Wimbledon: Svitolina upsets 10th seed Jabeur, makes last 16
Elina Svitolina defeated Ons Jabeur 6-1, 7-6 (4) on Saturday evening. She’ll face Chinese Xinyu Wang in the next round
Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, the No 21 seed, advanced to the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 10 seed, 6-1, 7-6 (4) at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday evening.
Svitolina, ranked No 21, will face Chinese Xinyu Wang next.
In the previous rounds of The Championships, the Ukrainian defeated Pole Magda Linette (7-5, 6-7 (9), 6-3) and German Jule Niemeier (6-3, 6-4).
Jabeur, ranked No 10, won against Japanese Moyuka Uchijima (6-3, 6-1) and American qualifier Robin Montgomery (6-1, 7-5) earlier in the tournament.
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):
- Elena Rybakina vs. Caroline Wozniacki: saturday
- Danielle Collins vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Yulia Putintseva beat Iga Swiatek (1): 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Jelena Ostapenko (13) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-1, 6-3
- Xinyu Wang beat Harriet Dart: 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Anna Kalinskaya (17) beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Barbora Krejcikova (31) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-0, 4-3 ret.
- Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Maria Sakkari (9): 6-2, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (2) beat Sonay Kartal (Q): 6-4, 6-0
- Donna Vekic beat Dayana Yastremska (28): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-1
- Madison Keys (12) beat Marta Kostyuk (18): 6-4, 6-3
- Emma Navarro (19) beat Diana Shnaider: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Paula Badosa beat Daria Kasatkina (14): 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-4
- Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Bianca Andreescu: 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Lulu Sun (Q) beat Lin Zhu: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6)