Wimbledon: Pegula books spot in second 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