sport">Pattinama-Kerkhove is number 138 in the world, the British state 226th. Kartal made her grand slam debut.
sport">The 30-year-old Pattinama-Kerkhove finished it after more than an hour and a half with an ace, the only one in the game. The third set lasted only 23 minutes. In it, Pattinama-Kerkhove ran out to 5-0 with a strong and compelling game. She awarded Kartal one more game, but not much later finished it with a love game.
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Added hour before match
sport">The Dutchman was added to the schedule on Tuesday afternoon – an hour before the game – because Danka Kovinic from Montenegro had unsubscribed. Pattinama-Kerkhove lost in the third and final round of the qualifying tournament to American Christina McHale last week. The qualifiers were played at a different park, to save the grass for the main tournament.
sport">Last year, Pattinama-Kerkhove also reached the second round at Wimbledon. She then lost to the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza.
Swiatek further and now opponent Pattinama-Kerkhove
sport">Iga Swiatek has qualified for the second round at Wimbledon with conviction. She beat Croatian Jana Fett on Center Court 6-0 6-3. The game lasted only 74 minutes.
sport">The first seeded Swiatek will be the opponent of Pattinama-Kerkhove in the second round on Thursday.
sport">For Swiatek (21) it was only her first game since Roland Garros, where she won the title at the beginning of this month. She has now won 36 games in a row. The world’s number 1 lost for the last time in mid-February.
Gauff is fighting for victory
sport">Coco Gauff, the number 11 on the seeding list, had a much harder time surviving the first round. The 18-year-old American fought in three sets against Elena-Gabriela Ruse from Romania. In 2 hours and 29 minutes it became 2-6 6-3 7-5.
sport">Gauff trailed 5-4 in the third set, but won three games in a row. After breaking Ruse at 5-5 after a long game, she topped it off with a love game.
sport">Three years ago, Gauff caused a stir by making it to the fourth round at Wimbledon. She is considered an outsider for the title this year.
sport">Fourteenth-seeded Belinda Bencic was eliminated in the opening round. The Swiss Olympic champion lost 6-4 5-7 6-2 to the Chinese Wang Qiang. The game was interrupted in sets on Monday at 1-1.
Van Rijthoven against Opelka at Wimbledon
sport">Tim van Rijthoven will face Reilly Opelka in the second round of Wimbledon on Wednesday. The fifteenth-seeded American beat Spaniard Carlos Taberner in three sets on Tuesday. It became 7-6 (5) 6-4 6-4. The match was interrupted halfway through Monday evening due to darkness.
sport">The 24-year-old Opelka is the number 18 in the world. Van Rijthoven (25) is just outside the top-100: 104th.
sport">Van Rijthoven will make his debut at a grand slam tournament this week. He was too strong for the Argentinian Federico Delbonis in three sets on Monday.
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