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July 5 (UPI) -- Iga Swiatek and Novak Djokovic each won their second-round matches in straight sets, while No. 8 Maria Sakkari was upset on Day 3 of Wimbledon 2023 on Wednesday in London. Swiatek needed just 70 minutes in her 6-2, 6-0 victory over No. 84 Sara Sorribes Tormo of of Spain. The Polish star totaled 27 winners and converted 4 of 6 break points.
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The No. 1 player in the WTA Tour rankings will face No. 29 Petra Martic of Croatia or No. 96 of France in the third round.
"I was able to kind of do everything tactically as I wanted to, as my coach wanted me to do, in the first and second round," Swiatek told reporters. "I feel confident. I'm going to try to kind of keep it going."
No. 10 Daria Kasatkina of Russia, No. 11 Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic, No. 13 Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil, No. 17 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia, No. 21 Donna Vekic of Croatia, No. 22 Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia and No. 23 Anastasia Potapova of Russia were among the other top women's players to advance on Day 3.
No. 36 Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine upset No. 8 Maria Sakkari of Greece 0-6, 7-5, 6-2. Sakkari converted 5 of 12 break points and fired 19 winners, but totaled 48 unforced errors.
Kostyuk logged 16 winners and converted 5 of 16 break points. She totaled 32 unforced errors.
No. 225 Natalija Stevanovic of Serbia also needed just 65 minutes to upset No. 19 Karolina Pliskova of Czech Republic in straight sets.
On the men's side, Djokovic edged No. 70 Jordan Thompson of Australia in a 2-hour, 28-minute match. The No. 2 seeded Serbian totaled eight aces 40 winners and 13 unforced errors. He converted 2 of 5 break points.
Thompson totaled 21 aces and 43 winners, but committed 20 unforced errors and did not earn a break point opportunity.
Djokovic will face No. 32 Tomas Martin Etcheverry of Argentina or No. 88 Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland in the third round.
No. 3 Daniil Medvedev of Russia, No. 6 Holger Rune of Denmark, No. 14 Borna Coric of Croatia, No. 19 Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina and No. 23 Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain were among the other top men to advance in the singles circuit.
No. 9 Taylor Fritz, No. 10 Frances Tiafoe and No. 15 Tommy Paul were the top American men to win on Day 3.
Wimbledon schedule
All times EDT
Thursday
Second round from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. on ESPN
Friday
Third round from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. on ESPN
Saturday
Third round from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on ESPN and 1 to 4 p.m. on ABC
Sunday
Fourth round from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on ESPN and 1 to 4 p.m. on ABC
Monday
Fourth round from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. on ESPN2 and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on ESPN
Tuesday
Quarterfinals from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN2
July 12
Quarterfinals from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on ESPN and ESPN2
July 13
Women's semifinals from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on ESPN
July 14
Men's semifinals from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on ESPN
July 15
Women's final at 9 a.m. on ESPN
July 16
Men's final at 9 a.m. on ESPN
