By India Today Sports Desk: Iga Swiatek and Novak Djokovic secured complete wins of their Round 2 matches of Wimbledon 2023. Swiatek defeated Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-2, 6-0 at Centre Court to begin the grass-court event on a stupendous observe.
Djokovic, however, needed to face a tricky problem from Australia’s Jordan Thompson though he gained the match 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 7-5. Djokovic additionally joined Roger Federer and Serena Williams amongst gamers with 350 wins in majors.
Stefanos Tsitsipas had an almighty scare towards Dominic Thiem after his Round 1 match went right into a tie-break. But in the long run, Tsitsipas held his nerve within the fifth set tie-break to win the match 3-6, 7-6 (7-1), 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (10-8).
16-year-old Mirra Andreeva, who has taken speedy strides over the past six months, defeated China’s Wang Xiyu 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. Spain’s Paula Badosa defeated USA’s Alison Riske-Amritraj 6-3, 6-3 and made her method via to the second spherical of the ladies’s singles.
Daniil Medvedev, who crashed out within the first spherical of the French Open, was dominating after he defeated UK’s Arthur Ferry 7-5, 6-4, 6-3. Italy’s Jannik Sinner had a passable day after he defeated Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman 7-5, 6-1, 6-2.
SAKKARI ELIMINATED
The largest shock within the day got here within the type of Maria Sakkari’s exit. Two months in the past, Sakkari did not advance to the French Open second spherical after shedding to Karolina Muchova. This time round, she misplaced to Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk 6-0, 5-7, 2-6.
Russia’s Daria Kasatkina had a formidable outing towards Jodie Anna Burrage after she gained the match 6-0, 6-2 on Centre Court.
