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Belinda Bencic continues to master Top 10 opponents.

Wawrinka was then asked if he was happy with the way that Kyrgios, who lost his opening match in Cincinnati, had apologised for the incident.

She came onto Centre Court at Aviva Centre in red and white to cheers from a bunch in the all-familiar Genie’s Army, decked in white t-shirts spelling out G-E-N-I-E.

Belinda Bencic shocked women’s tennis on Saturday, beating World No 1 Serena Williams in Toronto’s Premier 5 tournament with the final score of 3-6 7-5 6-4.

Serena Williams right and her sister Venus Williams stretch ahead of their singles match, at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, Monday.

Azarenka, a two-time Australian Open champion, has lost 17 games and will next meet 30th-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland.

Everything gathered inside the bunker is used across Wimbledon.com and the official app, updating every match in real time, and offering up interesting stats as they happen.

But the world wants to know what’s happening, and the task of capturing and recording every single drop shot, volley and epic five-set comeback falls to IBM, the official technology partner at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.

Maria Sharapova will face CoCo Vandeweghe in the quarterfinals on Centre Court, while Novak Djokovic will resume his fourth-round match against Kevin Anderson on Court 1. He only got as far as the fourth round once before, also in 2009.

Yes, Madison Keys, a smiling 20-year-old from Boca Raton, Florida, and Coco Vandeweghe, a laughing 23-year-old from Rancho Sante Fe, California, are into the final eight at the All England Club.

Study the images of some of those old days – the aftermath of the 2008 Wimbledon final, for example, which was the last time Venus emerged successful from a Grand Slam meeting with her sister – and you will see the changes time has wrought.

Venus had won their most recent meeting, in Montreal last summer, but Serena extended her head-to-head advantage to 15-11.