Clutch Haddad Maia fights through another three-setter at Wimbledon
Beatriz Haddad Maia edged out Jaqueline Cristian 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday and will play Sorana Cirstea in the next round
Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia, the No 13 seed, edged out Romanian Jaqueline Cristian 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to move into the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday afternoon.
The Brazilian has won her last six deciders at the Grand Slams, dating back to her run to the semi-finals at Roland-Garros this spring.
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Haddad Maia, ranked No 13, will face Romanian Sorana Cirstea next.
The Brazilian edged out Kazakh Yulia Putintseva (3-6, 6-0, 6-4) ahead of her victory.
In the previous round of The Championships, Cristian, ranked No 133, defeated Italian Lucia Bronzetti (6-3, 6-4).
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
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Kaja Juvan
- Alize Cornet vs. Elena Rybakina
- Jessica Pegula vs. Cristina Bucsa
- Danielle Collins vs. Belinda Bencic: thursday
- Sloane Stephens vs. Donna Vekic: thursday
- Leylah Fernandez vs. Caroline Garcia: thursday
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-3, 6-1
- Katie Boulter (WC) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
- Marie Bouzkova (32) beat Anett Kontaveit: 6-1, 6-2
- Magda Linette vs. Barbora Strycova: thursday
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Jelena Ostapenko: 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