Fifth-seeded Jessica Pegula (USA) was eliminated in the second round of Wimbledon after losing in three sets 1-2 (4:6, 7:6, 1:6) from Wang Xinyu (China).
Wang Xinyu landed 38 winners, combined with 33 unforced errors by Jessica Pegula. It was Wang Xinyu’s first win over a Top 10 player.
“A few days ago I asked my coach when this would happen. Jessica is a really tough opponent on grass and I’m really happy that I was able to win in the end”, said Wang Xinyu.
The Chinese tennis player will face in the third round Harriet Dart (Great Britain), who eliminated her compatriot and the 32nd-seeded Katie Boulter after making a turnover to win by 2-1 (4:6, 6:1, 7:6).
Tenth-seeded Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) prevailed over Robin Montgomery (USA) by 2-0 (6:1, 7:5) in just 70 minutes of play to also advance to the third round of the Wimbledon grass-court tournament.
The 12th-seed Madison Keys (USA) defeated Wang Yafan (China) by 2-0 (6:2, 6:2) and in contention to reach the fourth round will face 18th-seed Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine), who eliminated Daria Saville (Australia) by 2-1 (4:6, 7:6, 6:4).
Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia), who is 13th-seed, eliminated Daria Snigur (Ukraine) by 2-0 (6:3, 6:0), while the 17th-seeded Anna Kalinskaya (Russia) recorded a victory over Marie Bouzkova (Czech Republic) by 2-0 (6:4, 6:1). The 14th-seeded Daria Kasatkina (Russia) had no problems against Yuriko Miyazaki (Great Britain). The Russian won by 2-0 (6:0, 6:0) and did not gave a game to her opponent. Daria Kasatkina’s next opponent will be Paula Badosa (Spain), who won earlier today over Brenda Fruhvirtova (Czech Republic) with 2-0 (6:4, 6:2).
Brazilian tennis player Beatriz Haddad Maia, who is 20th-seed, also reached the third round after a withdrawal of her opponent Camila Osorio (Colombia) in the first set at 3:0, while Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) eliminated 27th-seed Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) (6:0, 4:6, 6:2).
Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic) prevailed over Katie Volynets (USA) with 2-0 (7:6, 7:6), and in an all-Spanish clash, Jessica Bouzas Maneiro eliminated Cristina Bucsa by 2-0 (7:6, 6:3).
