Wimbledon Day Four: Dimitrov Seeks Justice, Brits Battle On

Day four of Wimbledon is here as the second round of the Grand Slam continues in the men's and women's draws. Four more seeds fell yesterday including French Open champion Mirra Andreeva. The teenager said a teary farewell at the All England Club after a tantrum on court. While Novak Djokovic later rolled back the years to thrash Stefanos Tsitsipas, playing a cheeky prank on an SW19 ballgirl before confirming his victory. And Coco Gauff survived a big scare to reach the next round.

Grigor Dimitrov Seeks Justice

At Wimbledon last year, Grigor Dimitrov was two sets to the good against world No.1 Jannik Sinner in the fourth round on Centre Court. The Bulgarian looked ready to pull off a massive upset but sporting injustice struck. He had to pull out with an injury that restricted him to playing just one more match in the remainder of 2025.

In 2026, he's lost in the opening round of the Australian Open, Dallas Open, Mexican Open, Miami Open, Monte Carlo Masters, Madrid Open, Aix-en-Provence Challenger, Bordeaux Challenger and the French Open. So yeah, it's been a bit of a rough last 12 months for the 35-year-old veteran.

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But he recently reached the quarter-finals of a Challenger in Dublin and the Mallorca Championships. Now he's into round two at Wimbledon, where he faces the 15th seed Jakub Mensik on Court 1. It's a big test for Dimitrov, the former world No.3 now ranked 146th, but he's reached round four at Wimbledon in all of the last three years. Can he do it again this year? The winner plays the victor of the thrilling Centre Court battle between Matteo Berretini and 20th seed Arthur Fils in round three.

The Last Brits Standing

We were due to have 21 Brits at Wimbledon this year, before Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper withdrew without spending a second on court. Of the other 19, on day four, just four remain. Can any of them have a deep run?

The headline act is Katie Swan, who takes on the 26th-seeded American Madison Keys on Court 1. The 26-year-old has already matched her career-best performance at a Grand Slam by reaching round two - can she go any further?

There are three men remaining. Arthur Fery faces Otto Virtanen, the Finn who pulled off a huge upset against fourth seed Ben Shelton on Tuesday. Jacob Fearnley will fancy his chances against Jaume Munar. But Jan Choinski, ranked 100th in the world, faces in-form 17th seed Frances Tiafoe and has his work cut out for him to beat the American and reach round three of a major for the first time ever. Will any of them win? Fingers crossed!

All Falling for Fritz?

American Taylor Fritz is one of the best grass players in men's tennis at the moment, having won five titles on the surface - four at Eastbourne - and reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon last year. He was due to face Draper in a first-round thriller before the Brit withdrew. The world No.7 returns today to face countryman Patrick Kypson.

Win that, he could face Lorenzo Sonego in round three. He has a 6-2 head-to-head record against the Italian. In round four, it'll be the aforementioned Tiafoe or 10th seed Alexander Bublik. He has a winning record against Tiafoe and has won four of his last five meetings with Bublik.

A quarter-final could then come up against second seed and French Open winner Alexander Zverev or 13th seed Jiri Lehecka. Fritz is Zverev's kryptonite and has a 4-2 record against Lehecka, despite losing both of his last two meetings with the Czech. All in all, it's a favourable enough path until the semi-finals where he could meet defending champion Jannik Sinner. But with another heatwave coming to London next week, who's to say the Italian will survive the heat? Keep an eye on sixth seed Fritz because he could be a strong contender to win his first Slam here.