Wimbledon: Kostyuk saves a match point, completes epic comeback to make third round

Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk, the No 18 seed, reached the third round of Wimbledon by edging out Australian Daria Saville 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.

It was a dramatic encounter that saw the Ukrainian rally from a set and 5-2 down to triumph. Kostyuk saved a match point when Saville served for the win a second time at 6-5, ad-in. Eventually she converted her eighth break point to force a tiebreak.

Kostyuk saved a pair of break points to hold for 5-3 in the third set, then converted her sixth match point to finally close out the victory in three hours and 12 minutes.

Kostyuk, ranked No 19, will face American Madison Keys, the No 12 seed, next.

The 22-year-old is into the third round at Wimbledon for the second consecutive year – she has never reached the second week at SW19.

In the previous round of The Championships, the 22-year-old Ukrainian won against Slovak Rebecca Sramkova (6-3, 6-2).

Saville, ranked No 82, beat American Peyton Stearns (6-4, 6-2) in the first round of The Championships.

Londres (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):

• Elina Avanesyan vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Elena Rybakina vs. Laura Siegemund
• Iga Swiatek vs. Petra Martic
• Ons Jabeur vs. Robin Montgomery
• Jule Niemeier vs. Elina Svitolina
• Danielle Collins vs. Dalma Galfi
• Caroline Garcia vs. Bernarda Pera
• Daria Snigur vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Xinyu Wang vs. Jessica Pegula: thursday
• Katie Boulter vs. Harriet Dart: thursday
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (20) beat Camila Osorio: 3-0 ret.
• Madison Keys beat Yafan Wang: 6-2, 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina (14) beat Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (WC): 6-0, 6-0
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Cristina Bucsa: 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva beat Katerina Siniakova (27): 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
• Paula Badosa beat Brenda Fruhvirtova: 6-4, 6-2
• Barbora Krejcikova (31) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)
• Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Greet Minnen: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Dayana Yastremska (28) beat Varvara Gracheva: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Lulu Sun (Q) beat Yulia Starodubtseva (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Donna Vekic beat Erika Andreeva (LL): 6-2, 6-3
• Lin Zhu beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (25): 6-4, 6-3
• Emma Navarro (19) beat Naomi Osaka (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Maria Sakkari (9) beat Arantxa Rus: 7-5, 6-3
• Diana Shnaider beat Sloane Stephens: 6-1, 6-1
• Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Elise Mertens: 6-1, 6-2
• Bianca Andreescu beat Linda Noskova (26): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Coco Gauff (2) beat Anca Todoni (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Sonay Kartal (Q) beat Clara Burel: 6-3, 5-7, 6-3

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