Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev overcome slow starts to progress into the third round
Raducanu has struggled for fitness since her stunning US Open triumph in 2021 but looked at the top of her game as she pummelled Mertens into submission from the baseline, shouting and fist-pumping almost every point won.
Mertens, ranked 33 in the world, held to love in the next game but could not stop Raducanu bringing up two match points with an ace and then winning the first of them after the Belgian went long. Spain's Carlos Alcaraz beat Australia's Aleksander Vukic during their in the second round at Wimbledon. Photograph: Andrej Isakovic/AFP via Getty Images
“I’m feeling similar... Obviously, I’m getting better and better. Hopefully, if I keep winning, I’m going to find the same level as the final last year,” said Alcaraz, who downed Novak Djokovic in five sets to lift the title.
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