Wimbledon: Bublik books spot in third round
Alexander Bublik beat Arthur Cazaux 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon. He’ll play the winner of the match between American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, and Finnish qualifier Otto Virtanen in the next round
Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 23 seed, moved into the third round of Wimbledon by beating Frenchman Arthur Cazaux 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Bublik, ranked No 23, will play the winner of the match between American Tommy Paul, the No 12 seed, and Finnish qualifier Otto Virtanen next.
The Kazakh rallied to beat Jakub Mensik (4-6, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4, 6-2) ahead of his victory.
In the previous round of The Championships, Cazaux, ranked No 98, won against Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs (6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8)).
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
- Jack Draper vs. Cameron Norrie
- Jacob Fearnley vs. Novak Djokovic
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Quentin Halys vs. Karen Khachanov
- Holger Rune vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Jaume Munar vs. Alex De Minaur
- Tomas Machac vs. Roman Safiullin
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Arthur Fils
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Taylor Fritz vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Luciano Darderi vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Francisco Comesana vs. Adam Walton
- Lloyd Harris vs. Ben Shelton
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Juncheng Shang
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Gael Monfils
- Jannik Sinner vs. Matteo Berrettini: wednesday
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Jan-Lennard Struff: wednesday
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Tallon Griekspoor: wednesday
- Tommy Paul vs. Otto Virtanen: wednesday
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: wednesday
- 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