Top seed Iga Swiatek reaches the third round of the women's singles with a tenacious straight-set win over Petra Martic on Centre Court at Wimbledon.
Top seed Iga Swiatek reached the third round of the women's singles with a tenacious straight-set win over Petra Martic on Centre Court at Wimbledon.
The 23-year-old is a five-time Grand Slam winner, although she has struggled on grass in the past, and has never advanced beyond the quarter-finals at SW19. Elsewhere in the women's draw, American fifth seed Jessica Pegula became the highest-ranked casualty at this year's singles when she was beaten by world number 42 Wang Xinyu.
Pegula had looked in formidable form on grass, reaching the final of Eastbourne and winning her first-round tie at WimbledonOns Jabeur, runner-up at the past two Wimbledons, beat American Robin Montgomery 6-1 7-5.
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