Wimbledon started like it does every year, with 64 seeds across the men’s and women’s singles draw. As the third round begins, just 27 remain — 14 women and 13 men. It’s the fewest at a Grand Slam since the 32-seed format was first adopted in 2001.

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus reacts during her second round women’s singles match against Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wed

Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula.

Welcome to the Wimbledon briefing, where will explain the stories behind the stories on each day of the tournament. On day three, the top half of the women’s draw went down to two seeds, the rain did nothing to deter the Wimbledon queue and an American master of the serve survived again.

Aryna Sabalenka has come back after being two points from dropping the opening set of her second-round Wimbledon match three times