Wimbledon: Sun makes history for New Zealand

New Zealand qualifier Lulu Sun reached the last 16 of Wimbledon by defeating Chinese Lin Zhu 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6) at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday.

The Kiwi player, ranked No 123, will face wildcard Emma Raducanu next.

Lulu Sun is the second player competing for New Zealand to make the fourth round in a women’s Singles Grand Slam event after Belinda Cordwell (Australian Open 1988 and 1989).

The New Zealander edged out Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 8 seed (4-6, 6-2, 6-4) and won against Ukrainian qualifier Yulia Starodubtseva (4-6, 6-3, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Zhu, ranked No 61, beat Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu (6-0, 6-4) and Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, the No 25 seed (6-4, 6-3).

Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other third-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50,000,000):

• Emma Navarro (19) beat Diana Shnaider: 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Bianca Andreescu: 7-6 (4), 6-1
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Paula Badosa
• Harriet Dart vs. Xinyu Wang
• Ons Jabeur vs. Elina Svitolina
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Elena Rybakina vs. Caroline Wozniacki
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Danielle Collins vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Bernarda Pera vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Iga Swiatek vs. Yulia Putintseva
• Sonay Kartal vs. Coco Gauff
• Emma Raducanu vs. Maria Sakkari
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Donna Vekic
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Madison Keys: friday