Wimbledon 2026 Day Five Recap

Day 5 of Wimbledon 2026 noticed the primary half of the fourth-round lineup confirmed, with Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic each transferring by means of, whereas a number of seeds crashed out in a day filled with momentum swings.

Djokovic overcame a spirited problem from Arthur Rinderknech to report his one hundred and fifth match win at Wimbledon, drawing stage with Roger Federer’s all-time males’s report on the Championships.

In the meantime, Sinner produced one other managed show in opposition to Jenson Brooksby to proceed his title defence.

Elsewhere, Jan-Lennard Struff pulled off the most important upset of the day, beautiful eighth seed Daniil Medvedev in straight units regardless of trailing in all three units, whereas Hubert Hurkacz ended Tommy Paul’s run to maintain his personal grass-court hopes alive.

Full recap under.

Day 5 Wimbledon 2026 Spherical of 32 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Rating

Jannik Sinner [1]
Jenson Brooksby
6-4, 6-3, 6-4

Shintaro Mochizuki
Rafael Jodar [23]
1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4

Hubert Hurkacz
Tommy Paul [21]
4-6, 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-2

Jan-Lennard Struff
Daniil Medvedev [8]
7-6(4), 7-6(5), 7-5

Felix Auger-Aliassime [3]
Michael Zheng (Q)
7-6(1) 6-2 6-1

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina [22]
Marton Fucsovics
7-6(3), 6-2, 6-3

Roman Safiullin
Joao Fonseca [24]
6-3, 6-3, 6-3

Novak Djokovic [7]
Arthur Rinderknech [25]
7-5, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4)

Key Match Recap

Novak Djokovic [7] def. Arthur Rinderknech [25] 7-5, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4)

Novak Djokovic battled by means of a troublesome four-set match to equal Roger Federer’s report of males’s singles matches received at Wimbledon (105).

After a powerful begin, he dropped the third set however was resilient within the fourth, successful a tense tie-break with some trademark clutch play.

Rinderknech’s aggressive sport model was all the time going to be harmful, as we noticed on the identical courtroom 12 months in the past in opposition to World No. 3 Alexander Zverev, however Djokovic’s reliability and talent to learn the second got here to the fore:

Rinderkench: 67 winners, 25 Unforced errors, 82% 1st serve factors received, 117 factors received

Djokovic: 40 winners, 16 Unforced errors, 73% 1st serve factors received, 108 factors received

To have the ability to make historical past on this sport is a big honour and an enormous privilege. Significantly right here, it’s all the time been a dream childhood match of mine. I’m not serious about whether or not it’s going to be 105 or 106, however I’m simply serious about making an attempt to win that match on a given day. In the present day I used to be fairly wired. There was extra rigidity than normal. I knew it was going to be a really difficult match for me. I’m simply joyful to beat this. A little bit of luck, a little bit of ability, ultimately. Just about a flawless tie-break from my aspect. I did every thing I might… It was a very tiring, actually shut match. I’m joyful to beat it. Novak on his win and 105 wins at Wimbledon.

Djokovic will face Roman Safiullin subsequent.

Jannik Sinner [1] def. Jenson Brooksby 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 (2h 13m)

Sinner seemed extra comfy and environment friendly than in earlier rounds, and whereas he’s not but hit prime gear, he’s producing on the large factors.

Sinner dedicated 26 unforced errors and was damaged whereas serving to serve out the match at 5-3 within the third set, struggling to time the ball cleanly as Brooksby blended up his sport.

Nevertheless, when it mattered, Sinner went into lockdown mode to grind out his third win of the week, setting a fourth-round conflict in opposition to Japanese qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki.

Hubert Hurkacz def. Tommy Paul [21] 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-5, 6-2

Hurkacz got here again from a set down in a serve-dominated encounter that includes 30 consecutive holds of serve.

Paul broke the Pole for the primary and solely time within the third sport of the primary set and seemed stable on his personal serve till the second-set tie-break.

Nevertheless, when main 5-3, he misplaced two consecutive serves, and his metrics dropped significantly as Hubi took cost from then on.

I had Shelton and Paul as unlikely, however potential winners at SW19, and each at the moment are gone within the first week. Good!

Jan-Lennard Struff def. Daniil Medvedev [8] 7-6(4), 7-6(5), 7-5

Struff delivered a giant upset, beating the two-time semi-finalist in straight units with sturdy serving and clutch play within the tie-breaks.

The scoreline would make you suppose this was two guys holding serve till the tie-breaks, the place the big-serving Struff got here alive, however it was really a breakfest.

Meddy had a 3-1 lead within the first set, a 5-2 lead within the second, and one other 5-2 lead within the third, however someway misplaced all three.

All in all, the Russian misplaced serve 5 instances and hit 10 double faults, so he actually solely has himself responsible, with 4 factors in whole separating them.

Different Notable Matches

Roman Safiullin def. João Fonseca [24] 6-3, 6-3, 6-3

Safiullin was near-flawless and can face Djokovic subsequent. I’d wrongly thought Fonseca was enjoying properly on grass after his win over the retiree Bautista Agut, however as quickly as he bumped into somebody succesful like Safiullin, he was all at sea.

Tremendous forehand, in fact, however I don’t actually like how he strikes on this floor, and he’s acquired an extended strategy to go; in any other case, he’ll be taking the Casper Ruud method to grass.

Shintaro Mochizuki (Q) def. Rafael Jodar [23] 1-6, 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-4

The Japanese qualifier recovered from a set down to succeed in the fourth spherical of a significant for the primary time.

I believed Jodar was one to look at on grass as he doesn’t have that typical Spanish sport model, however after breadsticking Mochizuki within the first set, his sport disappeared.

Partially resulting from how properly Mochizuki performed thereafter, he received the 2019 Juniors at Wimbledon and got here by means of qualifying, which counts for lots, so he is aware of his method round on it, because the 6-3 6-0 6-0 scoreline in his 1st spherical win reveals; you don’t see that on grass too typically.

Highlights

Wimbledon 2026 Day 6 Spherical of 32 Matches

PS. Which scheduler thought the FAA vs Zheng match was a Centre Court docket worthy tie?!