Wimbledon: Cirstea stops Ostapenko to reach third round, Haddad Maia next

Romanian Sorana Cirstea reached the third round of Wimbledon by edging out Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 17 seed, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday afternoon.

Cirstea, ranked No 37, will face Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 13 seed, next.

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Ahead of her victory, the 33-year-old Romanian won against German Tatjana Maria (6-1, 2-6, 6-3).

Ostapenko, ranked No 17, beat Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen (6-1, 6-2) in the previous round of The Championships.

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
• 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
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Kaja Juvan
• Alize Cornet vs. Elena Rybakina
• Jessica Pegula vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Danielle Collins vs. Belinda Bencic: thursday
• Sloane Stephens vs. Donna Vekic: thursday
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Caroline Garcia: thursday
• 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 vs. Barbora Strycova: thursday
• Beatriz Haddad Maia 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