Wimbledon: Gauff drops three games to reach third round
The world No 2 will face the winner of the match between qualifier Sonay Kartal and Frenchwoman Clara Burel in the next round
American Coco Gauff, the second seed, advanced to the third round of Wimbledon by beating Romanian qualifier Anca Todoni 6-2, 6-1 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Wednesday.
Gauff, ranked No 2 in the world, will play the winner of the match between qualifier Sonay Kartal and Frenchwoman Clara Burel next.
The 20-year-old American won against Caroline Dolehide (6-1, 6-2) in her first round match.
In the previous round of the event, Todoni, ranked No 142, defeated Serb lucky loser Olga Danilovic (7-5, 6-1).
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50,000,000):
- Xinyu Wang vs. Jessica Pegula
- Katie Boulter vs. Harriet Dart
- Ons Jabeur vs. Robin Montgomery
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Elena Rybakina vs. Laura Siegemund
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Daria Snigur vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Caroline Garcia vs. Bernarda Pera
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Iga Swiatek vs. Petra Martic
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Daria Saville
- Yafan Wang vs. Madison Keys
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Yuriko Lily Miyazaki
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Greet Minnen
- Donna Vekic vs. Erika Andreeva
- Arantxa Rus vs. Maria Sakkari
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Varvara Gracheva
- Paula Badosa vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
- Emma Raducanu vs. Elise Mertens
- Lin Zhu vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
- Lulu Sun vs. Yulia Starodubtseva
- Naomi Osaka vs. Emma Navarro
- Sloane Stephens vs. Diana Shnaider
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Linda Noskova
- Sonay Kartal vs. Clara Burel: wednesday