Wimbledon: Pegula books spot in second round
Jessica Pegula defeated Donna Vekic 6-3, 7-6 (2) on Wednesday afternoon and will face Harriet Dart in the next round
American Jessica Pegula, the No 8 seed, advanced to the second round of Wimbledon by beating Croat Donna Vekic 6-3, 7-6 (2) at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday.
Pegula, ranked No 9, will play Harriet Dart next.
London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 40.350.000, most recent results first):
- Greet Minnen beat Garbine Muguruza (9): 6-4, 6-0
- Harriet Dart beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-1, 6-4
- Karolina Pliskova (6) beat Tereza Martincova: 7-6 (1), 7-5
- Petra Martic beat Shelby Rogers (30): 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Katie Boulter (WC) beat Clara Burel: 7-5, 6-3
- Kristina Kucova beat Laura Pigossi: 7-5, 6-0
- Qinwen Zheng beat Sloane Stephens: 7-6 (1), 7-5
- Harmony Tan beat Serena Williams (WC): 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (7)
- Anna-Karolina Schmiedlova beat Rebecca Peterson: 7-5, 0-6, 6-3
- Bianca Andreescu beat Emina Bektas (Q): 6-1, 6-3
- Elena Rybakina (17) beat Coco Vandeweghe (LL): 7-6 (2), 7-5
- Magdalena Frech beat Camila Giorgi (21): 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Sara Sorribes Tormo (32) beat Christina McHale (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Simona Halep (16) beat Karolina Muchova: 6-3, 6-2
- Petra Kvitova (25) beat Jasmine Paolini: 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Irina Bara beat Chloe Paquet: 6-2, 6-4
- Heather Watson beat Tamara Korpatsch: 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-2
- Ana Bogdan beat Dayana Yastremska: 6-2, 6-2
- Kirsten Flipkens beat Jaimee Fourlis (Q): 7-5, 6-2
- Amanda Anisimova (20) beat Yue Yuan: 6-3, 6-4
- Paula Badosa (4) beat Louisa Chirico (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Tatjana Maria beat Astra Sharma (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Jana Fett (Q): 6-0, 6-3
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Jil Teichmann (18): 6-2, 6-3
- Qiang Wang beat Belinda Bencic (14): 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
- Coco Gauff (11) beat Elena-Gabriela Ruse: 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Lauren Davis beat Madison Brengle: 6-2, 7-5
- Barbora Krejcikova (13) beat Maryna Zanevska: 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove (LL) beat Sonay Kartal (WC): 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
- Mihaela Buzarnescu beat Nastasja Schunk (Q): 6-4, 6-2
- Jelena Ostapenko (12) beat Oceane Dodin: 6-4, 6-4
- Yanina Wickmayer (Q) beat Lin Zhu: 6-4, 6-2
- Marta Kostyuk beat Katie Swan (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
- Shuai Zhang (33) beat Misaki Doi: 6-4, 6-0
- Viktoriya Tomova beat Daria Saville (WC): 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
- Viktorija Golubic beat Andrea Petkovic: 6-4, 6-3
- Catherine Harrison (Q) beat Arantxa Rus: 6-1, 6-4
- Alize Cornet beat Yulia Putintseva (27): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Claire Liu beat Nuria Parrizas Diaz: 7-5, 6-3
- Maria Sakkari (5) beat Zoe Hives (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Irina-Camelia Begu beat Ekaterine Gorgodze: 6-4, 6-1
- Angelique Kerber (15) beat Kristina Mladenovic: 6-0, 7-5
- Panna Udvardy beat Tamara Zidansek: 6-4, 7-6 (1)
- Magda Linette beat Fernanda Contreras Gomez (Q): 6-1, 6-4
- Ann Li beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-1, 6-4
- Dalma Galfi beat Maddison Inglis (Q): 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
- Mai Hontama (Q) beat Clara Tauson: 4-1 ret.
- Marie Bouzkova beat Danielle Collins (7): 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
- Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Martina Trevisan (22): 6-2, 6-0
- Sorana Cirstea (26) beat Aleksandra Krunic: 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1)
- Kaja Juvan beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (23): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
- Diane Parry beat Kaia Kanepi (31): 6-4, 6-4
- Emma Raducanu (10) beat Alison Van Uytvanck: 6-4, 6-4
- Anett Kontaveit (2) beat Bernarda Pera: 7-5, 6-1
- Jule Niemeier beat Xiyu Wang: 6-1, 6-4
- Caroline Garcia beat Yuriko Miyazaki (WC): 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Maria Camila Osorio Serrano: 1-6, 6-2, 4-2 ret.
- Katarzyna Kawa (Q) beat Rebecca Marino: 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
- Ons Jabeur (3) beat Mirjam Bjorklund (Q): 6-1, 6-3
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Jodie Anna Burrage (WC): 6-2, 6-3
- Anhelina Kalinina (29) beat Anna Bondar: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Alison Riske (28) beat Ylena In-Albon: 6-2, 6-4
- Maja Chwalinska (Q) beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-0, 7-5
