Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – July 1, 2021 General view of the second round match between Germany’s Alexander Zverev and Tennys Sandgren of the U.S. Pool via REUTERS/Toby Melville
July 1, 2021
LONDON (Reuters) – Highlights of day four of the Wimbledon tennis championships on Thursday (all times GMT):
1150 ZVEREV, BADOSA SAIL INTO THIRD ROUND
German fourth seed Alexander Zverev fired 36 winners and 13 aces to beat American Tennys Sandgren 7-5 6-2 6-3 in their second round match on Court Two.
Spain’s Paula Badosa, seeded 30th, served eight double faults but still beat Yulia Putintseva 6-4 6-1, breaking the Kazakh player five times in the contest.
1125 KREJCIKOVA THROUGH IN STRAIGHT SETS
French Open champion and 14th seed Barbora Krejcikova moved into the third round with a 7-5 6-4 win over Germany’s Andrea Petkovic.
Czech Krejcikova, a former doubles champion at Wimbledon, is playing in the singles main draw for the first time in her career.
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1104 PLAY GETS UNDERWAY
Play on the fourth day of Wimbledon began on time under mostly sunny conditions, with the temperature hovering around 18 degrees Celsius (64.4°F).
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak and Rohith Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Davis)
