London July 3 (IANS) Germany s Angelique Kerber world No 10 advanced to the second round of Wimbledon on Tuesday after a difficult match against Vera Zvonareva of Russia 7-5 6-3.
In one hour and 23 minutes the 2016 runner-up struck six aces and 20 winners against Zvonareva herself the 2010 runner-up but currently ranked world No 142 reported Efe.
Kerber s next opponent on her road to a third Grand Slam title will be 18-year-old Claire Liu of the US who was Wimbledon s junior champion in 2017.
On Tuesday world No 237 Liu earned an upset victory over world No 137 Ana Konjuh of Croatia 6-2 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 to move up to the second round.
Elsewhere at Wimbledon world No 17 Ashleigh Barty of Australia also started strong with a win over Switzerland s Stefanie Vogele 7-5 6-3 and will next face Eugenie Bouchard of Canada.

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