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Aryna Sabalenka has qualified for the third round of Wimbledon. The world number one won after a difficult start against Marie Bouzkova: 7-6 (4), 6-4. Australian Open winner Madison Keys still has a chance to follow in Serena Williams’ footsteps.
After world number two Coco Gauff was surprisingly eliminated on Tuesday, Sabalenka also had to fear an early exit. The Czech Bouzková forced the Belarusian top tennis player to play a tiebreak in the first set, in which Sabalenka was the boss.
Bouzková did not recover from that blow. Sabalenka quickly broke away from Bouzková after an early break, who mainly struggled with the service of the three-time Grand Slam winner.
Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam tournament in which Sabalenka has not yet reached the final. She stranded in the semi-finals in 2021 and 2023. Last year she was forced to withdraw with an injury. “This year I hope to take the title home with me,” Sabalenka said after her victory over Bouzková.
Sabalenka will face the winner of the match between Briton Emma Raducanu (WTA-40) and former Wimbledon winner Markéta Vondrousová (WTA-73) from the Czech Republic in the third round.
Keys was too strong for Olga Danilovic on the sacred grass of London in two sets: 6-4 and 6-2. The American number eight in the world can become the first woman since Serena Williams to win both the Australian Open and Wimbledon in one season. Williams last did so in 2015.