Wimbledon: Zhang advances to third round
Shuai Zhang beat Marta Kostyuk 7-6 (6), 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon and will face Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia in the next round
Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 33 seed, won against Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk 7-6 (6), 6-2 to reach the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday afternoon.
Zhang, ranked No 41, will face Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia next.
Ahead of her victory, the 33-year-old Chinese beat Japanese Misaki Doi (6-4, 6-0).
Kostyuk, ranked No 76, edged out wildcard Katie Swan (4-6, 6-4, 6-4) in the previous round.
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 40.350.000, most recent results first):
- Coco Gauff vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu
- Iga Swiatek vs. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
- Katie Boulter vs. Karolina Pliskova
- Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Harmony Tan
- Lauren Davis vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Kirsten Flipkens vs. Simona Halep
- Magdalena Frech vs. Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova
- Ana Bogdan vs. Petra Kvitova
- Paula Badosa vs. Irina Bara
- Harriet Dart vs. Jessica Pegula
- Petra Martic vs. Kristina Kucova
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Elena Rybakina
- Greet Minnen vs. Qinwen Zheng
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Catherine Harrison
- Claire Liu vs. Alize Cornet
- Qiang Wang vs. Heather Watson
- Dalma Galfi vs. Kaja Juvan
- Maria Sakkari vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Panna Udvardy vs. Elise Mertens
- Katarzyna Kawa vs. Ons Jabeur
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Irina-Camelia Begu: wednesday
- Maja Chwalinska vs. Alison Riske: wednesday
- Diane Parry vs. Mai Hontama: wednesday
- Angelique Kerber (15) beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 6-3
- Caroline Garcia beat Emma Raducanu (10): 6-3, 6-3
- Marie Bouzkova beat Ann Li: 6-0, 6-3
- Jelena Ostapenko (12) beat Yanina Wickmayer (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Tatjana Maria beat Sorana Cirstea (26): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
- Jule Niemeier beat Anett Kontaveit (2): 6-4, 6-0
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Anhelina Kalinina (29): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
