Wimbledon: Sinner comes through tricky Halys test, to face Elahi in last 16

Italian Jannik Sinner, the No 8 seed, moved into the last 16 of Wimbledon by edging out Frenchman Quentin Halys 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.

Sinner, ranked No 8, will play the winner of the match between Colombian Daniel Elahi Galan and Swede Mikael Ymer next.

Ahead of his victory, the 21-year-old Italian beat Argentinian Juan Manuel Cerundolo (6-2, 6-2, 6-2) and Argentinian Diego Schwartzman (7-5, 6-1, 6-2).

Halys, ranked No 79, edged out No 27 seed Daniel Evans (6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4) and won against Australian Aleksandar Vukic (6-3, 6-1, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.

London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):

• Jiri Lehecka vs. Tommy Paul
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Holger Rune
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Alexander Zverev vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Novak Djokovic
• Andrey Rublev vs. David Goffin: friday
• Guido Pella vs. Roman Safiullin: friday
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Liam Broady: friday
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Mikael Ymer: friday
• Alexander Bublik (23) beat Maximilian Marterer: 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Hubert Hurkacz (17) beat Lorenzo Musetti (14): 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4