Wimbledon: Impressive Swiatek safely through to second round
Iga Swiatek defeated Lin Zhu 6-1, 6-3 and will play the winner of the match between Italian Martina Trevisan and Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo in the next round
Iga Swiatek at 2023 Wimbledon
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World No. 1 Iga Swiatek is safely through to the second round of Wimbledon, winning against Chinese player Lin Zhu 6-1, 6-3 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Despite a brief rain delay during which the roof was put over Court One, it was a straightforward and hassle-free win for the Pole, who looked very sharp throughout.
Swiatek will play the winner of the match between Italian Martina Trevisan and Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo next.
London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 2.000.000, most recent results first):
- Panna Udvardy vs. Aryna Sabalenka
- Ons Jabeur vs. Magdalena Frech
- Shelby Rogers vs. Elena Rybakina
- Varvara Gracheva vs. Camila Giorgi
- Yanina Wickmayer vs. Anna Blinkova
- Irina-Camelia Begu vs. Rebecca Marino
- Emma Navarro vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova
- Madison Brengle vs. Sara Errani
- Linda Noskova vs. Dalma Galfi
- Karolina Muchova vs. Jule Niemeier
- Heather Watson vs. Barbora Krejcikova
- Mirra Andreeva vs. Xiyu Wang
- Kaja Juvan vs. Margarita Betova
- Anastasia Potapova vs. Celine Naef
- Sonay Kartal vs. Madison Keys
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
- Alison Riske-Amritraj vs. Paula Badosa
- Maria Sakkari vs. Marta Kostyuk
- Nao Hibino vs. Alize Cornet
- Katie Boulter vs. Daria Saville
- Bernarda Pera vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Greet Minnen vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Tatjana Maria
- Jaqueline Cristian vs. Lucia Bronzetti
- Beatriz Haddad Maia vs. Yulia Putintseva
- Jasmine Paolini vs. Petra Kvitova
- Aliaksandra Sasnovich vs. Nuria Parrizas Diaz
- Carol Zhao vs. Tamara Korpatsch
- Karolina Pliskova vs. Natalija Stevanovic
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Anhelina Kalinina
- Anna Bondar vs. Bianca Andreescu
- Ysaline Bonaventure vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
- Anett Kontaveit vs. Lucrezia Stefanini
- Sloane Stephens vs. Rebecca Peterson
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Simona Waltert
- Shuai Zhang vs. Donna Vekic
- Camila Osorio vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto
- Sofia Kenin vs. Coco Gauff
- Danielle Collins vs. Julia Grabher
- Venus Williams vs. Elina Svitolina
- Qinwen Zheng vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Mayar Sherif
- Storm Hunter vs. Xinyu Wang
- Elise Mertens vs. Viktoria Hruncakova
- Daria Kasatkina vs. Caroline Dolehide
- Martina Trevisan vs. Sara Sorribes Tormo
- Marketa Vondrousova vs. Peyton Stearns
- Jodie Burrage vs. Catherine McNally
- Katie Swan vs. Belinda Bencic
- Magda Linette vs. Jil Teichmann
- Kateryna Baindl vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Katie Volynets vs. Caroline Garcia
- Lesia Tsurenko vs. Claire Liu
- 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
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