Serena Williams: American’s Queen’s campaign in doubt after Victoria Mboko injury

Earlier on Wednesday, Amanda Anisimova sailed past Siegemund as she returned to the grass for the first time since her heavy Wimbledon final defeat last year.

The American reached her first Grand Slam final at the All England Club but suffered an excruciating 6-0 6-0 loss against Poland’s Iga Swiatek.

It was the first time a woman had won a Wimbledon final with a double bagel – the name given to a victory without dropping a game – since Dorothea Lambert Chambers in 1911.

But the 24-year-old Anisimova, a finalist at Queen’s last year, showed why she is so effective on grass with a commanding 6-1 6-3 win over world number 44 Siegemund.

“It was an incredible year for me last year,” said Anisimova, who also finished as runner-up to Aryna Sabalenka at the 2025 US Open.

“A lot of highs, a lot of low moments where there were some tough lessons I had to learn, but those are the ones that shaped me as a person and a athlete.

“I’m trying to carry that into this year – everything that I learned.”

The second seed, who received a first-round bye, will face fellow American Iva Jovic in the quarter-finals.

Eighteen-year-old sixth seed Jovic defeated her good friend Alexandra Eala, 21, for the second time in two weeks with a 6-2 6-2 victory on Andy Murray Arena.

“There is no bad blood. We were just talking in the locker room. It’s all good. We’re back to being friends now off the court,” said Jovic, who also beat Eala in the first round of the French Open.

The final singles match of the day, between former Wimbledon semi-finalist Donna Vekic and Czech player Marie Bouzkova, was suspended because of rain with Vekic 6-5 up in the first set.

On Thursday, all three remaining British players play their last-16 matches – Emma Raducanu facing in-form Sorana Cirstea, Katie Boulter taking on Romanian Jaqueline Cristian and Harriet Dart playing lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova – after her initial opponent Belinda Bencic pulled out with a “small” ankle injury.