Wimbledon: Haddad Maia comfortably beats Cirstea to reach last 16
Beatriz Haddad Maia won against Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-2. She’ll face the winner of the match between wildcard Katie Boulter and Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 13 seed, moved into the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-2 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club..
Haddad Maia, ranked No 13, will play the winner of the match between wildcard Katie Boulter and Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 3 seed, next.
The Brazilian edged out Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (3-6, 6-0, 6-4) and Romanian Jaqueline Cristian (4-6, 6-2, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of The Championships, Cirstea, ranked No 37, beat German Tatjana Maria (6-1, 2-6, 6-3) and edged out Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 17 seed (4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4).
London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):
- Katie Boulter vs. Elena Rybakina
- Ons Jabeur vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Anna Blinkova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Madison Keys
- Natalija Stevanovic vs. Petra Kvitova: saturday
- Ekaterina Alexandrova (21) beat Dalma Galfi: 6-0, 6-4
- Marie Bouzkova (32) beat Caroline Garcia (5): 7-6, 4-6, 7-5
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Petra Martic (30): 6-2, 7-5
- Elina Svitolina (WC) beat Sofia Kenin (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Belinda Bencic (14) beat Magda Linette (23): 6-3, 6-1
- Jessica Pegula (4) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-0
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Donna Vekic (20): 6-1, 7-5
- Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Daria Kasatkina (11): 6-2, 6-4
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Ana Bogdan: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (18)