Wimbledon: Fourth seed Pegula into third round for eight Grand Slam in a row

American Jessica Pegula, the No 4 seed, advanced to the third round of Wimbledon by beating Spaniard Cristina Bucsa 6-1, 6-4 at the All England Club in London on Thursday evening.

Pegula, ranked No 4, will face Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto next, as she bids to reach the second week at SW19 for the first time in four career appearances.

The American has reached the round of 32 at the last eight Majors in a row now, and 11 of the 12.

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Ahead of her victory, the American won against Lauren Davis (6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-3).

Bucsa, ranked No 78, edged out Russian Kamilla Rakhimova (6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (9)) 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):

• Ons Jabeur vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Anna Blinkova
• Madison Brengle vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Jule Niemeier vs. Dalma Galfi
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Madison Keys
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Paula Badosa
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Petra Kvitova
• Natalija Stevanovic vs. Tamara Korpatsch
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Kaja Juvan: thursday
• Elena Rybakina (3) beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Belinda Bencic (14) beat Danielle Collins: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Donna Vekic (20) beat Sloane Stephens: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (5) beat Leylah Fernandez: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-3, 6-1
• Katie Boulter (WC) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova (32) beat Anett Kontaveit: 6-1, 6-2
• Magda Linette (23) beat Barbora Strycova: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Jelena Ostapenko (17): 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (10): 6-3, 4-0 ret.
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Veronika Kudermetova (12): 6-3, 6-3
• Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 6-0
• 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
• 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