Wimbledon: Ailing Hurkacz retires, Fils through to third round at a major for the first time
Arthur Fils benefited from the abandonment of Hubert Hurkacz (7-6 (2), 6-4, 2-6, 6-6 (8)) on Thursday and will face the winner of the match between Tomas Machac and Russian Roman Safiullin in the next round
Frenchman Arthur Fils reached the third round of Wimbledon when Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 7 seed, retired on Thursday at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.
Fils, ranked No 34, led 7-6 (2), 6-4, 2-6, 6-6 (8) when Hurkacz, ranked No 7, pulled out on Thursday after suffering a right knee injury.
The Frenchman becomes the youngest player to defeat a Top-10 player in the men’s singles at #Wimbledon since Nick Kyrgios beat Rafael Nadal in 2014.
The 20-year-old Frenchman will play the winner of the match between Tomas Machac and Russian Roman Safiullin next.
Arthur Fils edged out Swiss Dominic Stricker (6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4) in the previous round of The Championships.
In the first round of The Championships, the Pole edged out qualifier Radu Albot (5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4).
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
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Quentin Halys vs. Karen Khachanov
- Holger Rune vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Lucas Pouille
- Jack Draper vs. Cameron Norrie
- Taylor Fritz vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Gael Monfils
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Alejandro Tabilo: thursday
- Jacob Fearnley vs. Novak Djokovic: thursday
- Tomas Machac vs. Roman Safiullin: thursday
- Luciano Darderi vs. Lorenzo Musetti: thursday
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alexei Popyrin: thursday
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Juncheng Shang: thursday
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Daniel Altmaier: thursday
- Lloyd Harris vs. Ben Shelton: thursday
- Alex De Minaur (9) beat Jaume Munar: 6-2, 6-2, 7-5
- Francisco Comesana vs. Adam Walton: thursday
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Matteo Berrettini: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (4)
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Zhizhen Zhang (32): 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (8)
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Tallon Griekspoor (27): 4-6, 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Otto Virtanen (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Alexander Bublik (23) beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-4
- 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