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Second seed Kontaveit knocked out of Wimbledon

June 29, 2022 08:27 PM


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Second seed Anett Kontaveit was knocked out of Wimbledon on Tuesday, losing 6-4, 6-0 to Germany's Julie Niemeier.

Estonia's Kontaveit has made the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam just once in 29 attempts.

World number 97 Niemeier is into the third round of a major for the first time, where she will tackle Ukraine's Anhelina Kalinina or Lesia Tsurenko, another player from the war-torn nation.

Wimbledon results

Wimbledon results on Wednesday on the third day of the 2022 championships at the All England Club (x denotes seeded player):

Men  2nd rd

Oscar Otte (GER x32) bt Christian Harrison (USA) 3-1 - retired

David Goffin (BEL) bt Sebastian Baez (ARG x31) 6-1, 6-2, 6-4

Frances Tiafoe (USA x23) bt Maximilian Marterer (GER) 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (7/3)

Steve Johnson (USA) bt Ryan Peniston (GBR) 6-3, 6-2, 6-4

Women 1st rd

Karolina Pliskova (CZE x6) bt Tereza Martincova (CZE) 7-6 (7/1), 7-5

2nd rd

Zhang Shuai (CHN x33) bt Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 7-6 (8/6), 6-2

Jule Niemeier (GER) bt Anett Kontaveit (EST x2) 6-4, 6-0

 

 



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