Wimbledon: Former Slam champion Ostapenko powers past Snigur into third round

Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 13 seed, advanced to the third round of Wimbledon by winning against Ukrainian qualifier Daria Snigur 6-3, 6-0 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Londres on Thursday afternoon.

The Latvian, a former semi-finalist at Wimbledon, is one of 13 woman that entered the women’s singles draw this year at SW19.

Ostapenko, ranked No 14, will play the winner of the match between Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 23 seed, and American Bernarda Pera next.

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Ahead of her victory, the Latvian beat Australian wildcard Ajla Tomljanovic (6-1, 6-2).

Snigur, ranked No 130, won against Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin (6-4, 6-0) in the previous round of The Championships.

Londres (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):

• Elina Avanesyan vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Iga Swiatek vs. Petra Martic
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Elena Rybakina vs. Laura Siegemund
• Caroline Garcia vs. Bernarda Pera
• Jule Niemeier vs. Elina Svitolina
• Danielle Collins vs. Dalma Galfi: thursday
• Ons Jabeur vs. Robin Montgomery: thursday
• Anna Kalinskaya (17) beat Marie Bouzkova: 6-4, 6-1
• Xinyu Wang beat Jessica Pegula (5): 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-1
• Harriet Dart beat Katie Boulter (32): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (8)
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (20) beat Camila Osorio: 3-0 ret.
• Madison Keys (12) beat Yafan Wang: 6-2, 6-2
• Marta Kostyuk (18) beat Daria Saville: 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Daria Kasatkina (14) beat Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (WC): 6-0, 6-0
• Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Cristina Bucsa: 7-6 (1), 6-3
• Yulia Putintseva beat Katerina Siniakova (27): 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
• Paula Badosa beat Brenda Fruhvirtova: 6-4, 6-2
• Barbora Krejcikova (31) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)
• Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Greet Minnen: 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Dayana Yastremska (28) beat Varvara Gracheva: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
• Lulu Sun (Q) beat Yulia Starodubtseva (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Donna Vekic beat Erika Andreeva (LL): 6-2, 6-3
• Lin Zhu beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (25): 6-4, 6-3
• Emma Navarro (19) beat Naomi Osaka (WC): 6-4, 6-1
• Maria Sakkari (9) beat Arantxa Rus: 7-5, 6-3
• Diana Shnaider beat Sloane Stephens: 6-1, 6-1
• Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Elise Mertens: 6-1, 6-2
• Bianca Andreescu beat Linda Noskova (26): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Coco Gauff (2) beat Anca Todoni (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Sonay Kartal (Q) beat Clara Burel: 6-3, 5-7, 6-3