WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — A look at Wimbledon’s third round on Friday:

Weather: Cloudy. High of 75 degrees.

Attendance: 41,870, an increase of 1,888 from Day 5 in 2008.

Men’s seeded winners: No. 2 Roger Federer, No. 4 Novak Djokovic, No. 7 Fernando Verdasco, No. 13 Robin Soderling, No. 22 Ivo Karlovic.

Men’s seeded losers: No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 15 Tommy Robredo, No. 27 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 28 Mardy Fish, No. 32 Albert Montanes.

Suspended by darkness: No. 11 Marin Cilic and No. 24 Tommy Haas are tied 6-6 in the fifth set; No. 28 Igor Andreev leads Andreas Seppi 6-1, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 5-5.

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Women’s seeded winners: No. 2 Serena Williams, No. 4 Elena Dementieva, No. 8 Victoria Azarenka, No. 10 Nadia Petrova, No. 26 Virginie Razzano.

Women’s seeded losers: No. 7 Vera Zvonareva (walkover, ankle injury), No. 12 Marion Bartoli, No. 14 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 28 Sorana Cirstea.

Stat of the day: 46 – Aces hit by Karlovic in a 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5) victory over Tsonga.

Quote of the day: “When the grass is playing this slow, he’s really tough.” – Fish, talking about Djokovic, who beat him 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 on Center Court.

On court Saturday: No. 3 Andy Murray vs. No. 30 Viktor Troicki, No. 6 Andy Roddick vs. No. 26 Jurgen Melzer, No. 10 Fernando Gonzalez vs. Juan Carlos Ferrero; No. 1 Dinara Safina vs. Kirsten Flipkens, No. 3 Venus Williams vs. Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 13 Ana Ivanovic vs. No. 18 Samantha Stosur.

Saturday’s forecast: Sunny, with a chance of showers in the afternoon. High of 82 degrees.

Saturday’s TV: ESPN2, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.


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