WIMBLEDON, England – Shinobu Asagoe defeated Italian Francesca Schiavone 7-5, 6-2 in the women’s singles at the Wimbledon championships on Friday, advancing to the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time.
Asagoe, who will meet fifth-seeded Lindsay Davenport of the United States in the next round, and Ai Sugiyama, who beat Nathalie Dechy 6-4, 6-4, became the first Japanese pair since 1996 to book places in the last 16 of the women’s singles in any of the majors.
Unable to view this article?
This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software.
Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites.
If this does not resolve the issue or you are unable to add the domains to your allowlist, please see this support page.
We humbly apologize for the inconvenience.
In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.
By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.
SUBSCRIBE NOW
With your current subscription plan you can comment on stories. However, before writing your first comment, please create a display name in the Profile section of your subscriber account page.