Wimbledon: Sasnovich books spot in second round, faces Kvitova challenge next

Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich won against Spaniard Nuria Parrizas Diaz 6-2, 6-1 to reach the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.

Sasnovich, ranked No 69, will face No 9 seed Petra Kvitova next.

London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):

• Viktorija Golubic (Q) beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Irina-Camelia Begu (29) beat Rebecca Marino: 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
• Bianca Andreescu beat Anna Bondar: 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
• Dalma Galfi beat Linda Noskova: 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-2
• Jule Niemeier beat Karolina Muchova (16): 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
• Anhelina Kalinina (26) beat Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Q): 6-4, 6-3
• Petra Kvitova beat Jasmine Paolini: 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1
• Anna Blinkova beat Yanina Wickmayer (Q): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
• Madison Keys (25) beat Sonay Kartal (WC): 6-0, 6-3
• Mirra Andreeva (Q) beat Xiyu Wang: 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
• Madison Brengle beat Sara Errani: 6-3, 6-1
• Paula Badosa beat Alison Riske-Amritraj: 6-3, 6-3
• Alize Cornet beat Nao Hibino (LL): 6-2, 6-2
• Natalija Stevanovic (Q) beat Karolina Pliskova (18): 6-2, 6-3
• Anastasia Potapova (22) beat Celine Naef (Q): 6-3, 6-3
• Viktoriya Tomova beat Bernarda Pera (27): 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3
• Tamara Korpatsch (LL) beat Carol Zhao (Q): 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Barbora Krejcikova (10) beat Heather Watson (WC): 6-2, 7-5
• Kaja Juvan (Q) beat Margarita Betova: 6-0, 6-3
• Katie Boulter (WC) beat Daria Saville: 7-6 (4), 6-2
• Jelena Ostapenko (17) beat Greet Minnen (Q): 6-1, 6-2
• Varvara Gracheva beat Camila Giorgi: 6-2, 6-4
• Zhuoxuan Bai (Q) beat Ysaline Bonaventure: 7-6, 6-1
• Ekaterina Alexandrova (21) beat Emma Navarro: 6-4, 6-3
• Marta Kostyuk beat Maria Sakkari (8): 0-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Sorana Cirstea beat Tatjana Maria: 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
• Jaqueline Cristian beat Lucia Bronzetti: 6-3, 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Yulia Putintseva: 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
• Anett Kontaveit beat Lucrezia Stefanini (Q): 6-4, 6-4
• Donna Vekic (20) beat Shuai Zhang: 6-2, 6-3
• Sloane Stephens beat Rebecca Peterson: 6-2, 6-3
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Camila Osorio: 6-3, 6-4
• Danielle Collins beat Julia Grabher: 6-4, 6-4
• Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Panna Udvardy: 6-3, 6-1
• Ons Jabeur (6) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-3, 6-3
• Elena Rybakina (3) beat Shelby Rogers: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
• Marie Bouzkova (32) beat Simona Waltert (Q): 6-1, 6-4
• Sofia Kenin (Q) beat Coco Gauff (7): 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
• Katerina Siniakova beat Qinwen Zheng (24): 6-3, 7-5
• Rebeka Masarova beat Mayar Sherif (31): 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (6)
• Elise Mertens (28) beat Viktoria Hruncakova (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-2
• Elina Svitolina (WC) beat Venus Williams (WC): 6-4, 6-3
• Belinda Bencic (14) beat Katie Swan (WC): 7-5, 6-2
• Daria Kasatkina (11) beat Caroline Dolehide: 6-1, 6-4
• Xinyu Wang beat Storm Hunter (Q): 6-3, 6-1
• Jodie Burrage (WC) beat Catherine McNally: 6-1, 6-3
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Peyton Stearns: 6-2, 7-5
• Sara Sorribes Tormo beat Martina Trevisan: 6-3, 6-1
• Magda Linette (23) beat Jil Teichmann: 6-3, 6-2
• Leylah Fernandez beat Kateryna Baindl: 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (5) beat Katie Volynets: 6-4, 6-3
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Claire Liu: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Lin Zhu: 6-1, 6-3
• Veronika Kudermetova (12) beat Kaia Kanepi: 7-6 (4), 6-4
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Lauren Davis: 6-2, 6-7 (8), 6-3
• Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Yue Yuan (Q): 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
• Ana Bogdan beat Liudmila Samsonova (15): 7-6 (1), 7-6 (4)
• Alycia Parks beat Anna-Lena Friedsam: 6-4, 6-3
• Cristina Bucsa beat Kamilla Rakhimova: 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (9)
• Nadia Podoroska beat Tereza Martincova: 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Barbora Strycova beat Maryna Zanevska: 6-1, 7-5
• Petra Martic (30) beat Linda Fruhvirtova: 7-5, 6-7 (5), 4-1 ret.
• Diane Parry beat Harriet Dart (WC): 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-4