Tomova sets up second round clash with Sakkari at Wimbledon
Viktoriya Tomova edged out Daria Saville 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 to win a Grand Slam main draw match for just the second time in her career
Bulgaria’s Viktoriya Tomova moved into the second round of Wimbledon by edging out Australian wildcard Daria Saville 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Tuesday.
Viktoriya Tomova, ranked No 112, will play fifth seed Greek Maria Sakkari next. Sakkari defeated qualifier Zoe Hives 6-1, 6-4 in another first round match on Tuesday.
The only previous time Tomova had reached the second round at a Major also came at Wimbledon, when she reached the round of 64 in 2018.
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass)
- Mihaela Buzarnescu beat Nastasja Schunk (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Jelena Ostapenko (12) beat Oceane Dodin: 6-4, 6-4
- Yanina Wickmayer (Q) beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 6-2
- Marta Kostyuk beat Katie Swan (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Shuai Zhang (33) beat Misaki Doi: 6-4, 6-0
- Viktorija Golubic beat Andrea Petkovic: 6-4, 6-3
- Catherine Harrison (Q) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-1, 6-4
- Alize Cornet beat Yulia Putintseva (27): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Claire Liu beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 7-5, 6-3
- Maria Sakkari beat Zoe Hives (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Ekaterine Gorgodze: 6-4, 6-1
- Angelique Kerber (15) beat Kristina Mladenovic: 6-0, 7-5
- Panna Udvardy beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-4, 7-6 (1)
- Magda Linette beat Fernanda Contreras Gomez (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Ann Li beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-1, 6-4
- Dalma Galfi beat Maddison Inglis (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Mai Hontama (Q) beat Clara Tauson: 4-1 ret.
- Marie Bouzkova beat Danielle Collins (7): 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Martina Trevisan (22): 6-2, 6-0
- Sorana Cirstea (26) beat Aleksandra Krunic: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1)
- Kaja Juvan beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (23): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
- Diane Parry beat Kaia Kanepi (31): 6-4, 6-4
- Emma Raducanu (10) beat Alison Van Uytvanck: 6-4, 6-4
- Anett Kontaveit (2) beat Bernarda Pera: 7-5, 6-1
- Jule Niemeier beat Xiyu Wang: 6-1, 6-4
- Caroline Garcia beat Yuriko Miyazaki (WC): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Maria Camila Osorio Serrano: 1-6, 6-2, 4-2 ret.
- Katarzyna Kawa (Q) beat Rebecca Marino: 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
- Ons Jabeur (3) beat Mirjam Bjorklund (Q): 6-1, 6-3
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Jodie Anna Burrage (WC): 6-2, 6-3
- Anhelina Kalinina (29) beat Anna Bondar: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Alison Riske (28) beat Ylena In-Albon: 6-2, 6-4
- Maja Chwalinska (Q) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-0, 7-5
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