Tennis: four more Czech women, one man advance to Wimbledon second round

At the grass tennis tournament in Wimbledon on Wednesday, four Czechs survived the first round in the women’s singles. They are Karolína Muchová, Kristýna Plíšková, Kateřina Siniaková and Markéta Vondroušová. Their compatriot Jiří Veselý also advanced to the second round.

For Plíšková, it was her first victory in a Grand Slam tournament after 11 defeats in a row. She beat Australian Astra Sharma in three sets with 3: 6, 6: 4 and 6: 4.

Barbora Krejčíková, Tereza Martincová and Karolína Plíšková had already reached the second round on Tuesday. Only Marie Bouzková and, surprisingly, the two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitová have been eliminated from the Czech side.