Wimbledon: Haddad Maia comfortably beats Cirstea to reach last 16

Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 13 seed, moved into the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-2 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club..

Haddad Maia, ranked No 13, will play the winner of the match between wildcard Katie Boulter and Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 3 seed, next.

The Brazilian edged out Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (3-6, 6-0, 6-4) and Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (4-6, 6-2, 6-4) ahead of her victory.

In the previous rounds of The Championships, Cirstea, ranked No 37, beat German Tatjana Maria (6-1, 2-6, 6-3) and edged out Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 17 seed (4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4).

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

• Katie Boulter vs. Elena Rybakina
• Ons Jabeur vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Anna Blinkova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Madison Keys
• Natalija Stevanovic vs. Petra Kvitova: saturday
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (21) beat Dalma Galfi: 6-0, 6-4
• Marie Bouzkova (32) beat Caroline Garcia (5): 7-6, 4-6, 7-5
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Petra Martic (30): 6-2, 7-5
• Elina Svitolina (WC) beat Sofia Kenin (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Belinda Bencic (14) beat Magda Linette (23): 6-3, 6-1
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-0
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Donna Vekic (20): 6-1, 7-5
• Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Daria Kasatkina (11): 6-2, 6-4
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Ana Bogdan: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (18)