Wimbledon: Azarenka moves into third round, sets up meeting with Kasatkina
Victoria Azarenka beat Nadia Podoroska 6-3, 6-0 on Thursday and will face Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 11 seed, in the next round
Belarusian Victoria Azarenka, the No 19 seed, moved into the third round of Wimbledon by winning against Argentinian Nadia Podoroska 6-3, 6-0 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.
Azarenka, ranked No 20, will play Russian Daria Kasatkina, the No 11 seed, next.
The 33-year-old Belarusian edged out Chinese qualifier Yue Yuan (6-4, 5-7, 6-4) in the previous round of The Championships.
During the first round of The Championships, Podoroska, ranked No 80, edged out Tereza Martincova (3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4).
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Anna Blinkova
- Madison Brengle vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Jule Niemeier vs. Dalma Galfi
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Madison Keys
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Paula Badosa
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Petra Kvitova
- Natalija Stevanovic vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Ons Jabeur vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
- Jessica Pegula vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Alize Cornet vs. Elena Rybakina
- Sloane Stephens vs. Donna Vekic
- Danielle Collins vs. Belinda Bencic
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Kaja Juvan
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Rebeka Masarova
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Caroline Garcia
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Katie Boulter
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Anett Kontaveit: thursday
- Magda Linette vs. Barbora Strycova: thursday
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Jelena Ostapenko: thursday
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Jaqueline Cristian: thursday
- Mirra Andreeva (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (10): 6-3, 4-0 ret.
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Veronika Kudermetova (12): 6-3, 6-3
- 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 beat Jodie Burrage (WC): 6-0, 6-2