Wimbledon 2026 Day Four Recap

The fourth day of Wimbledon 2026 noticed the third spherical get underway, with many of the high seeds delivering dominant performances.

Alexander Zverev cruised previous Valentin Royer, whereas Alex de Minaur and Taylor Fritz additionally superior with minimal fuss.

Grigor Dimitrov produced a powerful exhibiting to upset fifteenth seed Jakub Mensik in 4 units in one other emotional win after his season-ending damage at SW19 twelve months in the past. He’ll face Matteo Berrettini, who took out twentieth seed Arthur Fils.

British curiosity was once more diminished however not eradicated: Jacob Fearnley and Jan Choinski bowed out, leaving Arthur Fery because the final British man standing after a comeback victory over Otto Virtanen. Fery will now face in-form Eastbourne champion Zizou Bergs for a spot within the fourth spherical.

Elsewhere, Frances Tiafoe seemed sharp in beating Jan Choinski, persevering with a strong grass swing and maintaining American hopes very a lot alive.

Full recap under.

Day 4 Wimbledon 2026 Spherical of 64 Outcomes

Winner
Loser
Rating

Alex de Minaur [5]
Adrian Mannarino
6-3, 6-2, 6-2

Zachary Svajda
Kamil Majchrzak
2-6, 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3

Karen Khachanov [19]
Yannick Hanfmann
6-3, 6-4, 6-4

Flavio Cobolli [9]
James Duckworth
7-6(4), 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-1

Grigor Dimitrov [WC]
Jakub Mensik [15]
7-6(5), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3

Matteo Berrettini
Arthur Fils [20]
6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3

Zizou Bergs
Jaime Faria (Q)
7-6(6), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Arthur Fery [WC]
Otto Virtanen (Q)
5-7, 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-3

Taylor Fritz [6]
Patrick Kypson
6-2, 6-2, 7-5

Lorenzo Sonego
Gabriel Diallo
7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-7(6), 6-2

Frances Tiafoe [17]
Jan Choinski
4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-2

Alexander Bublik [10]
Kyrian Jacquet (Q)
6-3, 6-4, 7-6(5)

Jiri Lehecka [13]
Alex Molcan
6-3, 6-2, 6-4

Jaume Munar
Jacob Fearnley (WC)
6-4, 7-6(3), 6-4

Marcos Giron
Quentin Halys
7-6(5), 6-3, 6-4

Alexander Zverev [2]
Valentin Royer
6-1, 6-3, 7-6(3)

Key Match Recap

Alexander Zverev [2] def. Valentin Royer 6-1, 6-3, 7-6(3) (2h 04m)

Zverev was scientific for almost all of the match on No. 1 Court docket. He fired 14 aces, transformed 5 of 8 break factors, and produced an all-around robust efficiency to succeed in the third spherical.

The one blemish got here when he let a 4-2 lead slip within the third set, however he regrouped to win the tie-break 7-3.

For 2 and a half units I performed an nearly good match. Then I misplaced a little bit of focus and he used it very effectively. He made it very attention-grabbing ultimately, however undoubtedly completely happy to be by means of in straight units and never need to play one other set, though I like to play right here at Wimbledon! It’s good to win simpler initially of the week. Zverev on his win.

Zverev will subsequent face Marcos Giron, towards whom he leads the H2H 4-0 (together with two grass wins), in order that needs to be routine, as though Giron will compete arduous, he’s probably not received the sport to harm the highest guys.

Grigor Dimitrov (WC) def. Jakub Mensik [15] 7-6(5), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3

Dimitrov produced a powerful efficiency to upset the fifteenth seed in 4 units. The wildcard (at the moment ranked No.146) confirmed loads of struggle, notably from 1-3 down within the fourth set, and earned his first top-20 win since 2024. He’ll face Matteo Berrettini subsequent.

It was an attention-grabbing match to look at as I assumed Dimitrov wasn’t transferring that effectively and seemed a bit uncomfortable on serve, however he one way or the other received himself up two units to 1, his slice inflicting Mensik plenty of issues as he made a ton of low cost forehand errors.

Nevertheless, identical to final yr towards Sinner, when he was in management, play was halted to shut the roof.

He identified that it felt like déjà vu and that he was clearly having flashbacks to when he tore his pectoral muscle on resumption, which many attributed to the physique cooling down as a result of break in play.

When this one resumed, Mensik broke shortly en path to a 3-1 lead, which may have rattled Grigor even additional, however he responded effectively, upping his depth and getting extra fired up.

He broke again earlier than doing so once more when main 4-3 and went on to serve it out after saving a break level (he saved 13 of 15 throughout the match).

As for Mensik, I assumed he performed the large factors poorly, and there was an enormous discrepancy between his backhand and forehand.

Different Key Outcomes

Alex de Minaur [5] def. Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 (1h 50m)

De Minaur made the wily grass-court participant look atypical, finishing a snug straight-sets win. He’ll face American Zachary Svajda subsequent, who beat the in-form Majchrzak in 5 units.

Taylor Fritz [6] def. Patrick Kypson 6-2, 6-2, 7-5

Fritz continued his wonderful grass type (following finals in Stuttgart and Halle) with a dominant exhibiting towards his fellow American. A semi-finalist right here final yr, he’ll now put together to face Lorenzo Sonego, which will be tough, however this actually does appear like a 2-horse race between himself and Sascha.

Matteo Berrettini def. Arthur Fils [20] 6-4, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3

The 2021 Wimbledon runner-up picked up one other spectacular grass victory, outlasting the gifted however injury-hit Frenchman in 4 units. Berrettini’s big-serving sport continues to make him a menace on these courts if he can maintain it collectively bodily.

Arthur Fery (WC) def. Otto Virtanen (Q) 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-3

Fery fought again from a set down to succeed in the third spherical to assist maintain British curiosity alive. Not a reputation I anticipated to see in Spherical 3, and he’ll face in-form Eastbourne champion Zizou Bergs subsequent. What was Ben Shelton doing btw??

Highlights

Wimbledon 2026 Day 5 Spherical of 32 Matches