Wimbledon: Bublik comes from two-sets-to-love down to move into second round
Alexander Bublik produced a stunning comeback to beat Jakub Mensik 4-6, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 on Monday afternoon and will play the winner of the match between Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs and Frenchman Arthur Cazaux in the next round
Kazakhstan’s Alexander Bublik in action during his round of 32 match against Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 23 seed, produced a stunning comeback to beat Jakub Mensik 4-6, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 to move into the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday.
Bublik, ranked No 23, will play the winner of the match between Belgian qualifier Zizou Bergs and Frenchman Arthur Cazaux next.
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London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):
- Andy Murray vs. Tomas Machac
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Quentin Halys vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Lucas Pouille vs. Laslo Djere
- Daniel Evans vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Vit Kopriva vs. Novak Djokovic
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Karen Khachanov
- Roman Safiullin vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Alexander Zverev
- Henry Searle vs. Marcos Giron
- Cameron Norrie vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
- Jack Draper vs. Elias Ymer
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Rinky Hijikata
- Kei Nishikori vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Holger Rune vs. SoonWoo Kwon
- Arthur Fils vs. Dominic Stricker
- Jacob Fearnley vs. Alejandro Moro Canas
- Taro Daniel vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Federico Coria vs. Adam Walton
- Andrey Rublev vs. Francisco Comesana
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Luca Nardi
- Paul Jubb vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- James Duckworth vs. Alex De Minaur
- Jaume Munar vs. Billy Harris
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Radu Albot
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Nuno Borges
- Sebastian Korda vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Constant Lestienne vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Luciano Darderi vs. Jan Choinski
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Ben Shelton
- Sumit Nagal vs. Miomir Kecmanovic: monday
- Otto Virtanen vs. Max Purcell: monday
- Tommy Paul vs. Pedro Martinez: monday
- Jannik Sinner vs. Yannick Hanfmann: monday
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Tallon Griekspoor: monday
- Mariano Navone vs. Lorenzo Sonego: monday
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Maximilian Marterer: monday
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Liam Broady (WC): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sebastian Ofner: monday
- Zizou Bergs vs. Arthur Cazaux: monday
- Ugo Humbert (16) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (3), 6-1
- Lloyd Harris (Q) beat Alex Michelsen: 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (9)
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Mark Lajal (Q): 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-2
- Daniel Altmaier beat Arthur Fery (WC): 4-6, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Alexandre Muller beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)
- Stan Wawrinka beat Charles Broom (WC): 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
- Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
- Gael Monfils beat Adrian Mannarino (22): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
- Brandon Nakashima beat Sebastian Baez (18): 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
- Matteo Berrettini beat Marton Fucsovics: 7-6 (3), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
- Zhizhen Zhang (32) beat Maxime Janvier (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2
- Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Casper Ruud (8) beat Alex Bolt (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4
- Fabio Fognini beat Luca Van Assche (LL): 6-1, 6-3, 7-5
- Jordan Thompson beat Pavel Kotov: 5-7, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (29) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-7 (5), 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
- Borna Coric beat Felipe Meligeni Alves (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3
- Juncheng Shang beat Cristian Garin (Q): 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov beat Nicolas Jarry (19): 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
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