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Claire Liu, No. 146, Reaches Wimbledon Third Round

7/3/2026

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Claire Liu, No. 146, reached Wimbledon’s third round in 2026 after qualifying with three wins, including a 6-2, 6-1 win over Despina Papamichail.
She then won two main-draw matches, becoming the first active tennis Substack writer to reach this stage.
Liu will face seventh-seed Coco Gauff on No. 1 Court in the next round.
She was the 2017 Wimbledon girls champion, the first American to do so since Chanda Rubin in 1992.

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Story summary

Claire Liu, No. 146, reached Wimbledon’s third round in 2026 after qualifying with three wins, including a 6-2, 6-1 win over Despina Papamichail.
She then won two main-draw matches, becoming the first active tennis Substack writer to reach this stage.
Liu will face seventh-seed Coco Gauff on No. 1 Court in the next round.
She was the 2017 Wimbledon girls champion, the first American to do so since Chanda Rubin in 1992.