Raducanu sets up third-round clash with Sabalenka
Emma Raducanu defeated Marketa Vondrousova 6-3, 6-3 on Wednesday evening and will play Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, in the next round
Emma Raducanu at Wimbledon in 2024 (Action Plus/PSNewz)
Emma Raducanu moved into the third round of Wimbledon by winning against Marketa Vondrousova 6-3, 6-3 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday evening.
With Vondrousova’s exit, there are now only two former Wimbledon women’s singles champions remaining in the draw – Barbora Krejcikova and Elena Rybakina.
Raducanu, ranked No 40, will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the top seed, next.
Emma Raducanu beat wildcard Mingge Xu (6-3, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of The Championships, Vondrousova, ranked No 73, defeated American McCartney Kessler, the No 32 seed (6-1, 7-6 (3)).
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
- Naomi Osaka beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 6-2
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Kamilla Rakhimova: wednesday
- Diane Parry (Q) beat Diana Shnaider (12): 6-4, 6-1
- Amanda Anisimova (13) beat Renata Zarazua: 6-4, 6-3
- Linda Noskova (30) 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 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
