Wimbledon: Krejcikova edges Kudermetova in 3-hour, 14-minute marathon
The former French Open champion will meet American qualifier Katie Volynets in the next round
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31st seed Barbora Krejcikova reached the second round of Wimbledon by edging out Russian Veronika Kudermetova in a three-hour, 14-minute marathon on Wednesday.
Krejcikova finally emerged a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (1), 7-5 winner over the Russian at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.
The Czech, a former French Open champion and now ranked No 32 in the world, will face American qualifier Katie Volynets next.
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50,000,000):
- Danielle Collins (11) beat Clara Tauson: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Elina Svitolina (21) beat Magda Linette: 7-5, 6-7 (9), 6-3
- Jule Niemeier beat Viktorija Golubic: 6-2, 6-1
- Katie Volynets beat Maria Lourdes Carle: 6-2, 7-5
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (20) beat Magdalena Frech: 7-5, 6-3
- Camila Osorio beat Lauren Davis: 6-3, 6-1
- Ons Jabeur (10) beat Moyuka Uchijima: 6-3, 6-1
- Caroline Wozniacki (WC) beat Alycia Parks (Q): 6-2, 6-0
- Daria Snigur (Q) beat Oceane Dodin: 6-4, 6-0
- Katerina Siniakova (27) beat Marina Stakusic (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Dalma Galfi (Q) beat Mayar Sherif: 6-1, 6-2
- Yulia Putintseva beat Angelique Kerber (WC): 7-5, 6-3
- Petra Martic beat Francesca Jones (WC): 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
- Robin Montgomery (Q) beat Olivia Gadecki (Q): 6-4, 6-4
- Caroline Garcia (23) beat Anna Blinkova: 6-4, 7-5
- Leylah Fernandez (30) beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-4, 6-3
- Elina Avanesyan beat Anhelina Kalinina: 6-2, 6-3
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sofia Kenin: 6-3, 6-4
- Jelena Ostapenko (13) beat Ajla Tomljanovic (WC): 6-1, 6-2
- Marie Bouzkova beat Julia Riera: 6-2, 6-1
- Katie Boulter (32) beat Tatjana Maria: 7-6 (6), 7-5
- Anna Kalinskaya (17) beat Panna Udvardy (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Bernarda Pera beat Anastasia Potapova: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (6)
- Liudmila Samsonova (15) beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Marketa Vondrousova (6): 6-4, 6-2
- Elena Rybakina (4) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Jessica Pegula (5) beat Ashlyn Krueger: 6-2, 6-0
- Laura Siegemund beat Kateryna Baindl: 6-4, 6-1
- Xinyu Wang beat Viktoriya Tomova: 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-0
- Harriet Dart beat Zhuoxuan Bai (Q): 6-4, 6-0
- Cristina Bucsa beat Ana Bogdan: 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5)
- Linda Noskova (26) beat Sara Errani: 7-6 (3), 6-1
- Emma Navarro (19) beat Qiang Wang: 6-0, 6-2
- Paula Badosa beat Karolina Muchova: 6-3, 6-2
- Coco Gauff (2) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-1, 6-2
- Bianca Andreescu beat Jaqueline Cristian: 6-4, 6-2
- Brenda Fruhvirtova beat Mirra Andreeva (24): 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Sonay Kartal (Q) beat Sorana Cirstea (29): 3-6, 6-2, 6-0
- Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (WC) beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-2, 6-1
- Sloane Stephens beat Elsa Jacquemot (LL): 6-3, 6-3
- Yulia Starodubtseva (Q) beat Alison Van Uytvanck: 6-4, 6-3
- Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Renata Zarazua (LL): 7-6, 6-3
- Erika Andreeva (LL) beat Emina Bektas: 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3
- Donna Vekic beat Xiyu Wang: 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Lulu Sun (Q) beat Qinwen Zheng (8): 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Clara Burel beat Eva Lys (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Daria Saville beat Peyton Stearns: 6-4, 6-2
- Naomi Osaka (WC) beat Diane Parry: 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
- Madison Keys (12) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Diana Shnaider beat Karolina Pliskova: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Yafan Wang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
- Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 7-5, 6-3
- Arantxa Rus beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-3
- Elise Mertens beat Nao Hibino: 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Daria Kasatkina (14) beat Shuai Zhang: 6-3, 6-0
- Marta Kostyuk (18) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-3, 6-2
- Anca Todoni (Q) beat Olga Danilovic (LL): 7-5, 6-1
- Greet Minnen beat Heather Watson (WC): 7-5, 6-4
- Varvara Gracheva beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-3, 6-1
- Dayana Yastremska (28) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-1, 7-6 (1)
- Maria Sakkari (9) beat McCartney Kessler (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (25) beat Taylor Townsend: 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Lin Zhu beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-0, 6-4
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