Wimbledon: Pavlyuchenkova knocks out Krueger, sets up meeting with Osaka
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova won against Ashlyn Krueger 7-6 (4), 6-4 on Wednesday evening and will face Japanese Naomi Osaka in the next round
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Action Plus/PSNewz)
Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat American Ashlyn Krueger, the No 31 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-4 to move into the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday evening.
Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 50, will play Japanese Naomi Osaka next.
The 34-year-old Russian won against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic (4-6, 6-3, 6-2) in the previous round of The Championships.
In the first round of The Championships, Krueger, ranked No 31, defeated wildcard Mika Stojsavljevic (6-3, 6-2).
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53.500.000, most recent results first):
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Iga Swiatek vs. Catherine McNally
- Clara Tauson vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Anastasia Zakharova vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Maria Sakkari vs. Elena Rybakina
- Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Danielle Collins vs. Veronika Erjavec
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Victoria Mboko
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Katie Volynets vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Belinda Bencic
- Suzan Lamens vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Xinyu Wang vs. Zeynep Sonmez
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Emma Navarro
- Elina Svitolina (14) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Emma Raducanu beat Marketa Vondrousova: 6-3, 6-3
- Naomi Osaka beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 6-2
- Kamilla Rakhimova beat Jasmine Paolini (4): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Diane Parry (Q) beat Diana Shnaider (12): 6-4, 6-1
- Amanda Anisimova (13) beat Renata Zarazua: 6-4, 6-3
- Linda Noskova (30) beat Eva Lys: 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
- Solana Sierra (LL) beat Katie Boulter: 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-1
- Dalma Galfi beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (21): 7-6 (7), 6-1
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Ann Li: 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-2
- Cristina Bucsa beat Donna Vekic (22): 6-1, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Marie Bouzkova: 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Laura Siegemund beat Leylah Fernandez (29): 6-2, 6-3
- Sonay Kartal beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-2, 6-2
- Madison Keys (6) beat Olga Danilovic: 6-4, 6-2
