Wimbledon: Kostyuk advances third round for the first time
Marta Kostyuk benefited from the retirement of Paula Badosa (6-2, 1-0) on Friday and will play the winner of the match between Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic and American Madison Keys, the No 25 seed, in the next round
Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk advanced to the third round of Wimbledon when Spaniard Paula Badosa retired on Friday at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.
Kostyuk, ranked No 36, led 6-2, 1-0 when Badosa, ranked No 35, pulled out at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday.
The 21-year-old Ukrainian will play the winner of the match between Swiss qualifier Viktorija Golubic and American Madison Keys, the No 25 seed, next.
In the previous round of The Championships, Marta Kostyuk defeated Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed (0-6, 7-5, 6-2).
The Spaniard won against American Alison Riske-Amritraj (6-3, 6-3) in the first round of The Championships.
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