Tennis, WTA – Wimbledon 2024: Raducanu takes out Mertens

Wildcard Emma Raducanu defeated Belgian Elise Mertens 6-1, 6-2 to reach the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Londres on Wednesday evening.

Raducanu, ranked No 135, will play the winner of the match between Dutchwoman Arantxa Rus and Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 9 seed, next.

In the previous round of The Championships, Emma Raducanu won against Mexican lucky loser Renata Zarazua (7-6, 6-3).

Mertens, ranked No 33, edged out Japanese Nao Hibino (2-6, 6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of The Championships.

Londres (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):

• Iga Swiatek vs. Petra Martic
• Katie Boulter vs. Harriet Dart
• Yafan Wang vs. Madison Keys
• Marta Kostyuk vs. Daria Saville
• Xinyu Wang vs. Jessica Pegula
• Jule Niemeier vs. Elina Svitolina
• Ons Jabeur vs. Robin Montgomery
• Elina Avanesyan vs. Liudmila Samsonova
• Anna Kalinskaya vs. Marie Bouzkova
• Caroline Wozniacki vs. Leylah Fernandez
• Elena Rybakina vs. Laura Siegemund
• Cristina Bucsa vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
• Barbora Krejcikova vs. Katie Volynets
• Camila Osorio vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
• Danielle Collins vs. Dalma Galfi
• Daria Snigur vs. Jelena Ostapenko
• Caroline Garcia vs. Bernarda Pera
• Yulia Putintseva vs. Katerina Siniakova
• Jasmine Paolini vs. Greet Minnen
• Daria Kasatkina vs. Yuriko Lily Miyazaki
• Donna Vekic vs. Erika Andreeva
• Dayana Yastremska vs. Varvara Gracheva
• Paula Badosa vs. Brenda Fruhvirtova
• Lin Zhu vs. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova: wednesday
• Lulu Sun vs. Yulia Starodubtseva
• Naomi Osaka vs. Emma Navarro: wednesday
• Arantxa Rus vs. Maria Sakkari: wednesday
• Sloane Stephens vs. Diana Shnaider: wednesday
• Bianca Andreescu beat Linda Noskova (26): 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Coco Gauff (2) beat Anca Todoni (Q): 6-2, 6-1
• Sonay Kartal (Q) beat Clara Burel: 6-3, 5-7, 6-3