Opelka sets up intriguing clash with wild card van Rijthoven
Reilly Opelka won against Carlos Taberner 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday afternoon and will face Dutch wild card Tim van Rijthoven in the next round
Reilly Opelka of the U.S. during his first round match against Australia’s Alex De Minaur (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
American Reilly Opelka, the No 15 seed, won against Spaniard Carlos Taberner 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Tuesday afternoon.
Opelka, ranked No 18, will face Dutch wildcard Tim van Rijthoven next.
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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
- Zizou Bergs vs. Jack Draper
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Rafael Nadal
- Sam Querrey vs. Ricardas Berankis
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Denis Kudla
- Feliciano López vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Maxime Cressy
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Nicola Kuhn
- Elias Ymer vs. Cristian Garin
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Hugo Gaston
- Nuno Borges vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Marcos Giron
- Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Jack Sock
- Alex De Minaur vs. Hugo Dellien
- Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Jenson Brooksby
- Zdenek Kolar vs. Benjamin Bonzi
- Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Alex Molcan: tuesday
- Jay Clarke vs. Christian Harrison
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Mikael Ymer: tuesday
- João Sousa vs. Richard Gasquet: tuesday
- Paul Jubb vs. Nick Kyrgios: tuesday
- David Goffin vs. Radu Albot: tuesday
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Hugo Grenier: tuesday
- Steve Johnson beat Grigor Dimitrov (18): 4-6, 5-2 ret.
- Ryan Peniston vs. Henri Laaksonen: tuesday
- Taro Daniel vs. Sebastian Baez: tuesday
- 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 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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