Wimbledon: Kerber out ! Mertens advances to last 16 to meet Jabeur

Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 24 seed, advanced to the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against German Angelique Kerber, the No 15 seed, 6-4, 7-5 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday.

Mertens, ranked No 31, will face Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 3 seed, next.

The Belgian benefited from the abandonment of Colombian Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (1-6, 6-2, 4-2) and edged out Hungarian Panna Udvardy (3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5) ahead of her victory.

In the previous rounds, Kerber, ranked No 19, beat Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic (6-0, 7-5) and Pole Magda Linette (6-3, 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):

• Paula Badosa vs. Petra Kvitova
• Coco Gauff vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Harmony Tan vs. Katie Boulter
• Magdalena Frech vs. Simona Halep
• 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: friday
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Alison Riske: friday
• Tatjana Maria beat Maria Sakkari (5): 6-3, 7-5
• Ons Jabeur 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 (12) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 3-6, 6-1, 6-1