Playing final Wimbledon, Danielle Collins beats Haddad Maia to reach round of 16 for the first time
Danielle Collins defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday evening and will play No 31 seed Barbora Krejcikova in the next round
American Danielle Collins, the No 11 seed, won against Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 20 seed, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the last 16 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Londres on Saturday evening.
Collins, ranked No 11, will play No 31 seed Barbora Krejcikova next.
The American, who announced plans to retire at the end of the season, is playing in her final Wimbledon. She is into the round of 16 at Wimbledon for the first time.
The American defeated Dane Clara Tauson (6-3, 7-6 (4)) and Hungarian qualifier Dalma Galfi (6-3, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of The Championships, Haddad Maia, ranked No 20, beat Pole Magdalena Frech (7-5, 6-3) and Colombian Camila Osorio (3-0 ret.).
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50,000,000, most recent results first):
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Caroline Wozniacki (WC): 6-0, 6-1
- Elina Svitolina (21) beat Ons Jabeur (10): 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Yulia Putintseva beat Iga Swiatek (1): 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Jelena Ostapenko (13) beat Bernarda Pera: 6-1, 6-3
- Xinyu Wang beat Harriet Dart: 2-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Anna Kalinskaya (17) beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 7-6 (4), 6-2
- Barbora Krejcikova beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro: 6-0, 4-3 ret.
- Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Maria Sakkari (9): 6-2, 6-3
- Coco Gauff (2) beat Sonay Kartal (Q): 6-4, 6-0
- Donna Vekic beat Dayana Yastremska (28): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-1
- Madison Keys (12) beat Marta Kostyuk (18): 6-4, 6-3
- Emma Navarro (19) beat Diana Shnaider: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Paula Badosa beat Daria Kasatkina (14): 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-4
- Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Bianca Andreescu: 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Lulu Sun (Q) beat Lin Zhu: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6)