Naomi Osaka beat Anastasia Gasanova 6-3, 6-2 to reach the Wimbledon third round, Aryna Sabalenka later defeated McCartney Kessler 6-1, 7-6(9), and Dan Evans ended his career after a doubles loss with Henry Searle.
Naomi Osaka reached the Wimbledon third round on Wednesday with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Anastasia Gasanova, while Aryna Sabalenka later came through a tougher test against McCartney Kessler and Dan Evans ended his career in doubles defeat.
Osaka through in straight sets
Osaka controlled her second-round match from the start and finished it in straight sets. The result sent her into the third round at Wimbledon and added to a strong day-three showing for the former world No. 1.
Sabalenka survives a late push
Sabalenka, the world No. 1, was still in action when the day’s live coverage first tracked the match. She eventually beat Kessler 6-1, 7-6(9), closing out a tense second set after a more routine opening frame.
Evans ends his career
The day also brought an emotional exit for Dan Evans, who lost in doubles alongside Henry Searle to Hugo Nys and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. The defeat was described in live coverage as the end of Evans’s professional career, bringing down the curtain on his Wimbledon run.
The day-three updates on Wimbledon’s live pages followed Osaka’s win first, then Sabalenka’s eventual victory, and finally Evans’s farewell defeat.
Revision note
Updated with confirmed day-three Wimbledon results and Evans’s retirement exit.