2018 Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber is back in the second week

• What happened: Angelique Kerber, the No 25 seed, rallied to defeat Aliasksandra Sasnovich 2-6, 6-0, 6-1 on Day 6 to reach round of 16.
• Key stat: Kerber won 12 of the final 13 games to increase her current winning streak to eight.
• Key stat #2: The 33-year-old German improves to 34-11 lifetime at Wimbledon with her victory.
• Key stat #3: Kerber won 22 of 23 first-serve points in sets two and three.
• Former champ: Kerber is the only former Wimbledon singles champ remaining in the women’s draw. She won the title in 2018 and reached the final in 2016.
• Next opponent: Kerber will face either 20th-seeded Coco Gauff or Kaja Juvan in the round of 16.

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• Seeds who have won on Saturday : Angelique Kerber (20), Paola Badosa (30), Karolina Muchova (19), Cori Gauff (20)
• Seeds who play on Saturday: Ashleigh Barty (1), Barbora Krejcikova (14)
• Seeds who lost on Saturday : Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (16)
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