In the Wimbledon women’s singles, second seed and current US Open champion Coco Gauff decisively defeated Romanian qualifier Anca Todoni with scores of 6-2, 6-1, advancing to the third round.
Emma Raducanu, a former US Open champion and local wildcard entry, also progressed to the next stage by overcoming Belgium’s Elise Mertens with a 6-1, 6-2 victory.
navarro beats Osaka on her centre court debutÂ
Naomi Osaka’s ambition to enhance her performance on grass courts will be deferred for at least another year as her Wimbledon return was cut short in the second round. She was defeated 6-4, 6-1 by No.19 seed American Emma Navarro in a match that, fortunately, lasted only 58 minutes.
Svitolina battles past Linette to reach second round
Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, seeded 21st, triumphed over Poland’s Magda Linette with scores of 7-5, 6-7 (9), 6-3 to progress to the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Wednesday.
Ranked 21st in the world, Svitolina is set to face Germany’s Jule Niemeier in the next match for a place in the third round.
The match lasted two hours and 40 minutes, and Svitolina took a medical timeout towards the end of the third set.
