Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova rallied to reach the Round of 16 at Wimbledon on Friday with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 win against Japan’s Naomi Osaka.
Pavlyuchenkova raced to 3-0 leads in each of the last two sets and held off the four-time Grand Slam winner in two hours and three minutes.
Osaka struck 15 aces but saved only three of eight break points. It was her fourth consecutive loss in matches that went to three sets.
“I have nothing positive to say about myself,” Osaka said after the match. “I’m just going to be a negative human being today. I’m so sorry. I have nothing positive to say about myself, which is something I’m working on.”
Osaka finished with more winners (33-31) and fewer unforced errors (35-27).
“It’s not like I can really even be mad at myself,” Osaka said. “I was thinking about the break points that I had. She hit some really good serves. Then she hit a backhand. I can’t really do that much about it.”
Pavlyuchenkova, 34, reached her first grass-court semifinal last week at Eastbourne and is attempting to reach the quarterfinals at a major for the 10th time. Standing in her way is home hopeful Sonay Kartal, who came from 4-1 down in the first set to defeat French qualifier Diane Parry.
Germany’s Laura Siegemund knocked out No. 6 seed Madison Keys 6-3, 6-3 in just 94 minutes.
Keys won just one of the 19 points on her second serve and Siegemund converted five of 13 break chances. Keys finished with 31 unforced errors and 16 winners, compared to 11 unforced errors and 19 winners for Siegemund.
Siegemund, 37, made it past the third round for the first time at Wimbledon. Her next opponent will be Argentina’s Solana Sierra, who defeated Spain’s Cristina Bucsa 7-5, 1-6, 6-1. Sierra became the first lucky loser to reach the fourth round in the women’s singles at Wimbledon in the Open era (since 1968).
No. 13 seed Amanda Anisimova overcame eight double faults and held off Hungary’s Dalma Galfi 6-3, 5-7, 6-3. No. 30 Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic eliminated Russia’s Kamilla Rakhimova 7-6 (6), 7-5.
–Field Level Media
