Wimbledon: Tauson upsets 2022 champion Rybakina to reach second Grand Slam fourth round
Prior to Wimbledon, the Dane had never won a match on grass.
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Dane Clara Tauson, the No 23 seed, defeated Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 11 seed, 7-6 (6), 6-3 to advance to the last 16 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday.
Tauson, ranked No 22, will play the winner of the match between Pole Iga Swiatek, the No 8 seed, and American Danielle Collins next.
Ahead of her victory, the 22-year-old Dane won against wildcard Heather Watson (2-6, 6-4, 6-3) and Russian Anna Kalinskaya (6-3, 7-6 (10)).
Rybakina, ranked No 11, beat Armenian Elina Avanesyan (6-2, 6-1) and Greek Maria Sakkari (6-3, 6-1) in the previous rounds of The Championships.
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: saturday
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Emma Navarro: saturday
- Mirra Andreeva (7) beat Hailey Baptiste: 6-1, 6-3
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
- Liudmila Samsonova (19) beat Daria Kasatkina (16): 6-2, 6-3
- 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
