Wimbledon: Garcia books spot in last 16
Caroline Garcia won against Shuai Zhang 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) on Friday evening. She’ll face Czech Marie Bouzkova in the next round
Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia beat Chinese Shuai Zhang, the No 33 seed, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) to advance to the last 16 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday evening.
Garcia, ranked No 55, will face Czech Marie Bouzkova next.
The Frenchwoman edged out wildcard Yuriko Miyazaki (4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)) and won against No 10 seed Emma Raducanu (6-3, 6-3) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds, Zhang, ranked No 41, defeated Japanese Misaki Doi (6-4, 6-0) and Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk (7-6 (6), 6-2).
London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 40.350.000, most recent results first):
- Paula Badosa vs. Petra Kvitova
- Petra Martic vs. Jessica Pegula
- Iga Swiatek vs. Alize Cornet
- Magdalena Frech vs. Simona Halep
- Coco Gauff vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Elena Rybakina
- Harmony Tan vs. Katie Boulter
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Marie Bouzkova beat Alison Riske (28): 6-2, 6-3
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Angelique Kerber (15): 6-4, 7-5
- Tatjana Maria beat Maria Sakkari (5): 6-3, 7-5
- Ons Jabeur (3) beat Diane Parry: 6-2, 6-3
- Heather Watson beat Kaja Juvan: 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Jule Niemeier beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Jelena Ostapenko (12) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
