Wimbledon: Cocciaretto books spot in third round against Pegula
Elisabetta Cocciaretto won against Rebeka Masarova 6-3, 6-1 on Thursday. She’ll play the winner of the match between American Jessica Pegula, the No 4 seed, and Spaniard Cristina Bucsa in the next round
Italian Elisabetta Cocciaretto moved into the third round of Wimbledon by defeating Spaniard Rebeka Masarova 6-3, 6-1 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday afternoon.
Cocciaretto, ranked No 43, will face American Jessica Pegula, the No 4 seed, in the last 32.
In the previous round of The Championships, the 22-year-old Italian won against Colombian Camila Osorio (6-3, 6-4).
Masarova, ranked No 66, edged out Egyptian Mayar Sherif, the No 31 seed (7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (6)) 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
- Alize Cornet vs. Elena Rybakina
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Kaja Juvan
- Jessica Pegula vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Danielle Collins vs. Belinda Bencic: thursday
- Sloane Stephens vs. Donna Vekic: thursday
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Caroline Garcia: thursday
- Viktoriya Tomova vs. Katie Boulter: thursday
- Marie Bouzkova (32) beat Anett Kontaveit: 6-1, 6-2
- 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
- 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