Wimbledon qualifying underway

More from Eastbourne and Antalya as qualifying for Wimbledon entered its second day.

Eastbourne:

Women’s second round 

Seeds to fall included 

Magdalena Rybarikova (10) who retired after dropping the first set to Su-Wei Hsieh 6-1

Carla Suárez Navarro (16), victim of Danielle Collins 6-2 6-4

Julia Goerges (6) losing to Aryna Sabalenka 1-6 6-4 6-4

Kiki Bertens (12) lost to Mihaela Buzarnescu 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3

Dasha Gavrilova (15) gave up a set advantage to lose to 2012 Wimbledon finalist Aga Radwanska 5-7 7-6(4) 6-0

Successful seeds were

Jelena Ostapenko (5) who defeated Kaia Kanepi 6-3 7-5

Elise Mertens (9) who defeated Sveta Kuznetsova 6-1 6-1

Barbora Strycova (14) who defeated Donna Vekic 6-1 6-4

Johanna Konta (13) defeated Aleksandra Krunic 6-1 6-3

Ash Barty (8) defeated Kiki Mladenovic 6-3 6-2

Angie Kerber (4) defeated Dominika Cibulková 6-3 6-3

Anastasija Sevastova (11) defeated wildcard Harriet Dart 6-3 6-4

Daria Kasatkina (7) defeated Alison Van Uytvanck 5-7 6-4 6-1

Petra Kvitová (3) defeated qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko 7-5 6-3

Men’s

The remaining six first round matches were played, with all favoured players successful, including seeds Leonardo Mayer (5), eliminating Gilles Simon 6-4 7-6(4), and Steve Johnson (7), overcoming Daniil Medvedev 6-2 6-4

Antalya:

The remaining first round matches were completed, but more interest was in the two second round battles where seeded players lost after having an opening bye - 

Nikoloz Basilashvili defeated Dusan Lajovic (8) 6-4 2-6 7-5

Jiri Vesely defeated wildcard Fernando Verdasco (3) 6-3 7-5

Remarkably in the Wimbledon qualifying, three former finalists were on court - 

Sabine Lisicki, runner up to Marion Bartoli in 2013, lost her first round qualifying match this year to Russian opponent Anna Kalinskaya 6-4 7-6(3)

Vera Zvonareva, runner up to Serena Williams in 2010, won her first round qualifying match this year over Japanese opponent Eri Hozumi 6-2 6-3

Eugenie Bouchard, runner up to Petra Kvitová in 2014, won her first round qualifying match this year over Chinese opponent Lin Zhu 6-0 6-2