Kazakh Elena Rybakina, the No 17 seed, moved into the last 16 of Wimbledon by defeating Chinese Qinwen Zheng 7-6 (4), 7-5 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday.
Rybakina, ranked No 23, will play Croatian Petra Martic, who upset the No 8 seed Jessica Pegula 6-2, 7-6 in another third round encounter.
This was Rybakina’s third consecutive win in straight sets , having defeated American lucky loser Coco Vandeweghe (7-6 (2), 7-5) and Canadian Bianca Andreescu (6-4, 7-6 (5)) earlier in the tournament.
This is the second consecutive year that Rybakina has reached the fourth round at Wimbledon.
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), third-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass)
- Simona Halep (16) beat Magdalena Frech: 6-4, 6-1
- Amanda Anisimova (20) beat Coco Gauff (11): 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1
- Harmony Tan beat Katie Boulter (WC): 6-1, 6-1
- Ajla Tomljanovic beat Barbora Krejcikova (13): 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Caroline Garcia beat Shuai Zhang (33): 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
- Marie Bouzkova beat Alison Riske (28): 6-2, 6-3
- Elise Mertens (24) beat Angelique Kerber (15): 6-4, 7-5
- Tatjana Maria beat Maria Sakkari (5): 6-3, 7-5
- Ons Jabeur (3) beat Diane Parry: 6-2, 6-3
- Heather Watson beat Kaja Juvan: 7-6 (6), 6-2
- Jule Niemeier beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Jelena Ostapenko (12) beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
- Paula Badosa vs. Petra Kvitova