Wimbledon: Bernarda Pera defeats Caroline Garcia, reaches third round

American Bernarda Pera advanced to the third round of Wimbledon by edging out Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia, the No 23 seed, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the All England Club in London.

Pera, ranked No 97, will play Latvian Jelena Ostapenko, the No 13 seed, next.

Ahead of her victory, the American edged out Russian Anastasia Potapova (6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (6)).

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Garcia, ranked No 24, beat Russian Anna Blinkova (6-4, 7-5) in the previous round of The Championships.

London (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
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Iga Swiatek vs. Petra Martic: thursday
• Elena Rybakina vs. Laura Siegemund: thursday
• Elina Svitolina (21) beat Jule Niemeier: 6-3, 6-4
• Danielle Collins (11) beat Dalma Galfi (Q): 6-3, 6-4
• Jelena Ostapenko beat Daria Snigur (Q): 6-3, 6-0
• Ons Jabeur (10) beat Robin Montgomery (Q): 6-1, 7-5
• 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