Wimbledon: Azarenka moves into third round, sets up meeting with Kasatkina
Victoria Azarenka beat Nadia Podoroska 6-3, 6-0 on Thursday and will face Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 11 seed, in the next round
Victoria Azarenka at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Image Credit: Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 19 seed, moved into the third round of Wimbledon by winning against Argentinian Nadia Podoroska 6-3, 6-0 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.
Azarenka, ranked No 20, will play Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 11 seed, next.
The 33-year-old Belarusian edged out Chinese qualifier Yue Yuan (6-4, 5-7, 6-4) in the previous round of The Championships.
During the first round of The Championships, Podoroska, ranked No 80, edged out Tereza Martincova (3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4).
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Anna Blinkova
- Madison Brengle vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Jule Niemeier vs. Dalma Galfi
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Madison Keys
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Paula Badosa
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Petra Kvitova
- Natalija Stevanovic vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Ons Jabeur vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
- Jessica Pegula vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Alize Cornet vs. Elena Rybakina
- Sloane Stephens vs. Donna Vekic
- Danielle Collins vs. Belinda Bencic
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Kaja Juvan
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Caroline Garcia
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Katie Boulter
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Anett Kontaveit: thursday
- Magda Linette vs. Barbora Strycova: thursday
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Jelena Ostapenko: thursday
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Jaqueline Cristian: thursday
- Mirra Andreeva (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (10): 6-3, 4-0 ret.
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Veronika Kudermetova (12): 6-3, 6-3
- Ana Bogdan beat Alycia Parks: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 6-1
- Sofia Kenin (Q) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-3
- Elina Svitolina (WC) beat Elise Mertens (28): 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
- Petra Martic (30) beat Diane Parry: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-2, 6-0
- Daria Kasatkina beat Jodie Burrage (WC): 6-0, 6-2
