Wimbledon: Seven in a row on grass for Keys as Eastbourne champ beats Golubic
The American will meet Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk for a place in the round of 16
American Madison Keys, the No 25 seed, won against Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday.
Keys, ranked No 18, will face Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk next. The American has now won seven matches in a row on grass this year after winning in Eastbourne.
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This is also the seventh time in nine main draw appearances at Wimbledon that Keys has reached the round of 32. Her best result here was a quarter-final finish in 2015.
In the previous round of The Championships, the American defeated wildcard Sonay Kartal (6-0, 6-3).
Golubic, ranked No 139, beat Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (6-3, 7-6 (4)) during the first round of The Championships.
London (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16,077,000):
- Jessica Pegula (4) beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-1, 6-4
- Anastasia Potapova (22) beat Kaja Juvan (Q): 6-3, 7-5
- Elena Rybakina (3) beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
- Belinda Bencic (14) beat Danielle Collins: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
- Donna Vekic (20) beat Sloane Stephens: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Caroline Garcia (5) beat Leylah Fernandez: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
- 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 (23) beat Barbora Strycova: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
- Sorana Cirstea beat Jelena Ostapenko (17): 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- 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
- Ons Jabeur vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Anna Blinkova: friday
- Jule Niemeier vs. Dalma Galfi: friday
- Marta Kostyuk beat Paula Badosa: 6-2, 1-0 ret.
- Petra Kvitova (9) beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-2, 6-2
- Madison Brengle vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Natalija Stevanovic vs. Tamara Korpatsch