Naomi Osaka had lost three times to Aryna Sabalenka this year but finally delivered a breakthrough victory at a really good time.

Osaka, seeded 14th, served eight aces on Sunday while recording a solid 6-2, 7-6 (2) victory over World No. 1 Sabalenka at the All England Club in London to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time.

But Osaka avenged those three setbacks in style to send the top-seeded Sabalenka home and further open a draw in which defending champion and No. 3 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland and No. 2 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan have also been eliminated.

It also marked the first time Osaka won a match on Wimbledon’s famed Centre Court.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve had so much fun on the court,” Osaka said afterward. “And to do it here, it really means a lot.”

The victory was Osaka’s first over a No. 1 player since beating Ash Barty in Beijing in 2019.

Osaka clearly found motivation in the three recent losses to Sabalenka.

Sabalenka won in straight sets in the round of 16 on the hard court at Indian Wells and also was victorious twice on clay. She prevailed in three sets in the round of 16 at Madrid and in two sets in the round of 16 at the French Open.

“Going into this match, I lost to her three times in a row, so that really sucked,” Osaka said. “I wanted to turn it over, and I’m really glad I had the opportunity to do that.”

Sabalenka nearly forced a third set before Osaka won a game to force a tiebreak, which she dominated to end the match.

“Level-wise today I wasn’t world No. 1. Yesterday I was world No. 1,” Sabalenka said. “I feel like … I don’t even want to think about ranking at this point. I just want to go get completely drunk, forget about tennis, and try to get in better shape.”

Osaka will next face 10th-seeded Karolina Muchova, who recorded a 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 win over fellow Czech and 2024 Wimbledon champ Barbora Krejcikova. Muchova had 50 winners, including nine aces.

Also, fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula overcame a slow start to record a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 win over Iva Jovic to advance to the quarterfinals.

Pegula, 32, rebounded after dropping a set for the first time this tournament to dispatch the 16th-seeded Jovic and improve to 8-0 against American women this year. Pegula is the highest-seeded woman left in the tournament.

Reaching the quarterfinal for the second time in four years, Pegula will take on the winner of 11th-seeded Belinda Bencic of Switzerland and seventh-seeded Coco Gauff.

Trailing 4-5 in the first set, Jovic won four straight points before ultimately serving out the set before Pegula stormed back.

Pegula benefited from precise groundstrokes and limiting her miscues to change the momentum of the match.

–Field Level Media

Mexican cyclist Isaac del Toro on Sunday took home the second stage of the Tour de France in Barcelona, Spain.

Taking the lead in the young rider classification, del Toro became just the second Mexican rider to ever win a stage at the prestigious event, joining fellow countryman Raul Alcala, who took individual stages in 1989 and 1990.

And he did it during his first run competing at the event.

“It means really everything,” del Toro said. “I cannot believe I just did it. It’s just insane. You cannot believe how it feels now for me, especially for the country.”

del Toro raced alongside UAE Emirates-XRG teammate Tadej Pogacar up the final hill for a dominant 1-2 finish.

A winner of the 2023 Tour de l’Avenir and runner-up at the 2025 Giro d’Italia, del Toro had Pogacar’s blessing in taking the stage.

Pogacar, a Slovenian and four-time winner at the Tour (2020, 2021, 2024 and 2025), is in second place for the race itself, six seconds behind leader Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma, Denmark), who took Stage 1.

A two-time winner (2022, 2023), Vingegaard maintained the yellow jersey without losing time to Pogacar. The three recorded identical times of 3 hours, 40 minutes, 1 second.

A cluster of four riders actually came through the finish together Sunday, as del Toro, Pogacar and Vingegaard were joined by Red Bull’s Remco Evenepoel of Belgium.

That result (technically third) helped Evenepoel stay within 15 seconds of the lead in third place. And despite a mechanical breakdown with 60 kilometers left, del Toro is in fourth after his stage victory.

–Field Level Media

Wildfires in the south of France are spurring some changes for the third stage of the Tour de France, organizers confirmed on Sunday.

The route, set to conclude within 60 kilometers of some of the worst of the fires in Les Angles, is not expected to shift.

Instead, officials have directed fans and unessential personnel to stay away from the final 40 kilometers of the journey.

“An exceptional fire calls for exceptional measures for the Tour,” race director Christian Prudhomme said. “We invite the public not to come to the edge of the race or to the finish site.”

Europe has been dealing with extreme heat and wildfires for weeks now. The current blaze affecting race procedure is being contained within the Pyrenees-Orientales, where aircraft have been deployed to battle the blaze.

A key stretch of the mountain pass providing access to the race will be closed.

“We obviously think first of all of the populations who are affected by the fire, of all those who have to move, and then we also think about the people who would be here to host the Tour.”

Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark leads the Tour de France through the first two stages.

–Field Level Media