Wimbledon: Cirstea stops Ostapenko to reach third round, Haddad Maia next
Sorana Cirstea edged out Jelena Ostapenko 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 on Thursday afternoon and will play Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 13 seed, in the next round
Romanian Sorana Cirstea reached the third round of Wimbledon by edging out Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 17 seed, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday afternoon.
Cirstea, ranked No 37, will face Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 13 seed, next.
Ahead of her victory, the 33-year-old Romanian won against German Tatjana Maria (6-1, 2-6, 6-3).
Ostapenko, ranked No 17, beat Belgian qualifier Greet Minnen (6-1, 6-2) 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
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Kaja Juvan
- Alize Cornet vs. Elena Rybakina
- Jessica Pegula vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Danielle Collins vs. Belinda Bencic: thursday
- Sloane Stephens vs. Donna Vekic: thursday
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Caroline Garcia: thursday
- 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 vs. Barbora Strycova: thursday
- Beatriz Haddad Maia 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