Wimbledon: Martic books third-round spot against Swiatek

Croat Petra Martic, the No 30 seed, reached the third round of Wimbledon by beating Frenchwoman Diane Parry 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.

Martic, ranked No 29, will play Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, next.

The Croat benefited from the abandonment of Linda Fruhvirtova (7-5, 6-7 (5), 4-1) in the previous round of The Championships.

In the previous round of The Championships, Parry, ranked No 96, edged out wildcard Harriet Dart (6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-4).

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
• Sofia Kenin (Q) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-3
• Elina Svitolina (WC) beat Elise Mertens (28): 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
• Iga Swiatek beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-2, 6-0
• Daria Kasatkina (11) beat Jodie Burrage (WC): 6-0, 6-2