Andreeva, 18, into last 16; No. 11 Rybakina falls

No. 7 Mirra Andreeva reached her 3rd consecutive Round of 16 astatine a large with a straight-sets triumph Saturday astatine Wimbledon, portion erstwhile champion Elena Rybakina, the No. 11 seed, was ousted by No. 23 Clara Tauson 7-6 (6), 6-3 successful a rain-interrupted third-round match.

Andreeva, 18, eased past unseeded American Hailey Baptiste 6-1, 6-3 to go the youngest pistillate to scope the past 16 successful the archetypal 3 majors of the play since Nicole Vaidisova did truthful successful 2006 astatine 17 years old.

Amid a archetypal week marked by upsets, Andreeva, the highest effect near successful the bottommost fractional of the women's draw, has yet to driblet a acceptable successful equaling her champion tally astatine the All England Club.

Baptiste, who made the 3rd circular successful back-to-back majors aft ne'er advancing past the 2nd circular earlier that, was bidding to go the 2nd unseeded American pistillate successful the past decennary to scope the Round of 16 astatine Wimbledon.

"Honestly, I was truthful focused today," Andreeva, who is coached by 1994 Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez, said. "I watched her archetypal circular and I knew it would beryllium pugnacious due to the fact that she creates a batch of antithetic worldly connected the tribunal and has a rocket of a forehand.

"With each lucifer I play I consciousness my level is rising."

Andreeva, who is from Russia, awaits the victor of Saturday's lucifer betwixt defending Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova (No. 17) and Emma Navarro, the highest-seeded American pistillate near successful the gully astatine No. 10.

Rybakina, the 2022 champion, was making her 5th Wimbledon appearance, having reached the 2nd week successful each of the erstwhile four.

She had ne'er been defeated successful consecutive sets astatine Wimbledon earlier Saturday.

Tauson, meanwhile, precocious to the Round of 16 astatine a large for lone the 2nd clip successful her career, joining Caroline Wozniacki (23) arsenic the lone Danish players to scope that signifier aggregate times successful the Open era.

During her on-court interview, Tauson acknowledged she had ne'er won a lucifer connected writer anterior to this year's grass-court season. She was antecedently winless successful 3 main gully appearances astatine the All England Club.

Tauson would play either No. 8 Iga Swiatek oregon unseeded American Danielle Collins for a spot successful the quarterfinals. No Danish pistillate has ever reached the quarters astatine Wimbledon, with Holger Rune successful 2023 the lone antheral to bash so.

Another fourth-round matchup was acceptable up erstwhile No. 19 Liudmila Samsonova and Jessica Bouzas Maneiro advanced.

Bouzas Maneiro, who defeated 2023 champion Marketa Vondrousova successful past year's archetypal round, was a 6-1, 2-6, 6-3 victor implicit Dayana Yastremska, who eliminated No. 2 Coco Gauff successful this year's archetypal round.

ESPN Research and Reuters contributed to this report.