Tennis, WTA – Wimbledon 2024: Vekic upends Wang
Croat Donna Vekic edged out Chinese Xiyu Wang 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday evening.
Vekic, ranked No 37, will face the winner of the match between American Emina Bektas and Russian lucky loser Erika Andreeva next.
The Croatian’s best performance to date at Wimbledon is reaching the round of 16 in 2018. She was slated to potentially face Aryna Sabalenka in the second round, but the Belarusian pulled out on Monday due to a shoulder injury.
London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):
- Magda Linette vs. Elina Svitolina
- Ons Jabeur vs. Moyuka Uchijima
- Maria Lourdes Carle vs. Katie Volynets
- Barbora Krejcikova vs. Veronika Kudermetova
- Magdalena Frech vs. Beatriz Haddad Maia
- Camila Osorio vs. Lauren Davis
- Danielle Collins vs. Clara Tauson
- Francesca Jones vs. Petra Martic
- Iga Swiatek vs. Sofia Kenin
- Viktorija Golubic vs. Jule Niemeier
- Caroline Wozniacki vs. Alycia Parks
- Oceane Dodin vs. Daria Snigur
- Robin Montgomery vs. Olivia Gadecki
- Mayar Sherif vs. Dalma Galfi
- Marina Stakusic vs. Katerina Siniakova
- Yulia Putintseva vs. Angelique Kerber
- Jessica Bouzas Maneiro vs. Marketa Vondrousova
- Katie Boulter vs. Tatjana Maria
- Rebeka Masarova vs. Liudmila Samsonova
- Marie Bouzkova vs. Julia Riera
- Anna Kalinskaya vs. Panna Udvardy
- Lucia Bronzetti vs. Leylah Fernandez
- Elena Rybakina vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse
- Ajla Tomljanovic vs. Jelena Ostapenko
- Bernarda Pera vs. Anastasia Potapova
- Caroline Garcia vs. Anna Blinkova
- Anhelina Kalinina vs. Elina Avanesyan
- Ashlyn Krueger vs. Jessica Pegula
- Xinyu Wang vs. Viktoriya Tomova
- Harriet Dart vs. Zhuoxuan Bai
- Laura Siegemund vs. Kateryna Baindl
- Cristina Bucsa vs. Ana Bogdan
- Bianca Andreescu vs. Jaqueline Cristian
- Caroline Dolehide vs. Coco Gauff
- Qiang Wang vs. Emma Navarro
- Brenda Fruhvirtova vs. Mirra Andreeva
- Paula Badosa vs. Karolina Muchova
- Sorana Cirstea vs. Sonay Kartal
- Sara Errani vs. Linda Noskova
- Tamara Korpatsch vs. Yuriko Lily Miyazaki: monday
- Elsa Jacquemot vs. Sloane Stephens: monday
- Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Yulia Starodubtseva: monday
- Renata Zarazua vs. Emma Raducanu: monday
- Emina Bektas vs. Erika Andreeva: monday
- Lulu Sun (Q) beat Qinwen Zheng (8): 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Clara Burel beat Eva Lys (Q): 6-2, 6-4
- Daria Saville beat Peyton Stearns: 6-4, 6-2
- Naomi Osaka (WC) beat Diane Parry: 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
- Madison Keys (12) beat Martina Trevisan: 6-4, 7-6 (4)
- Diana Shnaider beat Karolina Pliskova: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
- Yafan Wang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova: 6-0, 3-6, 6-4
- Jasmine Paolini (7) beat Sara Sorribes Tormo: 7-5, 6-3
- Arantxa Rus beat Yue Yuan: 6-2, 6-3
- Elise Mertens beat Nao Hibino: 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Daria Kasatkina (14) beat Shuai Zhang: 6-3, 6-0
- Marta Kostyuk (18) beat Rebecca Sramkova: 6-3, 6-2
- Anca Todoni (Q) beat Olga Danilovic (LL): 7-5, 6-1
- Greet Minnen beat Heather Watson (WC): 7-5, 6-4
- Varvara Gracheva beat Lesia Tsurenko: 6-3, 6-1
- Dayana Yastremska (28) beat Nadia Podoroska: 6-1, 7-6 (1)
- Maria Sakkari (9) beat McCartney Kessler (Q): 6-3, 6-1
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (25) beat Taylor Townsend: 7-6 (4), 6-1
- Lin Zhu beat Irina-Camelia Begu: 6-0, 6-4