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Sabalenka claims her second victory at Wimbledon

ryna Sabalenka

MINSK, 1 July (BelTA) – Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus secured her second-round victory at Wimbledon, BelTA has learned.

During the second-round encounter, the world number one defeated McCartney Kessler of the USA (world No.57) in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6 (11-9). Down 2-5 in the second set, the Belarusian fought back to push the game into a tiebreak and eventually secured the win. Sabalenka recorded seven aces and committed only two double faults. The encounter lasted 1 hour 40 minutes. In the opening round, Sabalenka eased past Serbia’s Teodora Kostovic (No.184), 6-2, 6-3. Her opponent in the round of 32 will be Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia (No.31).

On 30 June, Belarus’ Iryna Shymanovich dropped her first-round match in three sets to Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic (No.62), 2-6, 6-2, 1-6. Shymanovich had booked her spot in the Wimbledon main draw with qualifying wins over Katherine Sebov of Canada, Dominika Salkova of Czechia, and Greet Minnen of Belgium.

The women’s singles final of the 139th edition of the Wimbledon Championships is scheduled for 11 July, while the men’s deciding encounter will be held on 12 July. The total prize money for the tournament is a record-breaking £62.4 million. The winners of the men’s and women’s singles events will take home £3.6 million each. 2025 titles went to Poland’s Iga Swiatek and Italy’s Jannik Sinner.

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