Wimbledon: Kenin into third round, plays Svitolina next

American qualifier Sofia Kenin beat Chinese Xinyu Wang 6-4, 6-3 to move into the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.

Kenin, ranked No 128, will play Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina next.

In the previous round of The Championships, the American won against No 7 seed Coco Gauff (6-4, 4-6, 6-2).

Wang, ranked No 73, won against Australian qualifier Storm Hunter (6-3, 6-1) 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):

• Varvara Gracheva vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Madison Brengle vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Paula Badosa
• Natalija Stevanovic vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Ons Jabeur vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Jessica Pegula vs. Cristina Bucsa
• Alize Cornet vs. Elena Rybakina
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Kaja Juvan
• Sloane Stephens vs. Donna Vekic
• Viktoriya Tomova vs. Katie Boulter
• Sorana Cirstea vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Anett Kontaveit
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Rebeka Masarova
• Danielle Collins vs. Belinda Bencic
• Magda Linette vs. Barbora Strycova
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Jaqueline Cristian
• Leylah Fernandez vs. Caroline Garcia
• Mirra Andreeva vs. Barbora Krejcikova: thursday
• Veronika Kudermetova vs. Marketa Vondrousova: thursday
• Nadia Podoroska vs. Victoria Azarenka: thursday
• Ana Bogdan beat Alycia Parks: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 6-1
• Elina Svitolina 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