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Alison Van Uytvanck (WTA 47) has a tremendous feat. Thursday night, the Belgian N.3 simply beat in three sets the Spanish Garbine Muguruza, 3rd world and defending champion: 5-7, 6-2 and 6-1. She managed that performance in 1:51 of play. Alison Van Uytvanck had warned. She had to have fun in this game that offered him the opportunity to challenge the defending champion. She undoubtedly fulfilled this objective.
Unlike the Spanish woman who was immediately shaken up. She already had to recover a very compromised situation in the initial set. Led 4-2, Muguruza has recovered. She won the following three service games from Van Uytvanck. Despite a new break conceded at 4-5, the 24-year-old Geneva resident snatched the first set 5-7 after 47 minutes.
The sequel was totally to the advantage of the Grimbergeoise 24 years already very good in the first round against Slovenian Polona Hercog (WTA 64). Serving well, striking long, Van Uytvanck pushed the native of Caracas, Venezuela, regularly at fault. Which had the gift of annoying the winner of the "Championships" twelve months ago. The games paraded but not at all in the direction desired by the hierarchy.
"Ali" made the break three times in the second inning (6-2) and again twice in the third to conclude his first ball of match (6-1)! The last two sets lasted only 64 minutes.
In the third round, Van Uytvanck will face Estonian Anett Kontaveit (WTA 27), 22, winner of the American Jennifer Brady (WTA 74) 6- 2, 7-6 (7/4)
In five participations, this is the first time that Van Uytvanck has reached the third round at Wimbledon his absolute best result in 17 Grand Slam tournaments after his quarter-final at Roland Garros in 2015.
Kirsten Flipkens eliminated by Jelena Ostapenko
Kirsten Flipkens (WTA 45) saw her singles career in her 10th Wimbledon stop in the second round on Thursday early in the evening on London turf. Semi-finalist of the 3rd Grand Slam in 2013, the Kaiser was beaten by Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko (WTA 12 / N.12) in straight sets, 6-1 and 6-3 after 54 minutes of play. [19659004] After a final in Rosmalen, a title in Southsea in the ITF and a first win over the London grbad against the Briton Heather Watson, the 32-year-old Belgian approached her appointment with confidence.
But breakée à trois In the first set, Flipkens was not able to get any break points. She conceded the heat (6-1) in 22 minutes.
In the second round, the winner of Roland-Garros 2017 quickly filled his break conceded entry. Ostapenko, very aggressive, shot to 4-1 and missed a first match point at 5-2 before concluding on the second in the next game.
It was at Wimbledon that 'Flipper' signed the best result of her career in major tournament, reaching the last four of the 'Championships' in 2013. She had to bow to the French Marion Bartoli, future winner.
In the third round, Ostapenko, who was quarter-finalist in 2017, will face Vitalia Diatchenko (WTA 132), from qualifying. The 27-year-old Russian had never spent the first round at Wimbledon before the tournament started. She defeated 19-year-old Sofia Kenin of the United States 76th overall in a 6-4, 6-1, first-round tie in the Grand Slam for the first time in her career.
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