Wimbledon: China’s Wang Xinyu records first top-10 win, books spot in third round
Xinyu Wang defeated Jessica Pegula 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-1 on Thursday afternoon and will face the winner of the match between No 32 seed Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart in the next round
Chinese Xinyu Wang reached the third round of Wimbledon by winning against American Jessica Pegula, the No 5 seed, 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-1 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday afternoon.
The 22-year-old from Shenzhen squandered a match point in the second set but recovered to dominate the final set against the American.
Wang, ranked No 42, will play the winner of the match between No 32 seed Katie Boulter and Harriet Dart next.
In the previous round of The Championships, the 22-year-old Chinese defeated Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-0).
Pegula, ranked No 5, won against Ashlyn Krueger (6-2, 6-0) in the previous round of The Championships.
Londres (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):
- Elina Avanesyan vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Elena Rybakina vs. Laura Siegemund
- Iga Swiatek vs. Petra Martic
- Jule Niemeier vs. Elina Svitolina
- Danielle Collins vs. Dalma Galfi
- Caroline Garcia vs. Bernarda Pera
- Daria Snigur vs. Jelena Ostapenko: thursday
- Ons Jabeur vs. Robin Montgomery: thursday
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Marie Bouzkova: thursday
- Katie Boulter vs. Harriet Dart: thursday
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (20) beat Camila Osorio: 3-0 ret.
- Madison Keys (12) beat Yafan Wang: 6-2, 6-2
- Marta Kostyuk (18) beat Daria Saville: 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4
- Daria Kasatkina (14) beat Yuriko Lily Miyazaki (WC): 6-0, 6-0
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro beat Cristina Bucsa: 7-6 (1), 6-3
- Yulia Putintseva beat Katerina Siniakova (27): 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
- Paula Badosa beat Brenda Fruhvirtova: 6-4, 6-2
- Barbora Krejcikova (31) beat Katie Volynets (Q): 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5)
- Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Greet Minnen: 7-6 (5), 6-2
- Dayana Yastremska (28) beat Varvara Gracheva: 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5)
- Lulu Sun (Q) beat Yulia Starodubtseva (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- 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