Thursday, November 28, 2024

Wimbledon Open: Swiatek in third round, Medvedev also wins; Eighth seed Maria…


Inga Sviatek
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Top seed Inga Swiatek of Poland stormed into the third round as third seed Daniil Medvedev made a winning start at Wimbledon for the third day in a row. Eighth seed Maria Sakari of Greece suffered a first round defeat. She was defeated by Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk 0-6, 7-5, 6-2. Swiatek, playing on the center court, defeated Sorribes Tormo 6-2, 6-0.

Tiafoe defeated Wu Yi Bing of China

Medvedev defeated Arthur Ferry of England 7-5, 6-4, 6-3. 21st seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria defeated Japan’s Sho Shimabukuro 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. Tenth seed Frances Tiafoe of America won 7-6, 6-3, 6-4 over Wu Yi of China. Canada’s Milos Raonic defeated Austria’s Denis Novak 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 6-1 to advance to the second round. Meanwhile, eighth seed Yannick Sinner of Italy advanced to the second round after defeating Argentina’s Juan Cerundolo 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in straight sets.

Ostapenko reaches second round

In the women’s section, Russia’s Daria Kastkina easily defeated England’s Jodie Anna Barez 6-0, 6-2 to enter the third round. Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko, who won the French Open in 2017, reached the second round by defeating Belgium’s Minien 6-1, 6-2.

Matches of the first round were not completed

Due to rain, the situation is that most of the matches have not been completed. Many players haven’t even got a chance to step on the court yet. And the players playing on center court and court number one are playing their second round matches.

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