Wimbledon: Samsonova downs Kasatkina in the third round
Liudmila Samsonova won against Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday. She’ll face the winner of the match between Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska in the next round
Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – July 2, 2021 Russia’s Ludmilla Samsonova reacts during her third round match against Sloane Stephens of the U.S.
Russian Liudmila Samsonova, the No 19 seed, won against Australian Daria Kasatkina, the No 16 seed, 6-2, 6-3 to move into the last 16 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday.
Samsonova, ranked No 19, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro and Ukrainian Dayana Yastremska next.
The Russian beat Australian Maya Joint (6-3, 6-2) and Ukrainian Yuliia Starodubtseva (6-2, 6-1) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of The Championships, Kasatkina, ranked No 18, won against Colombian Emiliana Arango (7-5, 6-3) and Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (6-2, 4-6, 6-1).
London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53.500.000, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek vs. Danielle Collins
- Zeynep Sonmez vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Emma Navarro
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Hailey Baptiste: saturday
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Dayana Yastremska: saturday
- Clara Tauson vs. Elena Rybakina: saturday
- Belinda Bencic vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto: saturday
- Aryna Sabalenka (1) beat Emma Raducanu: 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Elina Svitolina (14): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Laura Siegemund beat Madison Keys (6): 6-3, 6-3
- Linda Noskova (30) beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 7-6 (6), 7-5
- Sonay Kartal beat Diane Parry (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat Naomi Osaka: 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Amanda Anisimova (13) beat Dalma Galfi: 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
- Solana Sierra (LL) beat Cristina Bucsa: 7-5, 1-6, 6-1
