Denmark’s No. 23 Seed Clara Tuson was upset at 7-6 (6) in the fourth round at Wimbledon, 6-3 on the former champion on Saturday and Kazakhstan’s No. 11 Seed Elena Raybikina.
Tauson saved all four brake points, which he faced and replaced one of only 10 break possibilities, but it was sufficient to increase it enough to run it in the second week in London.
Tuson, who escaped the two set points in the opening set, lost in the first round of all three of his previous main draw appearances in Grass-Cort Major. Rybakina, comparatively, came to all England clubs of any woman in the field with the best record (21-3).
“I never expected this,” Tusson told reporters. “I never gave very good results on the grass. I came here with a little confidence to make a few rounds. But winning against Elena was definitely a difficult task – and it was.
“But I played some of my best tennis, and it was clearly a great feeling today.”
This was the first top 20 wins on the grass for Tuson, which will withstand Poland’s No. 8 Seed Ega Swetek on Sunday. Svete on Saturday closed women’s action 6–2, with a win of 6–3 over Danielle Colins.
Swetec saved all three brake points and made only 10 unexpected errors – 15 less than coalins. For the fourth time to finish the match in 77 minutes, Svetek broke Colins’ service.
Russia’s No. 7 Seed Mirra Andreeva rolled Haley Baptist to reach 16 rounds in 16 minutes in 6–1, 6-3 to 78 minutes. Andreva rescued eight of the nine brake points and a decisive 28–13 lead among the winners.
“I felt as if I was playing very well,” said Andreeva. “I knew that the match was going to be difficult because I felt that she was playing super free and she was going for her shots. My goal for the match was just focused and was also aggressive. So I am very happy with my level today.”
At the age of 18, Andreva is the youngest player to reach at least the fourth round in each of the first three Grand Slam tournaments of the season after Nicole Vaidisova in 2006.
The next number 10 Seed for Andreeva is Emma Navaro, who rallied for the 17th seeded check Barbora Crazicova, Defending Champion for the win of 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
On Saturday, other winners included both Russia’s number 18 Seed Ekaterina Alexandrova and No. 19 Lidmila Samsanova along with Belinda Benkik of Switzerland and Jessica Buzas Meriro of Spain.
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