Wimbledon 2021: Top seed Ashleigh Barty storms into spherical 3, Elina Svitolina crashes out

Ashleigh Barty had an excessive amount of firepower for Anna Blinkova and received her second-round match in simply an hour and half-hour whereas Elina Svitolina went down in straight units at Wimbledon 2021 on Thursday. Ashleigh Barty by no means seemed in peril towards Anna Blinkova, but it surely was nonetheless not plain crusing for the Australian scrapper (AP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSAshleigh Barty registered a 6-4 6-3 win over Anna Blinkova in spherical 2Barty, whose sole Grand Slam title got here at 2019 French Open, has by no means gone past the final 16 at WimbledonThird seed Elina Svitolina was overwhelmed 6-3 6-4 within the second spherical by Poland’s Magda LinetteWorld primary Ash Barty moved into the third spherical at Wimbledon however not with no battle as she overcame spirited Russian Anna Blinkova and her personal inconsistency in a 6-4 6-3 win on Thursday.

The prime seed by no means seemed in peril towards the 89th-ranked Blinkova, but it surely was nonetheless not plain crusing for the Australian scrapper.Her serve, so usually a reliable weapon, was at occasions wayward, as she hit 9 double faults and was damaged thrice, whereas her 33 unforced errors suggests she has some strategy to go to get absolutely sharp on the grass.Barty, whose sole Grand Slam title got here on the 2019 French Open, has by no means gone past the final 16 at Wimbledon.She finally had an excessive amount of firepower for Blinkova, nevertheless, and wrapped up victory after an hour and half-hour when her opponent swiped a forehand lengthy.SVITOLINA JOINS EXODUS OF WOMEN’S SEEDSUkraine’s Elina Svitolina admitted she was struggling mentally with the calls for of attempting to win her first Grand Slam title as she joined the exodus of prime seeds at Wimbledon on Thursday.The world quantity 5, seeded three, was overwhelmed 6-3 6-4 within the second spherical by Poland’s Magda Linette, which means that six of the highest 10 seeds have already departed within the ladies’s draw.Sofia Kenin (4) and Bianca Andreescu (5) have been knocked out on Wednesday, whereas sixth seed Serena Williams, a seven-time Wimbledon champion, needed to retire from her first spherical match after slipping and injuring her leg on Tuesday.Ninth seed Belinda Bencic and tenth seed Petra Kvitova, a two-time Wimbledon champion, misplaced in spherical one.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.