Libema Open champ Alexandrova beats Brengle in first 3-tiebreaks women’s singles match in Wimbledon in Open Era

Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No. 21 seed, edged out American Madison Brengle 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7) to advance to the third round of Wimbledon.

In an incredibly tight encounter, the victory was sealed courtesy of just a couple of points as the match went to three consecutive tiebreaks.

Fighting from a set down, it was the Russian who emerged victorious and moves into the third round. This was the first ever three-tiebreaks women’s singles match at Wimbledon and only the fourth in any Grand Slam in the Open Era.

1 – Ekaterina Alexandrova – Madison Brengle is the first 3-tie breaks Women's Singles match in Wimbledon in the Open Era and the 4th in a Major (after Graf-Shriver US 1985, Fernandez-Meskhi US 1991 and Masarova-Bogdan US 2021). Show.#Wimbledon | @Wimbledon @WTA @WTA_insider

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Alexandrova, ranked No 22, will face Hungarian Dalma Galfi next.

This victory comes after Alexandrova’s title triumph at the Libema Open in the Netherlands last month, as the Russian continues to prove her grass-court pedigree.

The Russian defeated American Emma Navarro (6-4, 6-3) in the previous round of The Championships.

In the previous round of The Championships, Brengle, ranked No 114, won against Italian Sara Errani (6-3, 6-1).

London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):

• Ons Jabeur vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Aryna Sabalenka: friday
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Anhelina Kalinina: friday
• Anna Blinkova beat Irina-Camelia Begu (29): 7-5, 6-3
• Dalma Galfi beat Jule Niemeier: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Marta Kostyuk beat Paula Badosa: 6-2, 1-0 ret.
• Petra Kvitova (9) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-2, 6-2
• Madison Keys (25) beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 7-5, 6-3
• Natalija Stevanovic (Q) beat Tamara Korpatsch (LL): 7-5, 7-5
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-1, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova (22) beat Kaja Juvan (Q): 6-3, 7-5
• Elena Rybakina (3) beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Belinda Bencic (14) beat Danielle Collins: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Donna Vekic (20) beat Sloane Stephens: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (5) beat Leylah Fernandez: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-3, 6-1
• Katie Boulter (WC) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova (32) beat Anett Kontaveit: 6-1, 6-2
• Magda Linette (23) beat Barbora Strycova: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Jelena Ostapenko (17): 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (10): 6-3, 4-0 ret.
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Veronika Kudermetova (12): 6-3, 6-3
• Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 6-0
• Ana Bogdan beat Alycia Parks: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 6-1
• Sofia Kenin (Q) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-3
• Elina Svitolina (WC) beat Elise Mertens (28): 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
• Petra Martic (30) beat Diane Parry: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-2, 6-0
• Daria Kasatkina (11) beat Jodie Burrage (WC): 6-0, 6-2