Wimbledon 2017: Sam Querrey beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach last 16

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Querrey wraps up win against Tsonga in five minutes

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Venue: All England Club Dates: 3-16 July Starts: 11:30 BST

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American Sam Querrey is through to the last 16 of Wimbledon, wrapping up his delayed match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in just five minutes.

The match on Court Two was halted for bad light just after 21:00 BST on Friday and when played resumed on Saturday, the 24th seed immediately broke France's Tsonga to win 6-2 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 1-6 7-5.

Grigor Dimitrov is also through after Israel's Dudi Sela retired with injury.

The Bulgarian was leading 6-1 6-1.

Sela lost the first set in 23 minutes before he called for the trainer and then went off court for a medical time-out to treat a leg injury.

He returned 10 minutes later, but retired immediately after 13th seed Dimitrov had won the second set.

Last year's runner-up Milos Raonic of Canada beat Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 7-5 to progress to the second week.

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Wimbledon 2017: Best five shots as Adrian Mannarino beats Gael Monfils

Gael Monfils, seeded 15, suffered a shock defeat by world number 51 Adrian Mannarino.

Monfils had been two sets to one up, but lost the fourth 6-3 and fell away in the final set against his fellow Frenchman, losing 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 5-7 6-3 6-2.

Austria's Dominic Thiem, seeded eighth, comfortably beat America's world number 67 Jared Donaldson, 7-5 6-4 6-2.

German 10th seed Alexander Zverev beat Austrian qualifier Sebastian Ofner 6-4 6-4 6-2.

Tomas Berdych, seeded 11, of the Czech Republic is through after seeing off Spanish veteran David Ferrer 6-3 6-4 6-3.

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Wimbledon 2017: Dominic Thiem wins incredible rally against Jared Donaldson

'An anti-climax'

Querrey, who knocked out Novak Djokovic on his way to the quarter-finals last year, said: "After such a great match it was a bit of an anti-climax in the end.

"I've been in that situation before (coming out to serve to stay in a match) and it's tough."

Tsonga, the 12th seed, smashed a ball out of the court after the defeat.

"I'm frustrated because I lost and I stayed two minutes on court today," he said.

When he was asked if the match should have been halted on Friday, he replied: "I was OK with that. It's not a problem. If I come and win my game, we continue.

"It's just part of the game. I did what I had to do. Unfortunately it didn't work."

Tsonga had faced a similar fate at the French Open, when his first-round tie against Renzo Olivo was stopped for bad light.

They returned the following day, only for Tsonga to lose after one game.

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5 best shots of Raonic v Ramos-Vinolas

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