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Women's world number one Arya Sabalenka has advanced to the third round with a hard-fought win. Sixth-ranked Australian Open champion Madison Keys advanced by defeating Serbia's Olga Danilovic 6-4, 6-2.
Sabalenka of Belarus won a hard-fought 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 win over Czech Republic's Mari Bouzkova at the All England Club on Wednesday. After reaching the third round, she expressed her hope that there would be "no more upsets" at Wimbledon. The match was postponed due to continuous torrential rain. After the rain stopped and the sun came out, the second round of matches started.
Several stars were eliminated in the first round, including second-seeded Coco Gough, third-seeded Jessica Pegula and fifth-seeded Zheng Qinwen. Top-seeded Sabalenka faced off against Bouzkova in Wednesday's first match on Center Court. The 48th-ranked Czech opponent dealt a blistering blow against Sabalenka in a match that lasted one hour and 35 minutes.
Sabalenka, who suffered painful defeats in the Australian and French Open finals, said, "To be honest, I'm sad to see so many top players lose in the first round, it's better to focus on yourself and stay away from those results."
Second-ranked Gouff arrived at the All England Club with high hopes after winning the French Open last month. However, the 21-year-old lost to World No. 42 Diana Yastremska of Ukraine 7-6 (7/3), 6-1. The two-time Grand Slam champion has said that she wants to win the title in grass-court tennis for Wimbledon.
Men's third seed Alexander Zvarev also lost to French world number 72 Arthur Rinderknecht in 5 sets. The German player, who reached the finals of the Australian Open this year, was defeated in the opening match for the first time in the Grand Slam since 2019. Novak Djokovic, who is in the race to make
history, is having a dynamic performance. Seven-time Wimbledon champion Djokovic won the match on Center Court late Tuesday. Aiming for a record 25th Grand Slam, he defeated French world number 41 Alexandre Muller 6-1, 6-7 (7/9), 6-2, 6-2.
The experienced Serbian player struggled and managed to win even after losing a set. Against Djokovic, who took the lead three times in the first set on center court, Muller won the second set in a tie-break and leveled the match. Sixth-seeded Djokovic took a commanding lead in the third set. Djokovic has already won 24 Grand Slam singles titles in 2023. He is tied with Margaret Court in Grand Slam wins. Djokovic is waiting for his historic 25th Grand Slam win at the All England Club.
Djokovic, who lost to Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in the last two Wimbledon finals, is also eager to tie the title with Swiss star Roger Federer, the record eight-time champion of the All England Club. Djokovic, 38, has reached every Wimbledon final since 2018. But he has been a victim of Alcaraz and Yannick Sinner.
Women's former world number one Victoria Azarenka of Belarus ended her trip to London with a three-set match against Russian player Anastasia Zakharova.
