Wimbledon: Davidovich Fokina advances to second round, beats wild card Fils
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina beat Arthur Fils 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday and will play the winner of the match between Chinese Zhizhen Zhang and Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp in the next round
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina – (c) Action Plus / Panoramic
Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 31 seed, won against French wild card Arthur Fils 7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-2 to advance to the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 34, will face the winner of the match between Chinese Zhizhen Zhang and Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp next.
London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Yosuke Watanuki
- Marco Cecchinato vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Kimmer Coppejans vs. Alex De Minaur
- Alexander Zverev vs. Gijs Brouwer
- Jason Kubler vs. Ugo Humbert
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roberto Carballes Baena: thursday
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Botic van de Zandschulp: thursday
- Marton Fucsovics beat Tallon Griekspoor (28): 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
- Laslo Djere beat Maxime Cressy: 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8), 7-6 (7)
- Adrian Mannarino beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
- Ben Shelton (32) beat Taro Daniel (LL): 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3
- Ilya Ivashka beat Federico Coria: 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-0
- Marcos Giron beat Hugo Dellien: 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4
- Christopher Eubanks beat Thiago Monteiro: 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3
- Jiri Vesely beat Sebastian Korda (22): 7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Holger Rune (6) beat George Loffhagen (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2
- Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Radu Albot (Q): 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Dominic Thiem: 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (8)
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Tommy Paul (16) beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 7-5, 6-3, 6-1
- Roman Safiullin beat Roberto Bautista Agut (20): 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5
- Harold Mayot (Q) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Alexandre Muller beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Guido Pella beat Borna Coric (13): 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1
- Gregoire Barrere beat Lloyd Harris: 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-3
- Milos Raonic beat Dennis Novak: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Jiri Lehecka beat Sebastian Ofner (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Francisco Cerundolo (18) beat Nuno Borges: 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
- Dominic Stricker (Q) beat Alexei Popyrin: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
- Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-4
- Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Arthur Fery (WC): 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov (21) beat Sho Shimabukuro (Q): 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-7 (5), 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Quentin Halys beat Daniel Evans (27): 6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4
- Cameron Norrie (12) beat Tomas Machac (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Andy Murray beat Ryan Peniston (WC): 6-3, 6-0, 6-1
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Jeremy Chardy: 6-0, 6-2, 7-5
- Jannik Sinner (8) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo: 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
- Daniel Elahi Galan beat Yoshihito Nishioka (24): 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
- Stan Wawrinka beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-5, 7-5, 6-4
- Diego Schwartzman beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
- Alexander Bublik (23) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Aleksandar Vukic beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-5
- Oscar Otte (Q) beat Dominik Koepfer: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (9)
- Mikael Ymer beat Alex Molcan: 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
- Jan Choinski (WC) beat Dusan Lajovic: 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2
- Casper Ruud (4) beat Laurent Lokoli (Q): 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
- Jaume Munar beat John Isner: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- J.J. Wolf beat Enzo Couacaud (Q): 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Liam Broady (WC) beat Constant Lestienne: 6-1, 6-3, 7-5
- David Goffin (WC) beat Fabian Marozsan (LL): 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
- Corentin Moutet beat Richard Gasquet: 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
- Michael Mmoh (LL) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (11): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Novak Djokovic (2) beat Pedro Cachin: 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Hubert Hurkacz (17) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
- Maximilian Marterer beat Borna Gojo: 7-5, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-4
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Max Purcell: 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
- Jordan Thompson beat Brandon Nakashima: 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Lorenzo Musetti (14) beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
- Tomas Barrios Vera (Q) beat Sebastian Baez: 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
- Aslan Karatsev beat Luca Van Assche: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
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