18 in a row: Mertens advances to Wimbledon third round
Elise Mertens edged out Panna Udvardy 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 to set up a third round clash against 15th seed Angelique Kerber
Elise Mertens at Wimbledon in 2021
Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 24 seed, edged out Hungarian Panna Udvardy 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 to move into the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.
This is now the 18th Grand Slam in a row that Mertens has reached the round of 32 at a Grand Slam – her streak that started way back at the 2018 Australian Open, where she reached the semi-finals.
Mertens, ranked No 31, will next play former Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber, the No 15 seed.
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass)
- Heather Watson beat Qiang Wang: 7-5, 6-4
- Qinwen Zheng beat Greet Minnen: 6-4, 6-1
- Petra Kvitova (25) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Catherine Harrison (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Alize Cornet beat Claire Liu: 6-3, 6-3
- Paula Badosa (4) beat Irina Bara: 6-3, 6-2
- Kaja Juvan beat Dalma Galfi: 7-5, 6-3
- Ons Jabeur (3) beat Katarzyna Kawa (Q): 6-4, 6-0
- Maria Sakkari (5) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-4, 6-3
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-4
- Alison Riske (28) beat Maja Chwalinska (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
- Diane Parry beat Mai Hontama (Q): 6-3, 6-2
- Angelique Kerber beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 6-3
- Caroline Garcia beat Emma Raducanu (10): 6-3, 6-3
- Marie Bouzkova beat Ann Li: 6-0, 6-3
- Jelena Ostapenko (12) beat Yanina Wickmayer (Q): 6-2, 6-2
- Tatjana Maria beat Sorana Cirstea (26): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
- Jule Niemeier beat Anett Kontaveit (2): 6-4, 6-0
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Anhelina Kalinina (29): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Shuai Zhang (33) beat Marta Kostyuk: 7-6 (6), 6-2
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