Wimbledon: Zhu knocks out Pavlyuchenkova
Lin Zhu won against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday and will face the winner of Lulu Sun and Yulia Starodubtseva next
Chinese Lin Zhu won against Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 25 seed, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday evening.
Zhu, ranked No 61, will face the winner of the match between New Zealander qualifier Lulu Sun and Ukrainian qualifier Yulia Starodubtseva next.
The Chinese defeated Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (6-0, 6-4) in the previous round of The Championships.
During the first round of The Championships, Pavlyuchenkova, ranked No 28, won against American Taylor Townsend (7-6 (4), 6-1).
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek vs. Petra Martic
- Katie Boulter vs. Harriet Dart
- Yafan Wang vs. Madison Keys
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Daria Saville
- Paula Badosa vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Yuriko Lily Miyazaki
- Xinyu Wang vs. Jessica Pegula
- Jule Niemeier vs. Elina Svitolina
- Ons Jabeur vs. Robin Montgomery
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Elena Rybakina vs. Laura Siegemund
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Katie Volynets
- Camila Osorio vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Danielle Collins vs. Dalma Galfi
- Daria Snigur vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Caroline Garcia vs. Bernarda Pera
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Greet Minnen: wednesday
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Varvara Gracheva: wednesday
- Lulu Sun vs. Yulia Starodubtseva: wednesday
- Donna Vekic vs. Erika Andreeva: wednesday
- Emma Navarro (19) beat Naomi Osaka (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Maria Sakkari (9) beat Arantxa Rus: 7-5, 6-3
- Diana Shnaider beat Sloane Stephens: 6-1, 6-1
- Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Elise Mertens: 6-1, 6-2
- Bianca Andreescu beat Linda Noskova (26): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Coco Gauff (2) beat Anca Todoni (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Sonay Kartal (Q) beat Clara Burel: 6-3, 5-7, 6-3