Wimbledon: Halep doesn’t lose a set to reach last 16
Simona Halep won against Magdalena Frech 6-4, 6-1 on Saturday afternoon. She’ll face the winner of the match between Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 4 seed, and Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 25 seed, in the next round
Simona Halep reacts during her third round match against Poland’s Magdalena Frech © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Romanian Simona Halep, the No 16 seed, won against Pole Magdalena Frech 6-4, 6-1 to advance to the last 16 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday.
Halep, ranked No 18, will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 4 seed, and Czech Petra Kvitova, the No 25 seed, next.
The Romanian, who won the trophy en 2019, reaches the second week of a Grand Slam for the second time in 2022 after the Australian Open, when Alize Cornet beat her. Halep defeated Czech Karolina Muchova (6-3, 6-2) and Belgian Kirsten Flipkens (7-5, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Frech, ranked No 92, won against Italian Camila Giorgi, the No 21 seed (7-6 (4), 6-1) and Slovak Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova (6-4, 6-4).
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 40.350.000, most recent results first):
- Paula Badosa vs. Petra Kvitova: saturday
- Petra Martic vs. Jessica Pegula: saturday
- Iga Swiatek vs. Alize Cornet: saturday
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Elena Rybakina: saturday
- Amanda Anisimova (20) beat Coco Gauff (11): 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1
- Harmony Tan beat Katie Boulter (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Barbora Krejcikova (13): 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Caroline Garcia beat Shuai Zhang (33): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
- Marie Bouzkova beat Alison Riske (28): 6-2, 6-3
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Angelique Kerber (15): 6-4, 7-5
- Tatjana Maria beat Maria Sakkari (5): 6-3, 7-5
- Ons Jabeur (3) beat Diane Parry: 6-2, 6-3
- Heather Watson beat Kaja Juvan: 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Jule Niemeier beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Jelena Ostapenko (12) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
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