The world n ° 1 Aryna Sabalenka qualified for the knockout stages of Wimbledon, eliminating the darling of the English public Emma Raducanu. Madison Keys and Elina Svitolina, however, fell.
After five days of Wimbledon, there are only four players in the top 10 left, but the world number 1 managed to get out of the first round trap and see the second week, after her victory over Emma Raducanu. Aryna Sabalenka, who had the whole center short (which was covered) against her and had “the ears that bleed” as she explained by smiling during her post-match interview, won 7-6, 6-4 in 2:00 against the winner of the US Open 2021, who has not played the slightest final since.
The 22 -year -old Briton showed very beautiful things, but she has experienced air holes that the Belarusian took advantage of. It was Raducanu who signed the first break in the match, at 2-2, but the world n ° 1 managed to break up, on a white game (4-4). At 5-4 in his favor, Sabalenka obtained seven set balls on the service of his opponent, but missed them all. Breakée in the process, the finalist of the last Roland-Garros resumed the service of the Briton immediately, forcing her to play a decisive game. A decisive game during which Raducanu led 6-5, but it then lost three points in a row, and therefore the set, which lasted 1h13.
In the second, the 40th world led 4-1, but it fell in love. Sabalenka managed to win five games in a row, and therefore win this match and fly away a little more in the WTA ranking, she who was forfeited for Wimbledon last year.
Keys falls from high
Before this evening match of the evening, other heads of production had still taken the door in this incredible Wimbledon 2025. Starting with the winner of the Australian Open, Madison Keys, who stops in the third round, after being eliminated in the quarterfinals in Roland Garros. The American n ° 8 underwent the law of n ° 104, Laura Siegemund, who had never exceeded the second round on the London lawn. The German won on the score of 6-3, 6-3 in 1h33, nine before after his last confrontation with Keys, also in Wimbledon (the American had won).
With 31 direct faults on the clock (11 for Siegemund), Madison Keys could not hope better in this meeting. The German player broke at 2-2 and 5-3 to win the first set, then in the second, she lost her entrance service, before winning four following games. Siegemund finally won on his fourth match ball, and offered himself a surprise round of the Lucky-Loser Argentine Sierra.
