‘Lucky loser’ Pattinama-Kerkhove can come in and win directly at Wimbledon | Tennis

Pattinama-Kerkhove is number 138 in the world, the British state 226th. Kartal made her grand slam debut.

The 30-year-old Pattinama-Kerkhove finished it after more than an hour and a half with an ace, the only one in the game. The third set lasted only 23 minutes. In it, Pattinama-Kerkhove ran out to 5-0 with a strong and compelling game. She awarded Kartal one more game, but not much later finished it with a love game.

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Added hour before match

The Dutchman was added to the schedule on Tuesday afternoon – an hour before the game – because Danka Kovinic from Montenegro had unsubscribed. Pattinama-Kerkhove lost in the third and final round of the qualifying tournament to American Christina McHale last week. The qualifiers were played at a different park, to save the grass for the main tournament.

Last year, Pattinama-Kerkhove also reached the second round at Wimbledon. She then lost to the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza.

Swiatek further and now opponent Pattinama-Kerkhove

Iga Swiatek has qualified for the second round at Wimbledon with conviction. She beat Croatian Jana Fett on Center Court 6-0 6-3. The game lasted only 74 minutes.

The first seeded Swiatek will be the opponent of Pattinama-Kerkhove in the second round on Thursday.

For Swiatek (21) it was only her first game since Roland Garros, where she won the title at the beginning of this month. She has now won 36 games in a row. The world’s number 1 lost for the last time in mid-February.

Gauff is fighting for victory

Coco Gauff, the number 11 on the seeding list, had a much harder time surviving the first round. The 18-year-old American fought in three sets against Elena-Gabriela Ruse from Romania. In 2 hours and 29 minutes it became 2-6 6-3 7-5.

Gauff trailed 5-4 in the third set, but won three games in a row. After breaking Ruse at 5-5 after a long game, she topped it off with a love game.

Three years ago, Gauff caused a stir by making it to the fourth round at Wimbledon. She is considered an outsider for the title this year.

Fourteenth-seeded Belinda Bencic was eliminated in the opening round. The Swiss Olympic champion lost 6-4 5-7 6-2 to the Chinese Wang Qiang. The game was interrupted in sets on Monday at 1-1.

Van Rijthoven against Opelka at Wimbledon

Tim van Rijthoven will face Reilly Opelka in the second round of Wimbledon on Wednesday. The fifteenth-seeded American beat Spaniard Carlos Taberner in three sets on Tuesday. It became 7-6 (5) 6-4 6-4. The match was interrupted halfway through Monday evening due to darkness.

The 24-year-old Opelka is the number 18 in the world. Van Rijthoven (25) is just outside the top-100: 104th.

Van Rijthoven will make his debut at a grand slam tournament this week. He was too strong for the Argentinian Federico Delbonis in three sets on Monday.