Wimbledon: Sabalenka breezes past Blinkova to make last 16
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Anna Blinkova 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday evening. She’ll play Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 21 seed, in the next round
Sabalenka through to fourth round at Wimbledon 2023 © Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, reached the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against Russian Anna Blinkova 6-2, 6-3 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Sabalenka, ranked No 2, will face Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 21 seed, next.
The Belarusian defeated Hungarian Panna Udvardy (6-3, 6-1) and Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (2-6, 7-5, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of The Championships, Blinkova, ranked No 40, won against Belgian qualifier Yanina Wickmayer (6-2, 4-6, 6-3) and Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 29 seed (7-5, 6-3).
London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):
- Katie Boulter vs. Elena Rybakina
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Ons Jabeur vs. Bianca Andreescu: saturday
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Madison Keys: saturday
- Petra Kvitova (9) beat Natalija Stevanovic (Q): 6-3, 7-5
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Dalma Galfi: 6-0, 6-4
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 6-2
- Marie Bouzkova (32) beat Caroline Garcia (5): 7-6, 4-6, 7-5
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Petra Martic (30): 6-2, 7-5
- Elina Svitolina (WC) beat Sofia Kenin (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Belinda Bencic (14) beat Magda Linette (23): 6-3, 6-1
- Jessica Pegula (4) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-0
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Donna Vekic (20): 6-1, 7-5
- Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Daria Kasatkina (11): 6-2, 6-4
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Ana Bogdan: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (18)
