Wimbledon: Alexandrova through to last 16
Ekaterina Alexandrova defeated Zeynep Sonmez 6-3, 7-6 (1) on Saturday and will face Swiss Belinda Bencic in the next round
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Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 18 seed, won against Zeynep Sonmez 6-3, 7-6 (1) to reach the last 16 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday.
Alexandrova, ranked No 17, will play Swiss Belinda Bencic next.
The Russian beat Australian qualifier Priscilla Hon (6-2, 7-5) and Dutchwoman Suzan Lamens (6-4, 6-0) ahead of her victory.
Earlier in the tournament, Sonmez, ranked No 88, won against Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (7-6 (3), 6-3) and Chinese Xinyu Wang (7-5, 7-5).
London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53.500.000, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek vs. Danielle Collins: saturday
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Emma Navarro: saturday
- Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Hailey Baptiste: 6-1, 6-3
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
- Liudmila Samsonova (19) beat Daria Kasatkina (16): 6-2, 6-3
- Clara Tauson (23) beat Elena Rybakina (11): 7-6 (6), 6-3
- Belinda Bencic beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7)
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Emma Raducanu: 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Elina Svitolina (14): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Laura Siegemund beat Madison Keys (6): 6-3, 6-3
- Linda Noskova (30) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 7-6 (6), 7-5
- Sonay Kartal beat Diane Parry (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Naomi Osaka: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Amanda Anisimova (13) beat Dalma Galfi: 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
- Solana Sierra (LL) beat Cristina Bucsa: 7-5, 1-6, 6-1
