Nadal quickly regains the double break before serving out to love, rounding the set off with a beautiful whipped forehand winner
Paire a set away from the second week
The Frenchman leads Jerzy Janowicz by two sets to love (6-2 7-6) on Court 18.
Svitolina through with ease
A 7-5 6-1 win over Carina Witthoeft sees fourth seed Elina Svitolina safely through to the fourth round.
Nadal* 6-1 5-4 Khachanov (*denotes next server)
Khachanov saves a set point before holding and asking the question of Nadal to serve the set out.
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