Nevertheless, the home crowd cheered for Raducanu as her Wimbledon campaign and grass court season ended. During her post-match press conference, Raducanu was still visibly upset about how she failed to execute, but still saw the silver lining in her performance.

Emma Raducanu didn't appear to be too consoled by Aryna Sabalenka's encouraging message following their Wimbledon third-round meeting as the world No. 40 acknowledged that the reality was that she failed to deliver in the biggest moments.

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka staved off an upset bid by resurgent Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon by beating the home favorite 7-6 (6), 6-4 in the third-round at a raucous Centre Court.