Anastasia Paviluchenkova of Russia won 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 against Naomi Osaka of Japan to reach Wimbledon on Friday to reach 16 rounds.
Pavlyuchenkova took a 3–0 lead in each of the last two sets and closed the Grand Slam winner of four hours and three minutes.
Osaka hit 15 aces, but saved only three out of eight break points. This was his fourth consecutive disadvantage in matches that went into three sets.
“I have nothing positive to say about myself,” Osaka said after the match. “I am going to be a negative person today. I am very sorry. I have nothing positive to say about myself, which I am working.”
Osaka ended with more winners (33–31) and less unexpected errors (35–27).
“It’s not that I can actually go crazy in myself,” said Osaka. “I was thinking of the brake points that I had. He hit something very well. Then he hit a backhand. I can’t really do much about it.”
The 34-year-old Pavalichenkova reached its first grass-court semi-finals in Eastbourn last week and is trying to reach the quarter-finals in one major time for the 10th time. Standing on her way, the house is expected to have Son Kartal, who came down 4–1 in the first set to defeat the French qualifier Daini Parry.
Germany’s Laura Seigamund knocked on number 6 seed Madison Keys 6-3, 6-3 in just 94 minutes.
Keys won one of 19 points on his second service and Seigamund changed five out of 13 brake opportunities. The keys ended with 31 unexpected errors and 16 winners, compared to 11 unpredictable errors and 19 winners for seizomand.
37 -year -old Seigamund made Wimbledon for the first time in the last round of the third round. His next rival will be Solana Sierra of Argentina, who defeated Christina Baksa of Spain 7-5, 1-6, 6-1. The first lucky loser to reach the fourth round in the women’s singles in Wimbledon in Sierra Open Era (since 1968).
Number 13 Seed Amanda Anisimova overcame eight double defects and kept Hungary’s Pantma Galfi away from 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. No. 30 Linda Noskova of Czech Republic finished 7-6 (6), 7-5 to Kamila Rakhimova of Russia.
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