Jessica Bouzas Maneiro Defeats Cristina Bucsa to Reach Third Round at Wimbledon

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro has advanced to the third round ever at a Grand Slam

The 21-year-old Spanish tennis player, who pulled off a straight-sets upset of Wimbledon defending champion Marketa Vondrousova in the first round, continued her winning ways at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.

Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro defeated fellow Spaniard Cristina Bucsa 7-6 (1), 6-3 and will next play No 31 seed Barbora Krejcikova.

She has dazzled at Wimbledon.

With her first round win over Vondrousova, she became the first player to topple a defending women’s singles champion in the first round since 1994.

She had never won a tour-level match on grass prior to this week.

In the previous round of The Championships, Bucsa, ranked No 64, edged out Romanian Ana Bogdan (6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5)).

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro Defeats Wimbledon Defending Champion Marketa Vondrousova to Reach Second Round

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro has taken down a champion…

The 21-year-old Spanish professional tennis player, currently ranked No. 83 in the world, defeated Wimbledon defending champion Marketa Vondrousova 6-4, 6-2 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on Tuesday.

Jessica Bouzas ManeiroIn the process, Vondrousova became the first defending women’s champion at Wimbledon to lose in the first round the next year since 1994.

Vondrousova was a surprise title winner at the All England Club 12 months ago, the first unseeded woman to claim the trophy at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament.

Now she enters the books in another — and less desirable — historic way. The only other time

2019 in the sport’s Open era, which dates to 1968, that a woman went from a championship at Wimbledon to an immediate exit a year later was when Steffi Graf was defeated by Lori McNeil 30 years ago.

Vondrousova was seeded No. 6 this time, but the left-hander, who also was the runner-up at the French Open and a silver medalist at the 2020 Tokyo Games three years ago, was never at her best Tuesday. She appeared to still be suffering after-effects from a fall during a tune-up tournament on grass in Berlin last month that hurt her hip.

Bouzas Maneiro, meantime, has reached the second round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career.

In March, Bouzas Maneiro won her maiden WTA 125 title at the Antalya Challenger. The following month, she reached the final of the Zaragoza Open, but lost to Moyuka Uchijima.

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro Defeats Irina-Camelia Begu at Antalya Open to Claim Her First WTA 125 Title

Jessica Bouzas Maneiro is celebrating a special first…

The 21-year-old Spanish tennis player, the No 5 seed, beat Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu, the No 4 seed, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 to lift the Antalya Open trophy at the Megasaray Tennis Academy on Sunday afternoon.

Jessica Bouzas ManeiroIt’s the first WTA 125 title of Bouzas Manneiro’s career.

With the title, she rises from a ranking of No 127 to just outside the top 100 at No 104.

Bouzas Maneiro defeated Hungarian Panna Udvardy (2-6, 6-3, 6-3), qualifier Leyre Romero Gormaz (6-1, 7-5), Russian Polina Kudermetova (2-6, 7-5, 6-3) and Swiss Simona Waltert (6-2, 6-3) ahead of her victory in the final.

In the previous rounds of the Antalya tournament, Begu, ranked No 126, defeated Austrian Sinja Kraus (7-6 (10), 6-1), Croat Tara Wurth (7-5, 6-2), Slovenian Polona Hercog (6-4, 6-4) and Japanese Moyuka Uchijima (7-5, 6-2).