Wimbledon: Qualifier Sun moves into third round with win over Starodubtseva
Lulu Sun beat Yulia Starodubtseva 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday evening and will face Chinese Lin Zhu in the next round
Lulu Sun, Wimbledon, 2024 © Action Plus / Panoramic
New Zealander qualifier Lulu Sun beat Ukrainian qualifier Yulia Starodubtseva 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to advance to the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Sun, ranked No 123, will play Chinese Lin Zhu next.
The New Zealander edged out Chinese Qinwen Zheng, the No 8 seed (4-6, 6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of The Championships.
In the first round of The Championships, Starodubtseva, ranked No 153, won against Belgian Alison Van Uytvanck (6-4, 6-3).
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):
- Iga Swiatek vs. Petra Martic
- Katie Boulter vs. Harriet Dart
- Yafan Wang vs. Madison Keys
- Marta Kostyuk vs. Daria Saville
- Paula Badosa vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Yuriko Lily Miyazaki
- Xinyu Wang vs. Jessica Pegula
- Jule Niemeier vs. Elina Svitolina
- Ons Jabeur vs. Robin Montgomery
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Marie Bouzkova
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Elena Rybakina vs. Laura Siegemund
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Katie Volynets
- Camila Osorio vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Danielle Collins vs. Dalma Galfi
- Daria Snigur vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Caroline Garcia vs. Bernarda Pera
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Greet Minnen: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Dayana Yastremska vs. Varvara Gracheva: wednesday
- Donna Vekic beat Erika Andreeva (LL): 6-2, 6-3
- Lin Zhu beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (25): 6-4, 6-3
- Emma Navarro (19) beat Naomi Osaka (WC): 6-4, 6-1
- Maria Sakkari (9) beat Arantxa Rus: 7-5, 6-3
- Diana Shnaider beat Sloane Stephens: 6-1, 6-1
- Emma Raducanu (WC) beat Elise Mertens: 6-1, 6-2
- Bianca Andreescu beat Linda Noskova (26): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
- Coco Gauff (2) beat Anca Todoni (Q): 6-2, 6-1
- Sonay Kartal (Q) beat Clara Burel: 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
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