Wimbledon: Qualifier Sierra upsets home hope Boulter, into third round
Solana Sierra won against Katie Boulter 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday evening and will face Spaniard Cristina Bucsa in the next round
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Argentinian lucky loser Solana Sierra moved into the third round of Wimbledon by winning against Katie Boulter 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-1 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday evening.
Sierra, ranked No 101, will face Spaniard Cristina Bucsa next.
In the previous round of The Championships, the 21-year-old Argentinian beat Australian Olivia Gadecki (6-2, 7-6 (8)).
Boulter, ranked No 43, edged out Spaniard Paula Badosa, the No 9 seed (6-2, 3-6, 6-4) in the previous round of The Championships.
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53.500.000, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek vs. Catherine McNally
- Maria Sakkari vs. Elena Rybakina
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Anastasia Zakharova vs. Dayana Yastremska
- Sofia Kenin vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Yuliia Starodubtseva vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
- Clara Tauson vs. Anna Kalinskaya
- Danielle Collins vs. Veronika Erjavec
- Katie Volynets vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Belinda Bencic
- Suzan Lamens vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Xinyu Wang vs. Zeynep Sonmez
- Veronika Kudermetova vs. Emma Navarro
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Hailey Baptiste vs. Victoria Mboko
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: wednesday
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Elina Svitolina: wednesday
- Emma Raducanu vs. Marketa Vondrousova: wednesday
- Naomi Osaka beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-3, 6-2
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Kamilla Rakhimova: wednesday
- 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
- 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
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