Wimbledon: Zverev books spot in last 16 after marathon tiebreak

German Alexander Zverev, the No 4 seed, defeated Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (15) to move into the last 16 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday afternoon.

Zverev, ranked No 4, needed six match points before he could win the marathon third set tiebreak and advance. He will face American Taylor Fritz, the No 13 seed, next.

In the previous rounds of the tournament, the German won against Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena (6-2, 6-4, 6-2) and American Marcos Giron (6-2, 6-1, 6-4).

Norrie, ranked No 42, won against Argentinian Facundo Diaz Acosta (7-5, 7-5, 6-3) and No 28 seed Jack Draper (7-6 (3), 6-4, 7-6 (6)) earlier in the tournament.

London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):

• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Fabio Fognini: 7-6 (6), 3-6, 5-7, 7-6 (1), 6-4
• Ben Shelton (14) beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Arthur Fils beat Roman Safiullin: 4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (LL) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Ugo Humbert (16) beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-6 (9), 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6)
• Lucas Pouille vs. Alex De Minaur
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
• Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Gael Monfils: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Frances Tiafoe (29): 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Alexander Bublik (23): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Taylor Fritz vs. Alejandro Tabilo: saturday
• Alexei Popyrin vs. Novak Djokovic: saturday
• Holger Rune vs. Quentin Halys
• Francisco Comesana vs. Lorenzo Musetti