COURT CIRCULAR: Was King Charles at Wimbledon? And FT glee for fans caught in the rain

From scheduling problems to rain delays, it was a stop-start day at Wimbledon but we still managed to catch some action. 

Alexander Zverev bowed out in straight sets to Matteo Berretini in the men’s singles. 

Stefanos Tsitsipas booked his place in the third round too following his epic win over Andy Murray on Thursday night, while Daniil Medvedev proved too good for Marton Fucsovics coming back from going a set down to also gain a berth in the next round.

In the women’s singles, Katie Boulter was beaten by defending champion Elena Rybakina, spelling the end of the road for the British star’s hopes of winning on home soil. 

Meanwhile, Ons Jabeur and Aryna Sabalenka both secured their passage to the next round with respective wins against Bianca Andreescu and Anna Blinkova. 

Stefanos Tsitsipas (pictured) also advances today, following what’s been a big week for the Greek after his win against Andy Murray on Thursday

Aryna Sabalenka (pictured) also advances to the next round of the tournament after winning against Anna Blinkova

Mail Sport’s Kieran Gill was at Wimbledon today to bring you some of the story’s that you may have missed from today at the All England Championships. 

Schedule problems 

The fact that Wimbledon could not complete three matches in their main stadium on Thursday, when Andy Murray’s contest with Tsitsipas was cut off by the curfew, should have alarmed organisers. 

The 1.30pm start on Centre Court looks increasingly ludicrous. 

At 5.30pm on Saturday, the first match between Carlos Alcaraz and Nicolas Jarry was still ongoing, with Ons Jabeur versus Bianca Andreescu to follow, and then Katie Boulter against Elena Rybakina.

FT glee for fans caught in the rain

The free copies of the Financial Times being distributed outside of the All England Club grounds were happily received as visitors to SW19 used them as makeshift umbrellas during the showers.

King Charles at Wimbledon? 

Rumours that His Majesty might be at Wimbledon on Saturday turned out to be untrue. But there was one King in Centre Court’s Royal Box and that was Bille Jean (left). The Queen was here, too — Sue Barker, formerly of the BBC — and she received a royal reception from the crowd as she took her seat beside Gary Lineker, Jill Scott and Co.

Rain delays were the talk of Saturday at Wimbledon with the grounds staff pulling the covers over Court No 1 

A crazy few days saw Casper Ruud lose to Liam Brody before going to watch the Weeknd’s gig in London, then win men’s doubles match on Saturday, before withdrawing with injury

Painful start and end to wild three days for Ruud 

A crazy few days for Casper Ruud, the Norwegian ranked fourth in the world. Thursday: lose to Liam Broady.

Friday: attend The Weeknd’s gig at the London Stadium. Saturday: win your men’s doubles match in the morning and then withdraw from Wimbledon citing shoulder pain in the afternoon.

Petra Kvitova, 33, is now into the fourth round after her 50th match at Wimbledon. The two-time champion has won 38 and lost 12. 

Since 2000, only five women have secured more wins in that time: Venus and Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Maria Sharapova and Agnieszka Radwanska.