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Carlos Alcaraz survives five-set thriller against Frances Tiafoe to advance to Wimbledon fourth round

Tiafoe won the first set, breaking Alcaraz at 5-5 when the Spaniard was unable to cope with one of his deep returns, before holding his own serve to seal his lead.

Alcaraz retaliated in the second to level the increasingly entertaining match, but he was unable to capitalize on this momentum as Tiafoe took the third set, finding his form after a difficult season in which he has slid down the rankings to become the world No. 29.

Then, at 4-4 in the fourth set, Alcaraz found himself 0-30 down on his serve and in real danger of crashing out of the tournament before he took an important hold and dragged the set to a tiebreak where he unleashed a series of powerful groundstrokes to once again level the match.

And Alcaraz completed the comeback in the fifth to win his 10th consecutive match at Wimbledon and advance to the fourth round where he will face either Ugo Humbert or Brandon Nakashima.