Wimbledon: Putintseva shocks Swiatek for her second career win over a No 1

Kazakh Yulia Putintseva advanced to the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Londres on Saturday evening.

Putintseva, ranked No 35, will play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 13 seed, next.

The Kazakh defeated German wildcard Angelique Kerber (7-5, 6-3) and No 27 seed Katerina Siniakova (6-0, 4-6, 6-2) in the previous rounds of The Championships.

Earlier in the tournament, Swiatek, ranked No 1, beat American Sofia Kenin (6-3, 6-4) and Croat Petra Martic (6-4, 6-3).

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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
• Elina Svitolina (21) beat Ons Jabeur (10): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• Jelena Ostapenko 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)