Zheng to meet Rybakina in Wimbledon third round

Chinese Qinwen Zheng defeated Belgian Greet Minnen 6-4, 6-1 to reach the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.

Qinwen Zheng, ranked No 52, will play 17th seed Elena Rybakina, who defeated former US Open champion Bianca Andreescu 6-4, 7-6.

In the previous round, the 19-year-old Chinese had defeated another former Grand Slam champion – American Sloane Stephens (7-6 (1), 7-5).

Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass)

• Petra Kvitova (25) beat Ana Bogdan: 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Ajla Tomljanovic beat Catherine Harrison (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Alize Cornet beat Claire Liu: 6-3, 6-3
• Paula Badosa (4) beat Irina Bara: 6-3, 6-2
• Kaja Juvan beat Dalma Galfi: 7-5, 6-3
• Ons Jabeur (3) beat Katarzyna Kawa (Q): 6-4, 6-0
• Maria Sakkari (5) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-4, 6-3
• Irina-Camelia Begu beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-4
• Alison Riske (28) beat Maja Chwalinska (Q): 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
• Diane Parry beat Mai Hontama (Q): 6-3, 6-2
• Angelique Kerber (15) beat Magda Linette: 6-3, 6-3
• Caroline Garcia beat Emma Raducanu (10): 6-3, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova beat Ann Li: 6-0, 6-3
• Jelena Ostapenko (12) beat Yanina Wickmayer (Q): 6-2, 6-2
• Tatjana Maria beat Sorana Cirstea (26): 6-3, 1-6, 7-5
• Jule Niemeier beat Anett Kontaveit (2): 6-4, 6-0
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Anhelina Kalinina (29): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Shuai Zhang (33) beat Marta Kostyuk: 7-6 (6), 6-2

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