American Brooksby nets first Wimbledon win
Jenson Brooksby beat Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday afternoon and will face the winner of the match between Czech lucky loser Zdenek Kolar and Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi in the next round
Tennis – Eastbourne International – Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, Britain – June 20, 2022 Jenson Brooksby of the U.S. in action during his round of 32 match against Britain’s Jack Draper || © AI / Reuters / Panoramic
American Jenson Brooksby, the No 29 seed, won against Kazakh qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 to move into the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Tuesday afternoon.
Brooksby, ranked No 34, will face the winner of the match between Czech lucky loser Zdenek Kolar and Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi next.
London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 40.350.000, most recent results first):
- Daniel Elahi Galan Riveros vs. Dominik Koepfer
- Lorenzo Musetti vs. Taylor Harry Fritz
- Alexander Ritschard vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Filip Krajinovic vs. Jiri Lehecka
- Stefan Kozlov vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Alastair Gray vs. Chun-Hsin Tseng
- Jason Murray Kubler vs. Daniel Evans
- Dennis Novak vs. Facundo Bagnis
- Roberto Carballes-Baena vs. Jordan Thompson
- Attila Balazs vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Liam Broady vs. Lukas Klein
- Feliciano López vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Denis Kudla
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Maxime Cressy
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Nicola Kuhn
- Zizou Bergs vs. Jack Draper
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Rafael Nadal
- Nuno Borges vs. Mackenzie McDonald: tuesday
- Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Marcos Giron: tuesday
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Jack Sock: tuesday
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Hugo Gaston: tuesday
- Elias Ymer vs. Cristian Garin: tuesday
- Ricardas Berankis beat Sam Querrey: 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
- Zdenek Kolar vs. Benjamin Bonzi: tuesday
- Christian Harrison (Q) beat Jay Clarke (WC): 7-6 (3), 6-1, 7-6 (6)
- Alex De Minaur (19) beat Hugo Dellien: 6-1, 6-3, 7-5
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Alex Molcan: tuesday
- Mikael Ymer beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
- Reilly Opelka (15) beat Carlos Taberner: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4
- João Sousa vs. Richard Gasquet: tuesday
- Paul Jubb vs. Nick Kyrgios: tuesday
- David Goffin beat Radu Albot (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (5)
- Hugo Grenier (LL) beat Marc-Andrea Huesler (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (5), 2-6, 6-4
- Steve Johnson beat Grigor Dimitrov (18): 4-6, 5-2 ret.
- Ryan Peniston (WC) beat Henri Laaksonen: 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
- Sebastian Baez (31) beat Taro Daniel: 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
- Oscar Otte (32) beat Peter Gojowczyk: 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
- Alexander Bublik beat Marton Fucsovics: 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
- Andy Murray beat James Duckworth: 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Dusan Lajovic beat Pablo Carreno Busta (16): 3-6, 6-4, 0-0 ret.
- Tallon Griekspoor beat Fabio Fognini: 5-7, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic (25) beat John Millman: 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Jannik Sinner (10) beat Stan Wawrinka (WC): 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Tim van Rijthoven (WC) beat Federico Delbonis: 7-6 (7), 6-1, 6-2
- Jiri Vesely beat Federico Coria: 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Alejandro Tabilo beat Laslo Djere: 7-6 (6), 6-2, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6 (11)
- Carlos Alcaraz (5) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4
- Thanasi Kokkinakis beat Kamil Majchrzak: 7-6 (5), 6-2, 7-5
- John Isner (20) beat Enzo Couacaud (Q): 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Soon Woo Kwon: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Tommy Paul (30) beat Fernando Verdasco: 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (4)
- Frances Tiafoe (23) beat Andrea Vavassori (Q): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Hubert Hurkacz (7): 7-6 (4), 6-4, 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (8)
- Adrian Mannarino beat Max Purcell (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (7), 4-6, 4-6, 6-4
- Jaume Munar beat Thiago Moura Monteiro: 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
- Cameron Norrie (9) beat Pablo Andujar: 6-0, 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Maximilian Marterer (Q) beat Aljaz Bedene: 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 7-5
- Ugo Humbert beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry: 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Casper Ruud (3) beat Albert Ramos Vinolas: 7-6 (1), 7-6 (9), 6-2
- Quentin Halys beat Benoit Paire: 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
- Nikoloz Basilashvili (22) beat Lukas Rosol (Q): 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
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