Wimbledon: Niemeier books spot in third round
Jule Niemeier won against Anett Kontaveit 6-4, 6-0 on Wednesday afternoon and will play Lesia Tsurenko in the next round
German Jule Niemeier defeated Estonian Anett Kontaveit, the second seed, 6-4, 6-0 to advance to the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday.
Niemeier, ranked No 97, will play Lesia Tsurenko next.
In the previous round, the 22-year-old German won against Chinese Xiyu Wang (6-1, 6-4).
Kontaveit, ranked No 3, beat American Bernarda Pera (7-5, 6-1) 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
- Katarzyna Kawa vs. Ons Jabeur
- Panna Udvardy vs. Elise Mertens
- Dalma Galfi vs. Kaja Juvan
- Maria Sakkari vs. Viktoriya Tomova: wednesday
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-4
- Maja Chwalinska vs. Alison Riske: wednesday
- Diane Parry beat Mai Hontama (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- 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
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Anhelina Kalinina (29): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Shuai Zhang (33) beat Marta Kostyuk: 7-6 (6), 6-2