Wimbledon: Mertens into second round, Svitolina next
Elise Mertens won against Viktoria Hruncakova 7-6 (2), 6-2 on Monday evening. She’ll play Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina in the next round
Elise Mertens at Wimbledon in 2021
Belgian Elise Mertens, the No 28 seed, won against Slovak qualifier Viktoria Hruncakova 7-6 (2), 6-2 to move into the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday.
Mertens, ranked No 28, will face Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina next. The Ukrainian defeated Venus Williams.
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other first-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 2.000.000, most recent results first):
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Xiyu Wang
- Panna Udvardy vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Anna Bondar vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Anna Blinkova
- Linda Noskova vs. Dalma Galfi
- Karolina Muchova vs. Jule Niemeier
- Sonay Kartal vs. Madison Keys
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Greet Minnen vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Ons Jabeur vs. Magdalena Frech
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Rebecca Marino
- Heather Watson vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Alison Riske-Amritraj vs. Paula Badosa
- Shelby Rogers vs. Elena Rybakina
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Camila Giorgi
- Maria Sakkari vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Tatjana Maria
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Petra Kvitova
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Carol Zhao vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Natalija Stevanovic
- Nao Hibino vs. Alize Cornet
- Emma Navarro vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Madison Brengle vs. Sara Errani
- Kaja Juvan vs. Margarita Betova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Celine Naef
- Katie Boulter vs. Daria Saville
- Bernarda Pera vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
- Shuai Zhang vs. Donna Vekic
- Camila Osorio vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Anett Kontaveit vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
- Sloane Stephens vs. Rebecca Peterson
- Danielle Collins vs. Julia Grabher
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Simona Waltert: monday
- Sofia Kenin vs. Coco Gauff: monday
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Katerina Siniakova: monday
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Mayar Sherif: monday
- Elina Svitolina beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-4, 6-3
- Belinda Bencic (14) beat Katie Swan (WC): 7-5, 6-2
- Daria Kasatkina (11) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-1, 6-4
- Xinyu Wang beat Storm Hunter (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Jodie Burrage (WC) beat Catherine McNally: 6-1, 6-3
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Peyton Stearns: 6-2, 7-5
- Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Martina Trevisan: 6-3, 6-1
- Magda Linette (23) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-3, 6-2
- Leylah Fernandez beat Kateryna Baindl: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- Caroline Garcia (5) beat Katie Volynets: 6-4, 6-3
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Claire Liu: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Lin Zhu: 6-1, 6-3
- Veronika Kudermetova (12) beat Kaia Kanepi: 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Jessica Pegula (4) beat Lauren Davis: 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-3
- Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Yue Yuan (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
- Ana Bogdan beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4)
- Alycia Parks beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 6-4, 6-3
- Cristina Bucsa beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (9)
- Nadia Podoroska beat Tereza Martincova: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Barbora Strycova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-1, 7-5
- Petra Martic (30) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 7-5, 6-7 (5), 4-1 ret.
- Diane Parry beat Harriet Dart (WC): 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-4
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