LONDON : Highlights of the fifth day at the Wimbledon tennis championships on Friday (times GMT):1046 BADOSA RETIRES AFTER MEDICAL TIMEOUTPaula Badosa retired from her second-round match against Marta Kostyuk while trailing 6-2 1-0.Former world number two Badosa was playing in her first tour
1046 BADOSA RETIRES AFTER MEDICAL TIMEOUTFormer world number two Badosa was playing in her first tournament since the Italian Open in May after a stress fracture in her spine ruled her out of the French Open.Play began under sunny skies, with the temperature hovering around 24 degrees Celsius. Britain's Met Office has forecast a rain-free day.
Former champion Andy Murray and fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas will resume their second-round match on Centre Court. Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka are in third-round action later.
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