Wimbledon 2022 LIVE: Rafael Nadal, Nick Kyrgios and Simona Halep in motion on Day 8

Near 30 previous singles champions, together with Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, Billie Jean King, Chris Evert, Venus Williams, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer, made appearances whereas there was a singing cameo from Sir Cliff Richard.

Heather Watson’s defeat on Centre Courtroom earlier on Sunday had left Norrie within the more and more acquainted scenario of being the final Briton standing and trying to break new floor having made it previous the third spherical for the primary time.

He did so with aplomb, producing his finest efficiency of the fortnight up to now to defeat American thirtieth seed Tommy Paul 6-4 7-5 6-4 and arrange one other very winnable match towards David Goffin.

“Clearly a fantastic day,” mentioned Norrie, who is simply the fifth British man to make the final eight in singles right here within the Open period.

The fledgling partnership had 5 match factors in an epic deciding tie-break however ended up dropping it 18-16.

O’Mara and Barnett lastly transformed their fifth match level to seal a 3-6 6-4 7-6 (16) victory in two hours and 12 minutes.

The defeat means Scot Murray and American Williams didn’t handle to emulate siblings Andy and Serena, who reached the third spherical after they teamed up in 2019.

Williams, 42, had not performed competitively since final August however requested a wild card to seem on the Championships for a twenty fourth 12 months.

A breathless begin by the Italian noticed him seize the initiative and solely briefly let it slip towards the 19-year-old, who ultimately hit his straps however may by no means discover the extent that noticed him make the final eight on the US Open and Roland Garros up to now 12 months.

Sinner, 20, had by no means gained on the All England Membership earlier than this summer time however took his sixth match level to say a 6-1 6-4 6-7 (8) 6-3 success in three hours and 35 minutes to arrange a possible twin with defending champion Novak Djokovic.

This was solely their third battle at ATP degree and the Spaniard held the upper-hand initially of what may very well be a rivalry destined to dominate the following decade of tennis.

Heather Watson was unable to proceed the get together on Centre Courtroom after her surprising Wimbledon run was stopped wanting the quarter-finals by Germany’s Jule Niemeier. There can be no heartbreaking ending on this event and though Watson will remorse the missed alternative of an open match draw, the 22-year-old Niemeier proved to be on a special degree and is greater than deserving of her place within the final eight.

Watson overcame the trauma of a string of earlier Wimbledon defeats by reaching the fourth spherical of a grand slam for the primary time in 43 makes an attempt, however Niemeier had no such historical past to talk of and swung freely as she grasped the chance on what’s her Wimbledon debut. Niemeier, the world No 97, had upset the second seed Anett Kontaveit early within the match and can face one other German, Tatjana Maria, for a spot within the semi-finals.

The 30-year-old Watson was put beneath strain by Niemeier’s aggressive return sport and heavy forehand, because the German broke twice within the opening set. Backed by a robust first serve, good fingers on the web and a mind for the backhand lob, Niemeier settled from an early wobble within the second set to quell any probability of a Watson comeback. Watson’s efficiency was suffering from errors and her second serve proved to be a deadly weak point in the course of the match, successful simply 4 of the 15 factors she confronted and committing 4 double faults.

Latvian Ostapenko, a former French Open champion, threw a water bottle at her chair which fell over as she stormed away following a 5-7 7-5 7-5 loss by which she wasted two match factors.

She mentioned: “I believed it was my match, I needed to win it, and he or she bought simply so fortunate in some moments so she may come again.

“I felt I used to be the participant who needed to win this match at present.

“After all I’m actually disillusioned as a result of if I misplaced towards a tremendous participant who simply beat me in a fantastic match… however I simply misplaced my match.

The Greek obtained two warnings for hitting the ball recklessly, as soon as into the gang and as soon as very arduous into the backboard off a Kyrgios underarm serve, and has been hit within the pocket to the tune of 10,000 US {dollars} (£8,260).

That matches the tremendous given to Kyrgios for his antics throughout his first-round victory over Britain’s Paul Jubb, the place he admitted spitting within the path of a spectator who had been heckling him.

Kyrgios, who was himself fined one other 4,000 {dollars} (£3,300) for swearing throughout Saturday’s match, appealed incessantly to umpire Damien Dumusois and different match officers for Tsitsipas to be defaulted for his first offence.

Former SW19 winner Simona Halep may even play on the most important stage on the All England Membership in a last-16 battle with fourth seed Paula Badosa.

However with this 12 months being the primary when matches had been scheduled on the center Sunday, what was often known as ‘Manic Monday’ will likely be loads much less hectic.

The ninth seed had eased previous one other American, Steve Johnson, within the third spherical and he constructed on that with one other wonderful efficiency on Courtroom One, beating thirtieth seed Paul 6-4 7-5 6-4.

Having by no means beforehand been previous the third spherical at a slam, Norrie is prospering on his first deep run and will likely be favoured to go additional, with unseeded Belgian David Goffin his opponent within the final eight.