Follow reaction from our team at SW19 with top seed Sabalenka, Carlos Alcaraz, and Americans Taylor Fritz, Amanda Anisimova into the fourth round

Nevertheless, the home crowd cheered for Raducanu as her Wimbledon campaign and grass court season ended. During her post-match press conference, Raducanu was still visibly upset about how she failed to execute, but still saw the silver lining in her performance.

Aryna Sabalenka took a moment to send another encouraging message to Emma Raducanu, this time through social media. On Friday, the locals lost their top-ranked female player after the world No. 1 overcame the 22-year-old Briton 7-6 (6) 6-4 in a high-quality third-round match.