18 in a row: Mertens advances to Wimbledon third round

Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 24 seed, edged out Hungarian Panna Udvardy 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 to move into the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.

This is now the 18th Grand Slam in a row that Mertens has reached the round of 32 at a Grand Slam – her streak that started way back at the 2018 Australian Open, where she reached the semi-finals.

Mertens, ranked No 31, will next play former Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber, the No 15 seed.

Wimbledon (Grand Slam), second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass)

• Heather Watson beat Qiang Wang: 7-5, 6-4
• Qinwen Zheng beat Greet Minnen: 6-4, 6-1
• Petra Kvitova (25) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Catherine Harrison (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Alize Cornet beat Claire Liu: 6-3, 6-3
• Paula Badosa (4) beat Irina Bara: 6-3, 6-2
• Kaja Juvan beat Dalma Galfi: 7-5, 6-3
• Ons Jabeur (3) beat Katarzyna Kawa (Q): 6-4, 6-0
• Maria Sakkari (5) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-4, 6-3
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-4
• Alison Riske (28) beat Maja Chwalinska (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
• Diane Parry beat Mai Hontama (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Angelique Kerber beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 6-3
• Caroline Garcia beat Emma Raducanu (10): 6-3, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova beat Ann Li: 6-0, 6-3
• Jelena Ostapenko (12) beat Yanina Wickmayer (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Tatjana Maria beat Sorana Cirstea (26): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
• Jule Niemeier beat Anett Kontaveit (2): 6-4, 6-0
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Anhelina Kalinina (29): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Shuai Zhang (33) beat Marta Kostyuk: 7-6 (6), 6-2

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