Wimbledon: Kostyuk through to third round after Badosa forced to retire with injury

Marta Kostyuk advanced to the third round of Wimbledon when Paula Badosa retired from their second round match.

Kostyuk, ranked No. 36, led 6-2, 1-0 when the Spaniard, currently ranked No. 35, withdrew for the contest.

Badosa is only recently back from a stress fracture in her spine, and is proved to be a case of too much too soon for the Spaniard.

The 21-year-old Ukrainian, meanwhile, will play the winner of the match between Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic and American Madison Keys, the No 25 seed, next.

Marta Kostyuk defeated Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed (0-6, 7-5, 6-2) in the previous round of The Championships.

During the first round of The Championships, the Spaniard won against American Alison Riske-Amritraj (6-3, 6-3).

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
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Anhelina Kalinina
• Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Anna Blinkova: friday
• Jule Niemeier vs. Dalma Galfi: friday
• Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Petra Kvitova: friday
• Madison Brengle vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova: friday
• Viktorija Golubic vs. Madison Keys: friday
• Natalija Stevanovic vs. Tamara Korpatsch: friday
• 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