No. 7 Mirra Andreeva reached her third consecutive Spherical of 16 at a serious with a straight-sets win Saturday at Wimbledon, whereas former champion Elena Rybakina, the No. 11 seed, was ousted by No. 23 Clara Tauson 7-6 (6), 6-3 in a rain-interrupted third-round match.
Andreeva, 18, eased previous unseeded American Hailey Baptiste 6-1, 6-3 to turn out to be the youngest lady to achieve the final 16 within the first three majors of the season since Nicole Vaidisova did so in 2006 at 17 years outdated.
Amid a primary week marked by upsets, Andreeva, the best seed left within the backside half of the ladies’s draw, has but to drop a set in equaling her finest run on the All England Membership.
Baptiste, who made the third spherical in back-to-back majors after by no means advancing previous the second spherical earlier than that, was bidding to turn out to be the second unseeded American lady within the final decade to achieve the Spherical of 16 at Wimbledon.
“Truthfully, I used to be so centered as we speak,” Andreeva, who’s coached by 1994 Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez, stated. “I watched her first spherical and I knew it might be powerful as a result of she creates loads of completely different stuff on the court docket and has a rocket of a forehand.
“With each match I play I really feel my degree is rising.”
Andreeva, who’s from Russia, awaits the winner of Saturday’s match between defending Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova (No. 17) and Emma Navarro, the highest-seeded American lady left within the draw at No. 10.
Rybakina, the 2022 champion, was making her fifth Wimbledon look, having reached the second week in every of the earlier 4.
She had by no means been defeated in straight units at Wimbledon earlier than Saturday.
Tauson, in the meantime, superior to the Spherical of 16 at a serious for under the second time in her profession, becoming a member of Caroline Wozniacki (23) as the one Danish gamers to achieve that stage a number of instances within the Open period.
Throughout her on-court interview, Tauson acknowledged she had by no means gained a match on grass previous to this yr’s grass-court season. She was beforehand winless in three essential draw appearances on the All England Membership.
Tauson would play both No. 8 Iga Swiatek or unseeded American Danielle Collins for a spot within the quarterfinals. No Danish lady has ever reached the quarters at Wimbledon, with Holger Rune in 2023 the one man to take action.
One other fourth-round matchup was arrange when No. 19 Liudmila Samsonova and Jessica Bouzas Maneiro superior.
Bouzas Maneiro, who defeated 2023 champion Marketa Vondrousova in final yr’s first spherical, was a 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 winner over Dayana Yastremska, who eradicated No. 2 Coco Gauff on this yr’s first spherical.
ESPN Analysis and Reuters contributed to this report.