Wimbledon: Sakkari eliminated ! Tatjana Maria into last 16 vs. Ostapenko

German Tatjana Maria moved into the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 5 seed, 6-3, 7-5 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday.

Maria, ranked No 103, will play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 12 seed, next.

The 34-year-old German edged out Australian qualifier Astra Sharma (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) and Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 26 seed (6-3, 1-6, 7-5) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds, Sakkari, ranked No 5, defeated Australian qualifier Zoe Hives (6-1, 6-4) and Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-4, 6-3).

London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 40.350.000, most recent results first):

• Harmony Tan vs. Katie Boulter
• Coco Gauff vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Simona Halep
• Paula Badosa vs. Petra Kvitova
• Petra Martic vs. Jessica Pegula
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Elena Rybakina
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Alize Cornet
• Shuai Zhang vs. Caroline Garcia
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Alison Riske: friday
• Angelique Kerber vs. Elise Mertens: friday
• Ons Jabeur (3) beat Diane Parry: 6-2, 6-3
• Heather Watson beat Kaja Juvan: 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Jule Niemeier beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Jelena Ostapenko beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 3-6, 6-1, 6-1