Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates her victory towards McCartney Kessler of the US of their second spherical girls’s singles match, at Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photograph/Kin Cheung)
LONDON–World primary Aryna Sabalenka battled via a tricky second set towards American McCartney Kessler to achieve the Wimbledon third spherical on Wednesday.
The four-time Grand Slam champion, who has reached 14 successive main quarter-finals, gained 6-1, 7-6 (11/9) on Court docket One to safe a last-32 assembly with former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko.
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“That was a real battle and I’m tremendous glad that I used to be in a position to keep in that second set to get into that tie-break,” mentioned Sabalenka.
“She actually examined me and I’m tremendous glad to move the check.”
Sabalenka has by no means gained Wimbledon, shedding within the semi-finals on every of her previous three visits.
Kessler missed two set factors when serving for the second set at 5-3 forward, earlier than Sabalenka fought again and took a tie-break, through which her 57th-ranked opponent noticed one other two set factors come and go.
