Belinda Bencic edges Danielle Collins to reach Wimbledon’s third round
Belinda Bencic edged out Danielle Collins 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Thursday evening. She’ll play Pole Magda Linette, the No 23 seed, in the next round
Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 14 seed, moved into the third round of Wimbledon by edging out American Danielle Collins 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday evening.
Bencic, ranked No 14, will face Pole Magda Linette, the No 23 seed, next.
In the previous round of The Championships, the Swiss won against wildcard Katie Swan (7-5, 6-2).
Collins, ranked No 52, defeated Austrian Julia Grabher (6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of The Championships.
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
- 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
- Jessica Pegula vs. Cristina Bucsa: thursday
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Kaja Juvan: thursday
- Alize Cornet vs. Elena Rybakina
- 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 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