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A lot of rain on Tuesday basically meant throwing the schedule to the wolves.
And Bianca Andreescu still didn’t get on court.
Rebecca Marino is in limbo, and Carol Zhao snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in her Grand Slam debut.
Shocker upsets were Sakkari (who won the first set 6-0) and Karolina Pliskova, who lost to a noisy Serbian clay-courter in straight sets.
(Photo above is from Marino all the day back in 2008, in her junior days).
(Wimbledon is five hours ahead of EDT).
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The Championships, Wimbledon
Location: London, GBR
Surface: Grass
Category: Grand Slam (Joint event with ATP)
Dates: June 3 – July 16, 2023
Prize money: £44,700,000
Draws: S128 – D64
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Final results
Singles, second round
[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def. [PR] Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 62 60
[10] Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) def [WC] Heather Watson (GBR) 62 75
[11] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) def. [WC] Jodie Burrage (GBR) 60 62
Singles, first round
Canadian content
[LL] Tamara Korpatsch (GER) def [Q] Carol Zhao (CAN) 16 64 62
[29] Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) v Rebecca Marino (CAN) 62 24 – suspended
Upsets
Marta Kostyuk (UKR) def [8] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 06 75 62 [Q] Natalija Stevanovic (SRB) def [18] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 62 63
Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) def [27] Bernarda Pera (USA) 67 (3) 63 63
Seeds advancing
[9] Petra Kvitova (CZE) def Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 64 67 (5) 61
[13] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) def Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 36 60 64
[17] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def [Q] Greet Minnen (BEL) 61 62
[20] Donna Vekic (CRO) def Zhang Shuai (CHN) 62 63
[21] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def Emma Navarro (USA) 64 63
[22] Anastasia Potapova (RUS) def [Q] Celine Naef (SUI) 63 63
[25] Madison Keys (USA) def [WC] Sonay Kartal (GBR) 60 63
Other results (in alphabetical order)
[Q] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) def Xiyu Wang (CHN) 64 36 75
Paula Badosa (ESP) def Alison Riske-Amritraj (USA) 63 63
Anna Blinkova (RUS) def [Q] Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 62 46 63
Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL) def [Q] Zhuoxuan Bai (CHN) 76 (0) 61
[WC] Katie Boulter (GBR) def [PR] Daria Saville (AUS) 76 (4) 62
Madison Brengle (USA) def Sara Errani (ITA) 63 61
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) def Tatjana Maria (GER) 61 26 63
Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) def Camila Osorio (COL) 63 64
Danielle Collins (USA) def Julia Grabher (AUT) 64 64
Alizé Cornet (FRA) def [LL] Nao Hibino (JPN) 62 62
[PR] Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) def Lucia Bronzetti (ITA) 63 64
Varvara Gracheva (FRA) def Camila Giorgi (ITA) 62 64
[Q] Kaja Juvan (SLO) def [PR] Margarita Betova (RUS) 60 63
Anett Kontaveit (EST) def. [Q] Lucrezia Stefanini (ITA) 64 64
Sloane Stephens (USA) def. Rebecca Peterson (SWE) 62 63
Suspended
[Q] Viktorija Golubic (SUI) v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 63 – suspended
Aliaksandra Sasnovich v Nuria Parrizas Diaz (ESP) 62 – suspended
… defeat from the jaws of victory…..