Wimbledon 2025 results: Barbora Krejcikova wins as top seeds advance

Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova continued her title defence with victory in round two as the top seeds bucked the trend of early exits to advance on day four at Wimbledon.

Czech player Krejcikova secured a 6-4 4-6 6-2 win over American Caroline Dolehide, while there were also wins for seventh seed Mirra Andreeva, 10th seed Emma Navarro and 11th seed Elena Rybakina.

It comes after 16 seeded players tumbled out of the women’s singles draw in the opening three days with nine top-10 seeds across the men’s and women’s singles draws out.

It is just the second time in the Open era that only one of the five top-seeded players – Aryna Sabalenka in this case – has made it through to the third round of the women’s singles at a Grand Slam event.

It leaves the women’s draw open for a potential surprise victor to take the Venus Rosewater Dish at the end of the fortnight, with the last seven women’s singles titles going to different players.

Serena Williams was the last player to successfully defend the trophy, winning back-to-back titles in 2015 and 2016.