Wimbledon: Bencic books spot in third round
Belinda Bencic defeated Elsa Jacquemot 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday and will play Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the next round
Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic in action during her first round match against China’s Wang Qiang (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Swiss Belinda Bencic won against French qualifier Elsa Jacquemot 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday afternoon.
Bencic, ranked No 35, will face Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto next.
Ahead of her victory, the Swiss beat American Alycia Parks (6-0, 6-3).
Jacquemot, ranked No 113, edged out Pole Magda Linette, the No 27 seed (6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-4) in the previous 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
- Clara Tauson vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: thursday
- Liudmila Samsonova (19) beat Yuliia Starodubtseva: 6-2, 6-1
- Iga Swiatek vs. Catherine McNally: thursday
- Anastasia Zakharova vs. Dayana Yastremska: thursday
- Barbora Krejcikova (17) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina (11) beat Maria Sakkari: 6-3, 6-1
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (18) beat Suzan Lamens: 6-4, 6-0
- 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
