Wimbledon: Qualifier Stevanovic advances to third round, faces Kvitova next

Serb qualifier Natalija Stevanovic advanced to the third round of Wimbledon by defeating German lucky loser Tamara Korpatsch 7-5, 7-5 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday.

Stevanovic, ranked No 225 in the world, will face No 9 seed Petra Kvitova next.

In the previous round of The Championships, the Serb won against No 18 seed Karolina Pliskova (6-2, 6-3).

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Qualifier Natalija Stevanovic upsets No.18 seed Karolina Pliskova to claim a first Wimbledon main draw win, 6-2, 6-3 💫#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/9Ajoi60xd9

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Korpatsch, ranked No 122, beat Canadian qualifier Carol Zhao (1-6, 6-4, 6-2) in the first round of The Championships.

London (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16,077,000):

• Anna Blinkova beat Irina-Camelia Begu (29): 7-5, 6-3
• Dalma Galfi beat Jule Niemeier: 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1
• Marta Kostyuk beat Paula Badosa: 6-2, 1-0 ret.
• Petra Kvitova beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich: 6-2, 6-2
• Madison Brengle vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova: friday
• Madison Keys (25) beat Viktorija Golubic (Q): 7-5, 6-3
• Jessica Pegula (4) beat Cristina Bucsa: 6-1, 6-4
• Anastasia Potapova (22) beat Kaja Juvan (Q): 6-3, 7-5
• Elena Rybakina (3) beat Alize Cornet: 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Belinda Bencic (14) beat Danielle Collins: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2)
• Donna Vekic (20) beat Sloane Stephens: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Caroline Garcia (5) beat Leylah Fernandez: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto beat Rebeka Masarova: 6-3, 6-1
• Katie Boulter (WC) beat Viktoriya Tomova: 6-0, 3-6, 6-3
• Marie Bouzkova (32) beat Anett Kontaveit: 6-1, 6-2
• Magda Linette (23) beat Barbora Strycova: 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3
• Sorana Cirstea beat Jelena Ostapenko (17): 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4
• Beatriz Haddad Maia (13) beat Jaqueline Cristian: 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Mirra Andreeva (Q) beat Barbora Krejcikova (10): 6-3, 4-0 ret.
• Marketa Vondrousova beat Veronika Kudermetova (12): 6-3, 6-3
• Victoria Azarenka (19) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-3, 6-0
• Ana Bogdan beat Alycia Parks: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Lesia Tsurenko beat Katerina Siniakova: 6-4, 6-1
• Sofia Kenin (Q) beat Xinyu Wang: 6-4, 6-3
• Elina Svitolina (WC) beat Elise Mertens (28): 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
• Petra Martic (30) beat Diane Parry: 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
• Iga Swiatek (1) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 6-2, 6-0
• Daria Kasatkina (11) beat Jodie Burrage (WC): 6-0, 6-2
• Ons Jabeur vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
• Varvara Gracheva vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Bianca Andreescu vs. Anhelina Kalinina

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