Wimbledon 2026 LIVE: Latest scores, results and order of play as Dan Evans loses final tournament and Serena Williams responds to defeat

Evans acknowledges the crowd and takes a moment on his chair to absorb the enormity of the moment, fighting back tears.

Elsewhere, another couple of British men’s doubles players are out:

Ben Jones and Joshua Paris lost 6-4 6-3 to fourth seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori, while Luke Johnson and Polish partner Jan Zielinski lost to Jakub Paul and Ryan Seggerman 6-4 6-4.

Not too be on the second match point, however, and that brings an end to Dan Evans’ and Henry Searle’s doubles campaign, as well as Evans’ career.

He still has a smile on his face though as the players shake hands and he waves in acknowledgement to the crowd, who give them a standing ovation.

At the business end of this doubles match now, with Searle serving to stay in it at 5-4 down.

Nys and Roger-Vasselin earn a match point but the Brits dig themselves out of it for deuce.

There’s an enormous queue to get onto Court 14 for the big-serving slugfest between Hurkacz and Ofner, and the crowd – largely pro-Hubi – go wild as the Pole dives onto the grass at full stretch to somehow win the point, with Ofner stranded beyond the baseline.

They’re even happier a moment later as he clinches the first-set tiebreak 10-8.

Next door, Evans and Searle trail 4-3, on serve.

Naomi Osaka and Tommy Paul have both clinched their first set 6-3 against Anastasia Gasanova and Soonwoo Kwon respectively, and both trail 2-1, on serve, in the second.

Next to Evans’ and Searle’s doubles match, big-serving Hubert Hurkacz and Sebastian Ofner are locked in a first-set tiebreak.

Nys and Roger-Vasselin have wrapped up the first set 6-2 without too much bother and it looks like Dan Evans’ last Wimbledon may be coming to an untimely end.

The veteran duo earn two break points on Searle’s serve but send a return long before Evans whacks down a smash to save the second.

Roger-Vasselin fires another second serve return long and the Brits get out of trouble. It’s 1-1 in the second set.

Elsewhere on day three, four-time major winner and fashionista supreme Naomi Osaka is 5-3 up against Russia’s Anastasia Gasanova.

21st seed and recent Queen’s runner-up Tommy Paul is 5-2 up against Soonwoo Kwon, and Jelena Ostapenko – slayer of Harriet Dart – leads Antonia Ruzic 5-2.

It’s not been the best of starts for the Brits as Nys and Roger-Vasselin race to a 4-1 lead inside the first 20 minutes.

That hasn’t dampened the crowd’s enthusiasm, with plenty craning their necks to look over the walls surrounding Court 15.

Drawing ninth seeds Nys and Roger-Vasselin was a bit of a stroke of bad luck for Evans and Searle, and the duo hold easily to get things underway on Court 15.

They put pressure on Searle’s serve and earn a break point at 30-40, sealed with a lovely winner down the line by Roger-Vasselin. They lead 2-0.

The sun is shining for day three and what is possibly Dan Evans’ last-ever match, after he announced he will retire after this Championships.

Having not received a singles wildcard he is only in doubles action alongside former boys’ champion Henry Searle, facing Monaco’s Hugo Nys and French veteran Edouard Roger-Vasselin.

The match has been put on the tiny Court 15, and predictably, considering Evans’ popularity and the fact that this might be his final competitive outing, it is absolutely packed, with large queues outside as people try to catch a glimpse.