Wimbledon: Alexandrova makes third round
Ekaterina Alexandrova won against Suzan Lamens 6-4, 6-0 on Thursday afternoon. She’ll face Zeynep Sonmez in the next round
Ekaterina Alexandrova (Gepa/PSNewz)
Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 18 seed, advanced to the third round of Wimbledon by defeating Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens 6-4, 6-0 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday afternoon.
Alexandrova, ranked No 17, will face Zeynep Sonmez next.
In the previous round of The Championships, the Russian won against Australian qualifier Priscilla Hon (6-2, 7-5).
Lamens, ranked No 69, won against American qualifier Iva Jovic (6-1, 6-1) in the first round of The Championships.
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
- Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Clara Tauson vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Iga Swiatek vs. Catherine McNally: thursday
- Anastasia Zakharova vs. Dayana Yastremska: thursday
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Caroline Dolehide: thursday
- Maria Sakkari vs. Elena Rybakina: thursday
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Belinda Bencic: thursday
- Danielle Collins beat Veronika Erjavec (Q): 6-4, 6-1
- Hailey Baptiste beat Victoria Mboko (LL): 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Katie Volynets: 6-0, 6-4
- Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Zeynep Sonmez beat Xinyu Wang: 7-5, 7-5
- Emma Navarro (10) beat Veronika Kudermetova: 6-1, 6-2
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Ashlyn Krueger (31): 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Elina Svitolina (14) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Emma Raducanu beat Marketa Vondrousova: 6-3, 6-3
- Naomi Osaka beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 6-2
- Kamilla Rakhimova beat Jasmine Paolini (4): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- 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 (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
