Kiwi tennis player Lulu Sun wins in second round at Wimbledon

Rising star Lulu Sun’s run at Wimbledon has continued with a win over Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva in the second round of the women’s singles at the All England Club in London.

As she did in her first round match, 23-year-old Sun lost the opening set against Starodubtseva 4-6 before taking the second 6-3.

Sun then finished off the match, that took just over two hours to complete, winning the third set 6-2.

She will play China’s Lin Zhu in the third round. Zhu has had straight set wins in her first two rounds.

Before this week Sun had never won a match at a Grand Slam.

Women’s doubles second seeds New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe and her Canadian partner Gaby Dabrowski defeated Mirra Andreeva and Anastasia Potapova 6-2 7-5 to move on the to second round where they’ll meet either a Brazilian duo or Russian pairing.

The New Zealand men at this grand slam, Michael Venus and Marcus Daniell, did not get to play their opening round doubles matches as scheduled as matches were cancelled and rescheduled due to the rain delays.

Sun and Routliffe will team up in the for New Zealand at the Paris Olympics whereas Tokyo bronze medalists Venus and Daniell missed Olympic selection this year.