Wimbledon: Basilashvili moves into third round
Nikoloz Basilashvili edged out Quentin Halys 7-6 (7), 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) on Wednesday. He’ll play the winner of the match between Dutch wildcard Tim van Rijthoven and American Reilly Opelka, the No 15 seed, in the next round
Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili, the No 22 seed, moved into the third round of Wimbledon by edging out Frenchman Quentin Halys 7-6 (7), 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday afternoon.
Basilashvili, ranked No 26, will face the winner of the match between Dutch wildcard Tim van Rijthoven and American Reilly Opelka, the No 15 seed, next.
In the previous round, the Georgian defeated Czech qualifier Lukas Rosol (6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3).
Halys, ranked No 82, edged out Benoit Paire (4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4) in the first round.
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 40.350.000, most recent results first):
- Alex De Minaur vs. Jack Draper
- Ricardas Berankis vs. Rafael Nadal
- Jordan Thompson vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Hugo Gaston
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Richard Gasquet
- Alastair Gray vs. Taylor Harry Fritz
- Marcos Giron vs. Alex Molcan
- Dennis Novak vs. Jason Murray Kubler
- Maxime Cressy vs. Jack Sock
- Filip Krajinovic vs. Nick Kyrgios
- Daniel Elahi Galan Riveros vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Liam Broady vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Jenson Brooksby
- Cristian Garin vs. Hugo Grenier
- Andy Murray vs. John Isner: wednesday
- Tallon Griekspoor vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Tim van Rijthoven vs. Reilly Opelka: wednesday
- Tommy Paul vs. Adrian Mannarino: wednesday
- Jiri Vesely vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: wednesday
- Jannik Sinner vs. Mikael Ymer: wednesday
- Cameron Norrie vs. Jaume Munar: wednesday
- Alexander Bublik beat Dusan Lajovic: 7-6 (7), 6-2, 7-5
- Oscar Otte (32) beat Christian Harrison (Q): 3-1 ret.
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
- Steve Johnson beat Ryan Peniston (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (23) beat Maximilian Marterer (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Ugo Humbert beat Casper Ruud (3): 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic (25) beat Alejandro Tabilo: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3
- David Goffin beat Sebastian Baez (31): 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
