Wimbledon 2025 Women’s Day 4

Seeded survivor Mirra Andreeva fought off Lucia Bronzetti in the second round to advance 6-1, 7-6 (4) after a 93-minute battle at Wimbledon on Thursday.

The seventh-seeded teenaged winner is playing in her 10th Grand Slam singles draw at age 18; she is now the second-highest remaining seed at this edition after No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.

 While she had it all her way in the opening set, the second chapter was a totally different story. Andreeva needed to recover from 2-5 down before clinching victory with a winning tiebreaker.

“It was a really tight match. At the start I was playing great, taking the ball early and playing aggressive,” the winner said.

“But in the second set she got better and I got a bit nervous. I’m glad I was able to push the fight until the end.”

The youngster admitted to some pre-match jitters before her opening career date on showcourt No. 1.

“I was nervous to play on this big court for the first time. I could not even warm up on it, which made me a bit upset.”So I’m happy this first time was successful.”

Five-time Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek came through a first-set swoon to rally for a 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 win over 208th-ranked American Caty McNally.

Swiatek, whose weakest Grand Slam surface statistically is grass, let a 4-1 lead slip as she lost the first set. The eighth seed rediscovered her game in time to reverse course for victory after more than two hours of battle.

Swiatek still had to save break points her her last two service games and needed a second match point to escape an upset.

 “I started well, my game was there,” the Pole said. “But I had some errors that should not have happened.

“I needed to be more intense in the second set and prepare the shots better.

I tried to improve and I’m happy it worked.”

No. 10 Emma Navarro, one of only four American seeds remaining at the start of Day 4 play, moved ahead with the loss of just three games against Veronika Kudermetova.

The heir to a billionaire sports team-owning family fortune is working to at least duplicate her 2024 quarter-final showing here.

“I played well when I needed to and made her hit a lot of tough shots,” the American said. “I felt I pushed back against her serve well and was pretty strong from the baseline. So, yeah, I’m happy.”

2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina defeated Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-1 as the Greek player’s run of poor form continues. The one-time world No. 8 now ranked 77th has a tournament best of the third round.  

Rybakina has now won 20 matches here, her most at any tournament, with the 11th seed also surviving the cull of big names this week.

“It’s very unexpected to see so many seeded players lose. But also, the grass is very special. 

“The season is quite short. Not everyone can adapt so quickly. I like this surface a lot. It really suits my game. 

“For now it’s going well. Hopefully I can continue like this.”

Current holder Barbara Krejcikova also advanced, beating Carolina Dolehide 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.  Danielle Collins stopped Veronika Erjavec 6-4, 6-1. 

No. 88 Zeynep Sonmez fell to her knees in joy on the grass after a 7-5, 7-5 defeat of China’s Wang Xinyu made her the first Turkish player to ever reach the third round of a Grand Slam in the Open era.

The 23-year-old had never won a Grand Slam match before this week, losing in Queen’s and Eastbourne qualifying rounds.

Elisabetta Cocciaretto earned an Italian win with her 6-0, 6-4 defeat of Katy Volnets.