Wimbledon: Goffin sets up third-round meeting with Rublev
David Goffin defeated Tomas Barrios Vera 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 on Thursday afternoon and will face No 7 seed Andrey Rublev in the next round
Belgian wildcard David Goffin reached the third round of Wimbledon by winning against Chilean qualifier Tomas Barrios Vera 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.
Goffin, ranked No 123, will play No 7 seed Andrey Rublev next.
The Belgian defeated Hungarian lucky loser Fabian Marozsan (6-2, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0) in the previous round of The Championships.
During the first round of The Championships, Barrios Vera, ranked No 133, edged out Argentinian Sebastian Baez (7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2)).
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):
- Cameron Norrie vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexandre Muller
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Jiri Vesely
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Holger Rune
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Alex De Minaur
- Alexander Zverev vs. Yosuke Watanuki
- Jason Kubler vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Andy Murray vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Adrian Mannarino
- Marcos Giron vs. Marton Fucsovics: thursday
- Ilya Ivashka vs. Grigor Dimitrov: thursday
- Ben Shelton vs. Laslo Djere: thursday
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Dominic Stricker: thursday
- Mikael Ymer vs. Taylor Fritz: thursday
- 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
- 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 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