14h16 – Alison Van Uytvanck reaches the round of 16 at Wimbledon

Alison Van Uytvanck qualified for the round of 16 at Wimbledon. Van Uytvanck, 47th in the world, beat Estonian Anett Kontaveit (WTA 27) 6-2, 6-3 in the third round on Saturday. The meeting lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes.Two days after his exploit against the defending champion, the Spanish Garbine Muguruza, Van Uytvanck, 24, returned perfectly against Kontaveit: she twice took the service of his opponent to lead 3-0. She won the first set 6-2. In the second set, she made the break to lead 2-1, but immediately suffered the counter-break of Kontaveit. A new break gave him the 4-3 advantage. On the service of her opponent, she wasted three match points before concluding the match 6-3. In the round of 16, Van Uytvanck will play against Russia's Daria Kasatkina (WTA 14 / N.14), victorious from Australia's Ashleigh Barty (WTA 17) 7-5, 6-3. Kasatkina, 21, won the only clash with Van Uytvanck so far in Eastbourne at the end of June (5-7, 6-4, 6-1). Kasatkina is coached by the Belgian Philippe Dehaes. This is the first time our compatriot competed in the third round at Wimbledon. In 2014, when she first appeared on London grbad she had reached the second round. The next three years she had not pbaded the first round. Later, Elise Mertens (WTA 15) will play her 8th final against Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova (WTA 33) (Belga)

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