Wimbledon: Swiatek advances to last 16, defeating Martic

Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, moved into the last 16 of Wimbledon by beating Croat Petra Martic, the No 30 seed, 6-2, 7-5 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday.

Swiatek, ranked No 1, will face Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 14 seed, next.

The 22-year-old Pole is cruising since the beginning of the tournament. She won against Chinese Lin Zhu (6-1, 6-3) and Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo (6-2, 6-0) ahead of her victory.

Martic, ranked No 29, benefited from the abandonment of Linda Fruhvirtova (7-5, 6-7 (5), 4-1) and defeated Frenchwoman Diane Parry (4-6, 6-3, 6-3) before losing to Martic.

Wimbledon (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
• Ons Jabeur vs. Bianca Andreescu
• Anna Blinkova vs. Aryna Sabalenka
• Dalma Galfi vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
• Anastasia Potapova vs. Mirra Andreeva
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Madison Keys
• Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Sorana Cirstea
• Natalija Stevanovic vs. Petra Kvitova
• Marie Bouzkova vs. Caroline Garcia: friday
• Elina Svitolina (WC) beat Sofia Kenin (Q): 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Belinda Bencic 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)