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Jelena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka win their third round matches in Wimbledon in 2 sets each.
The top 10 players
Jelena Rybakina (KAZ/WTA 3) p. Katie Boulter (GBR/WTA 89) 6:1, 6:1Aryna Sabalenka (BLR/WTA 2) p. Anna Blinkowa (RUS/WTA 40) 6:2, 6:3Petra Kvitova (CZE/WTA 9) p. Natalija Stevanovic (SRB/WTA 225) 6:3, 7:5 Ons Jabeur (TUN/WTA 6) s. Bianca Andreescu (CAN/WTA50) 3:6, 6:3, 6:4
The duel between local hero Katie Boulter and defending champion eagerly awaited by the British crowd at Wimbledon Jelena Rybakina went like lightning: The favorite Kazakhs needed just 56 minutes to sweep Boulter 6-1, 6-1 off Center Court. While Rybakina convinced in all statistics, the British Boulter could not get a single break chance. In the 4th round, Rybakina meets Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia (WTA 13).
After she had to make up for a set deficit in the second round match against Varvara Gracheva on Friday, she sailed Aryna Sabalenka a day later, easily to victory: against the Russian Anna Blinkowa, the world number 2 only lost 5 games. Australian Open winner Sabalenka, who is also one of the favorites on the “sacred lawn”, dominated with her first serve and fended off 5 of her opponent’s 7 break chances. With Ekaterina Alexandrowa (WTA 22), another Russian is now waiting for Sabalenka.
With the 4th match point Peter Kvitov decide the game against Natalija Stevanovic and move into the 4th round of Wimbledon. In just under 2 hours, the experienced Czech won against the Serbian 6:3, 7:5 – and this despite her 36 unforced errors (with 40 winners). With the score of 5: 4 in the 2nd set for Stevanovic, the game on Court 2 was briefly interrupted due to rain. Kvitova then turned the ball in her favor.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova now meets Our Jabeur. World number 6 defeated Bianca Andreescu 3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4 after losing the starting set. Last year’s finalist Jabeur could rely on her efficiency: The Tunisian used all of her 3 break chances – Andreescu on the other side only managed 2 service breaks on 8 opportunities.
2023-07-08 20:55:00
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