Wimbledon: Davidovich Fokina beats van de Zandschulp, to play Rune in third round

Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, the No 31 seed, moved into the third round of Wimbledon by beating Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.

Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 34, will face Dane Holger Rune, the No 6 seed, next.

Good energy here in London! R3 tomorrow @wimbledon, let’s go 🌱🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/27GdNIfHcR

— Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (@alexdavidovich1) July 7, 2023

Ahead of his victory, the Spaniard won against French wildcard Arthur Fils (7-6 (3), 6-1, 6-2).

Van De Zandschulp, ranked No 44, won against Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (2-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-2) in the previous round of The Championships.

London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):

• Andy Murray vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: friday
• Cameron Norrie vs. Christopher Eubanks: friday
• Jason Kubler vs. Nicolas Jarry: friday
• Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-3
• Alexander Zverev (19) beat Yosuke Watanuki (LL): 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
• Marton Fucsovics beat Marcos Giron: 7-6 (2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Matteo Berrettini beat Alex De Minaur (15): 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Christopher O’Connell beat Jiri Vesely: 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
• Holger Rune beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Grigor Dimitrov (21) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Laslo Djere beat Ben Shelton (32): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Dominic Stricker (Q): 7-6 (11), 6-4, 6-2
• Mikael Ymer beat Taylor Fritz (9): 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Guido Pella beat Harold Mayot (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Jiri Lehecka beat Francisco Cerundolo (18): 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
• David Goffin (WC) beat Tomas Barrios Vera (Q): 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
• Roman Safiullin beat Corentin Moutet: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Tommy Paul (16) beat Milos Raonic: 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 6-4
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Oscar Otte (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Liam Broady (WC) beat Casper Ruud (4): 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
• Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Stan Wawrinka beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Maximilian Marterer beat Michael Mmoh (LL): 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Alexander Bublik (23) beat J.J. Wolf: 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-0
• Hubert Hurkacz (17) beat Jan Choinski (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Lorenzo Musetti (14) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
• Quentin Halys beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (8) beat Diego Schwartzman: 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-5