Taylor Fritz stops Rinderknech, moves into third round
Taylor Fritz edged out Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 on Thursday evening and will play Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, the No 24 seed, in the next round
American Taylor Fritz, the No 13 seed, edged out Frenchman Arthur Rinderknech 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to advance to the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday evening.
Fritz, ranked No 12, will face Chilean Alejandro Tabilo, the No 24 seed, next.
The American beat Australian Christopher O’Connell (6-1, 6-2, 6-4) in the previous round of The Championships.
In the previous round of The Championships, Rinderknech, ranked No 76, won against Japanese Kei Nishikori (5-7, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-2).
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):
- Marcos Giron vs. Alexander Zverev
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Yoshihito Nishioka: thursday
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: thursday
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Lucas Pouille: thursday
- Jack Draper vs. Cameron Norrie: thursday
- Holger Rune (15) beat Thiago Seyboth Wild: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
- Quentin Halys vs. Karen Khachanov: thursday
- Gael Monfils beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Alejandro Tabilo beat Flavio Cobolli: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4), 4-6, 4-6, 6-4
- Novak Djokovic (2) beat Jacob Fearnley (WC): 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
- Roman Safiullin beat Tomas Machac: 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
- Lorenzo Musetti (25) beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 4-6, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4
- Alexei Popyrin beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30): 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Juncheng Shang: 5-7, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov beat Daniel Altmaier: 7-6 (3), 6-3, 1-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4
- Ben Shelton (14) beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (7)
- Alex De Minaur (9) beat Jaume Munar: 6-2, 6-2, 7-5
- Arthur Fils beat Hubert Hurkacz (7): 7-6 (2), 6-4, 2-6, 6-6 (8) ret.
- Francisco Comesana beat Adam Walton: 7-5, 1-6, 6-7 (12), 6-1, 7-6 (8)
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Matteo Berrettini: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (4)
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Zhizhen Zhang (32): 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (8)
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Tallon Griekspoor (27): 4-6, 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Otto Virtanen (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Alexander Bublik (23) beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2
- Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-5
- Ugo Humbert (16) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 7-6 (9), 6-1, 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
- Frances Tiafoe (29) beat Borna Coric: 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-3
- Fabio Fognini beat Casper Ruud (8): 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (1), 6-3