Wimbledon: Blinkova upsets 29th seed Begu, faces Sabalenka in third round

Russian Anna Blinkova reached the third round of Wimbledon by beating Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 29 seed, 7-5, 6-3 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

Blinkova, ranked No 40, will face Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, in the third round.

The Russian won against Belgian qualifier Yanina Wickmayer (6-2, 4-6, 6-3) in the previous round of The Championships.

In the previous round of The Championships, Begu, ranked No 30, defeated Canadian Rebecca Marino (6-2, 3-6, 6-2).

London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):

• Ons Jabeur vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Aryna Sabalenka: friday
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Anhelina Kalinina: friday
• Jule Niemeier vs. Dalma Galfi: friday
• Marta Kostyuk beat Paula Badosa: 6-2, 1-0 ret.
• Petra Kvitova (9) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-2, 6-2
• Madison Brengle vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova: friday
• Madison Keys (25) beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 7-5, 6-3
• Natalija Stevanovic vs. Tamara Korpatsch: friday
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-1, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova (22) beat Kaja Juvan (Q): 6-3, 7-5
• Elena Rybakina (3) beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Belinda Bencic (14) beat Danielle Collins: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Donna Vekic (20) beat Sloane Stephens: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (5) beat Leylah Fernandez: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-3, 6-1
• Katie Boulter (WC) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova (32) beat Anett Kontaveit: 6-1, 6-2
• Magda Linette (23) beat Barbora Strycova: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Jelena Ostapenko (17): 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (10): 6-3, 4-0 ret.
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Veronika Kudermetova (12): 6-3, 6-3
• Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 6-0
• 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 (11) beat Jodie Burrage (WC): 6-0, 6-2