Wimbledon: Sakkari eliminated ! Tatjana Maria into last 16 vs. Ostapenko
Tatjana Maria won against Maria Sakkari 6-3, 7-5 on Friday afternoon. She’ll face Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 12 seed, in the next round
Maria Sakkari reacts during her first round match against Australia’s Zoe Hives © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
German Tatjana Maria moved into the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 5 seed, 6-3, 7-5 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday.
Maria, ranked No 103, will play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 12 seed, next.
The 34-year-old German edged out Australian qualifier Astra Sharma (4-6, 6-3, 6-4) and Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the No 26 seed (6-3, 1-6, 7-5) earlier in the tournament.
In the previous rounds, Sakkari, ranked No 5, defeated Australian qualifier Zoe Hives (6-1, 6-4) and Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-4, 6-3).
London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 40.350.000, most recent results first):
- Harmony Tan vs. Katie Boulter
- Coco Gauff vs. Amanda Anisimova
- Magdalena Frech vs. Simona Halep
- Paula Badosa vs. Petra Kvitova
- Petra Martic vs. Jessica Pegula
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Elena Rybakina
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Iga Swiatek vs. Alize Cornet
- Shuai Zhang vs. Caroline Garcia
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Alison Riske: friday
- Angelique Kerber vs. Elise Mertens: friday
- Ons Jabeur (3) beat Diane Parry: 6-2, 6-3
- Heather Watson beat Kaja Juvan: 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Jule Niemeier beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Jelena Ostapenko beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
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