Wimbledon: Gauff drops three games to reach third round

American Coco Gauff, the second seed, advanced to the third round of Wimbledon by beating Romanian qualifier Anca Todoni 6-2, 6-1 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Wednesday.

Gauff, ranked No 2 in the world, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Sonay Kartal and Frenchwoman Clara Burel next.

The 20-year-old American won against Caroline Dolehide (6-1, 6-2) in her first round match.

In the previous round of the event, Todoni, ranked No 142, defeated Serb lucky loser Olga Danilovic (7-5, 6-1).

Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50,000,000):

• Xinyu Wang vs. Jessica Pegula
• Katie Boulter vs. Harriet Dart
• Ons Jabeur vs. Robin Montgomery
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Elena Rybakina vs. Laura Siegemund
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Daria Snigur vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Caroline Garcia vs. Bernarda Pera
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Petra Martic
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Daria Saville
• Yafan Wang vs. Madison Keys
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Yuriko Lily Miyazaki
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Greet Minnen
• Donna Vekic vs. Erika Andreeva
• Arantxa Rus vs. Maria Sakkari
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Paula Badosa vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
• Emma Raducanu vs. Elise Mertens
• Lin Zhu vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
• Lulu Sun vs. Yulia Starodubtseva
• Naomi Osaka vs. Emma Navarro
• Sloane Stephens vs. Diana Shnaider
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Linda Noskova
• Sonay Kartal vs. Clara Burel: wednesday