The third seed and defending champion Elena Rybakina will probably be up in opposition to Beatriz Haddad Maia within the spherical of 16 match of The Championships Wimbledon 2023 on the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday.
It is the primary match scheduled to be performed on the Centre Court on day eight of this yr’s version.
When and the place to look at?
The spherical of 16 conflict between Elena Rybakina and Beatriz Haddad Maia will probably be telecast stay on the Star Sports community , and stay streaming will probably be out there on Disney+Hotstar. The match is scheduled to start out at 6 PM IST.
Kazakh Rybakina comes into the spherical of 16 after a strong 6-1, 6-1 win over native wildcard Katie Boulter. She began the event with a less-convincing victory over American Shelby Rogers in three units however performed significantly better in her second-round fixture in opposition to Frenchwoman Alize Cornet.
Thirteenth-seeded Brazilian Haddad Maia too had her finest match of the event within the third spherical the place she beat Romanian Sorana Cirstea 6-2, 6-2. She was pushed to a few units in her first two matches in opposition to Yulia Putintseva and Jaqueline Cristian.
Victory for Haddad Maia would make her solely the second Brazilian lady ever after Maria Bueno (1968) to achieve the Wimbledon quarterfinals.
Head-to-head file
Played: 2 | Haddad Maia: 2 | Rybakina: 0
Rybakina and Haddad Maia have confronted one another twice with the Brazilian successful each conferences this yr. Haddad Maia gained 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 within the quarterfinals in Abu Dhabi whereas in Stuttgart, the scoreline was 6-1, 3-1 when Rybakina retired.
However, this will probably be their first-ever assembly on grass.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com