Carlos Alcaraz's charge towards a third consecutive Wimbledon crown faces a tricky test against volatile Russian Andrey Rublev on Sunday.

Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus praised brave and tough Italy, who denied 42-24 winners South Africa the momentum they wanted in the second half of the first Test.

Beatrice Chebet shattered the women's 5,000m world record with a groundbreaking time of 13min 58.06sec as fellow Kenyan Faith Kipyegon lowered her own 1,500m global record.

The second Test is scheduled for Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Gqeberha next Saturday.

Constantly bending over in obvious discomfort, Krejcikova's Wimbledon reign was coming to a painful end.