Third-seeded Ons Jabeur advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Diane Parry of France on Friday. (More Tennis News)
The Tunisian will next face either former champion Angelique Kerber or Elise Mertens for a shot at the quarterfinals.
Jabeur reached the quarterfinals a year ago at the All England Club.
Also, Heather Watson reached the fourth round for the first time with a 7-6 (6), 6-2 win over Kaja Juvan of Slovenia. The 30-year-old Briton is making her 12th singles appearance at the All England Club.
Watson will next face Jule Niemeier of Germany.
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Qualifier Jack Sock became the eighth American man to reach the third round at Wimbledon with a 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (1) victory over compatriot Maxime Cressy.
Those eight account for a quarter of the 32 players in the third round, the most for the United States at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament since 1995. It's also the most at any major since the 1996 U.S. Open.
The match on No. 3 Court was completed after being suspended Thursday evening at 6-4, 6-4.
The 29-year-old Sock is a three-time Grand Slam champion in doubles with two of those titles coming at Wimbledon.
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The 103rd-ranked Sock will next face fellow qualifier Jason Kubler of Australia.
Frances Tiafoe reached the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time with a 3-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory over Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan.
The 23rd-seeded American is making his fifth appearance at the All England Club.
Bublik hit 25 aces but also had 13 double-faults, including on match point.
Tiafoe will next face either Ugo Humbert and David Goffin for a shot at the quarterfinals.
The 24-year-old Tiafoe's best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the quarterfinals at the 2019 Australian Open.
Jelena Ostapenko advanced to the fourth round after winning 12 of the last 13 games against Irina-Camelia Begu.
The 2017 French Open champion from Latvia beat Begu 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 on No. 3 Court.
The 12th-seeded Ostapenko trailed 6-3, 1-0 when she turned things around. She won nine straight games to take a 3-0 lead in the deciding set before Begu was able to hold serve again.
Ostapenko then had to save a break point in the next game before taking a 4-1 lead.
Ostapenko reached the semifinals at the All England Club in 2018 and last week reached the final at the grass-court warmup tournament in Eastbourne, England.
