Peters Native Advances to Second Round in Wimbledon

It was Alison Riske's first grand slam win.

Posted Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 8:59 pm ET|Updated Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 9:34 pm ET

Peters Township native Alison Riske upset the No. 31 seed at Wimbledon this week.

Riske defeated Romina Oprandi of Switzerland. She was up 6-7 (5), 7-5, 3-1 when Oprandi retired with an injury.

At 6:30 a.m. Friday, Riske will face Poland's Urszula Radwanska. Riske is ranked 126 in the world and Radwanska is ranked 44.

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