Wimbledon: Sabalenka breezes past Blinkova to make last 16
Aryna Sabalenka defeated Anna Blinkova 6-2, 6-3 on Saturday evening. She’ll play Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 21 seed, in the next round
Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the second seed, reached the last 16 of Wimbledon by winning against Russian Anna Blinkova 6-2, 6-3 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Sabalenka, ranked No 2, will face Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, the No 21 seed, next.
The Belarusian defeated Hungarian Panna Udvardy (6-3, 6-1) and Frenchwoman Varvara Gracheva (2-6, 7-5, 6-2) ahead of her victory.
In the previous rounds of The Championships, Blinkova, ranked No 40, won against Belgian qualifier Yanina Wickmayer (6-2, 4-6, 6-3) and Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 29 seed (7-5, 6-3).
London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):
- Katie Boulter vs. Elena Rybakina
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Ons Jabeur vs. Bianca Andreescu: saturday
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Madison Keys: saturday
- Petra Kvitova (9) beat Natalija Stevanovic (Q): 6-3, 7-5
- Ekaterina Alexandrova beat Dalma Galfi: 6-0, 6-4
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Sorana Cirstea: 6-2, 6-2
- Marie Bouzkova (32) beat Caroline Garcia (5): 7-6, 4-6, 7-5
- Iga Swiatek (1) beat Petra Martic (30): 6-2, 7-5
- Elina Svitolina (WC) beat Sofia Kenin (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2
- Belinda Bencic (14) beat Magda Linette (23): 6-3, 6-1
- Jessica Pegula (4) beat Elisabetta Cocciaretto: 6-4, 6-0
- Marketa Vondrousova beat Donna Vekic (20): 6-1, 7-5
- Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Daria Kasatkina (11): 6-2, 6-4
- Lesia Tsurenko beat Ana Bogdan: 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (18)