Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams (pictured), and last year's U.S. Open finalist, Madison Keys (below) were eliminated in the third round at Wimbledon on Friday afternoon, British time.

Day Three: The Championships - Wimbledon 2018
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Venus was beaten in three sets by Holland's Kiki Bertens.  The final score was 6-2, 6-7(5), 8-6 in 2 hours, 40 minutes.

Madison Keys fell to the 120th ranked player in the world, Evgenia Rodina of Russia, in three tight sets as well.  7-5, 5-7, 6-4 in 2 hours, 10 minutes was the final result.

Today's action leaves only 2 of the top ten women's seeds still alive at the All-England Club, top seed and French Open champion Simona Halep and 7th seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic.

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