Wimbledon: Bucsa knocks out Rakhimova to advance to second round
Cristina Bucsa edged out Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (9) on Monday and will play No 4 seed Jessica Pegula in the next round
Cristina Bucsa | © Zuma / Panoramic
Spaniard Cristina Bucsa edged out Russian Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (9) to reach the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Bucsa, ranked No 78, will face No 4 seed Jessica Pegula next.
London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 2.000.000, most recent results first):
- Panna Udvardy vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Ons Jabeur vs. Magdalena Frech
- Shelby Rogers vs. Elena Rybakina
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Camila Giorgi
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Anna Blinkova
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Rebecca Marino
- Emma Navarro vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Madison Brengle vs. Sara Errani
- Linda Noskova vs. Dalma Galfi
- Karolina Muchova vs. Jule Niemeier
- Heather Watson vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Xiyu Wang
- Kaja Juvan vs. Margarita Betova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Celine Naef
- Sonay Kartal vs. Madison Keys
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Alison Riske-Amritraj vs. Paula Badosa
- Maria Sakkari vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Nao Hibino vs. Alize Cornet
- Katie Boulter vs. Daria Saville
- Bernarda Pera vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Greet Minnen vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Tatjana Maria
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Petra Kvitova
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Carol Zhao vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Natalija Stevanovic
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Anna Bondar vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
- Anett Kontaveit vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
- Sloane Stephens vs. Rebecca Peterson
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Simona Waltert
- Shuai Zhang vs. Donna Vekic
- Camila Osorio vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Sofia Kenin vs. Coco Gauff
- Danielle Collins vs. Julia Grabher
- Venus Williams vs. Elina Svitolina
- Katie Swan vs. Belinda Bencic
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Mayar Sherif
- Elise Mertens vs. Viktoria Hruncakova
- Jodie Burrage vs. Catherine McNally
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Martina Trevisan vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Peyton Stearns
- Storm Hunter vs. Xinyu Wang
- Magda Linette vs. Jil Teichmann
- Kateryna Baindl vs. Leylah Fernandez: monday
- Katie Volynets vs. Caroline Garcia: monday
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Claire Liu: monday
- Iga Swiatek vs. Lin Zhu: monday
- Veronika Kudermetova (12) beat Kaia Kanepi: 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Jessica Pegula beat Lauren Davis: 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-3
- Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Yue Yuan (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
- Ana Bogdan beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4)
- Alycia Parks beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 6-4, 6-3
- Nadia Podoroska beat Tereza Martincova: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Barbora Strycova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-1, 7-5
- Petra Martic (30) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 7-5, 6-7 (5), 4-1 ret.
- Diane Parry beat Harriet Dart (WC): 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-4
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