Frances Tiafoe vowed to “go to war” with Carlos Alcaraz and, over the course of nearly four hours under the Centre Court roof, he duly delivered.
And still it was not enough. A big show from ‘Big Foe’ fell short of producing an even bigger upset, defending Wimbledon champion Alcaraz surviving an almighty scare to to win 5-7 6-2 4-6 7-6 6-2 and reach the fourth round at SW19. The very closing stages of the final set became largely comfortable for Alcaraz, but it had until then been anything but.
