Wimbledon: Paolini latest seed to fall as Rakhimova makes third round

Kamilla Rakhimova edged out Jasmine Paolini 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday evening and will face No 30 seed Linda Noskova in the next round

Jasmine Paolini Jasmine Paolini at Roland-Garros (Michtof/PSNewz)
Wimbledon •Second round • Completed
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Russian Kamilla Rakhimova edged out Italian Jasmine Paolini, the No 4 seed, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday evening.

It is Rakhimova’s first-ever win against a player ranked in the Top 10, having lost in all seven previous attempts.

Rakhimova, ranked No 80, will face No 30 seed Linda Noskova next.

The Russian won against Japanese Aoi Ito (5-7, 6-3, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

In the previous round of The Championships, Paolini, ranked No 5, beat Latvian Anastasija Sevastova (2-6, 6-3, 6-2).

London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53.500.000, most recent results first):

  • Daria Kasatkina vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
  • Iga Swiatek vs. Catherine McNally
  • Clara Tauson vs. Anna Kalinskaya
  • Anastasia Zakharova vs. Dayana Yastremska
  • Maria Sakkari vs. Elena Rybakina
  • Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
  • Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Liudmila Samsonova
  • Danielle Collins vs. Veronika Erjavec
  • Hailey Baptiste vs. Victoria Mboko
  • Mirra Andreeva vs. Lucia Bronzetti
  • Katie Volynets vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
  • Elsa Jacquemot vs. Belinda Bencic
  • Suzan Lamens vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
  • Barbora Krejcikova vs. Caroline Dolehide
  • Xinyu Wang vs. Zeynep Sonmez
  • Veronika Kudermetova vs. Emma Navarro
  • Ashlyn Krueger vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: wednesday
  • Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Elina Svitolina: wednesday
  • Emma Raducanu beat Marketa Vondrousova: 6-3, 6-3
  • Naomi Osaka beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 6-2
  • Diane Parry (Q) beat Diana Shnaider (12): 6-4, 6-1
  • Amanda Anisimova (13) beat Renata Zarazua: 6-4, 6-3
  • Linda Noskova beat Eva Lys: 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
  • Solana Sierra (LL) beat Katie Boulter: 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-1
  • Dalma Galfi beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (21): 7-6 (7), 6-1
  • Elise Mertens (24) beat Ann Li: 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2
  • Cristina Bucsa beat Donna Vekic (22): 6-1, 6-3
  • Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Marie Bouzkova: 7-6 (4), 6-4
  • Laura Siegemund beat Leylah Fernandez (29): 6-2, 6-3
  • Sonay Kartal beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-2, 6-2
  • Madison Keys (6) beat Olga Danilovic: 6-4, 6-2

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