MINSK, 2 July (BelTA) - Belarusian Victoria Azarenka (No. 40 on the WTA rankings) defeated Alize Cornet of France (51) 6-4, 6-4 in the Wimbledon opener. the Belarusian will take on Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia (49) in the second round, BelTA has learned
Earlier two Belarusian bowed out of the Wimbledon singles. Aliaksandra Sasnovich lost to Romania's Simona Halep (7) and Aryna Sabalenka (11th) could not overcome Slovakia Magdalena Rybarikova (139)
Vera Lapko will take on Chinese Wang Qiang (15) on 2 July.
This season's third Grand Slam will end on 14 July. This year's prize money at Wimbledon totals 38 million pounds.
