First-ever Slam fourth round for Britain’s Heather Watson, through to last 16

Heather Watson reached the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against Slovenian Kaja Juvan 7-6 (6), 6-2 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday.

Watson, ranked No 121, will play German Jule Niemeier next.

The 30-year-old defeated German Tamara Korpatsch (6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-2) and Chinese Qiang Wang (7-5, 6-4) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds, Juvan, ranked No 62, beat Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 23 seed (6-4, 4-6, 6-2) and Hungarian Dalma Galfi (7-5, 6-3).

London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 40.350.000, most recent results first):

• Harmony Tan vs. Katie Boulter
• Coco Gauff vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Magdalena Frech vs. Simona Halep
• Paula Badosa vs. Petra Kvitova
• Petra Martic vs. Jessica Pegula
• Qinwen Zheng vs. Elena Rybakina
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Alize Cornet
• Shuai Zhang vs. Caroline Garcia
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Alison Riske
• Angelique Kerber vs. Elise Mertens
• Maria Sakkari vs. Tatjana Maria: friday
• Ons Jabeur (3) beat Diane Parry: 6-2, 6-3
• Jule Niemeier beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Jelena Ostapenko (12) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 3-6, 6-1, 6-1

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