LONDON - Canada’s Bianca Andreescu and Denis Shapovalov earned hard-fought singles victories Friday to advance at Wimbledon. Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., outlasted 26th-seeded Anhelina Kalinina of Ukraine 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7) in a second-round match that featured several momentum swings. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., will face Roman Safiullin in the fourth round. Andreescu raced out to a 9-3 lead, but Kalinina saved four match points before the Canadian finally prevailed. Andreescu will next face sixth-seeded Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, who dispatched Chinese qualifier Bai Zhuoxuan 6-1, 6-1 in just 45 minutes.

Source: thestar July 07, 2023 21:47 UTC