Wimbledon: Kerber advances to third round

German Angelique Kerber, the No 15 seed, beat Pole Magda Linette 6-3, 6-3 to reach the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday evening.

Kerber, ranked No 19, will face the winner of the match between Hungarian Panna Udvardy and Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 24 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the 34-year-old German won against Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic (6-0, 7-5).

Linette, ranked No 65, won against Mexican qualifier Fernanda Contreras Gomez (6-1, 6-4) in the previous round.

London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 40.350.000, most recent results first):

• Coco Gauff vs. Mihaela Buzarnescu
• Iga Swiatek vs. Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove
• Katie Boulter vs. Karolina Pliskova
• Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Harmony Tan
• Lauren Davis vs. Amanda Anisimova
• Kirsten Flipkens vs. Simona Halep
• Magdalena Frech vs. Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova
• Ana Bogdan vs. Petra Kvitova
• Paula Badosa vs. Irina Bara
• Harriet Dart vs. Jessica Pegula
• Petra Martic vs. Kristina Kucova
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Elena Rybakina
• Greet Minnen vs. Qinwen Zheng
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Barbora Krejcikova
• Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Catherine Harrison
• Claire Liu vs. Alize Cornet
• Qiang Wang vs. Heather Watson
• Dalma Galfi vs. Kaja Juvan
• Maria Sakkari vs. Viktoriya Tomova
• Panna Udvardy vs. Elise Mertens
• Katarzyna Kawa vs. Ons Jabeur
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto vs. Irina-Camelia Begu: wednesday
• Maja Chwalinska vs. Alison Riske: wednesday
• Diane Parry vs. Mai Hontama: wednesday
• Caroline Garcia beat Emma Raducanu (10): 6-3, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova beat Ann Li: 6-0, 6-3
• Jelena Ostapenko (12) beat Yanina Wickmayer (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Tatjana Maria beat Sorana Cirstea (26): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
• Jule Niemeier beat Anett Kontaveit (2): 6-4, 6-0
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Anhelina Kalinina (29): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Shuai Zhang (33) beat Marta Kostyuk: 7-6 (6), 6-2