Wimbledon: Jarry edges past Kubler to make third round, faces Alcaraz next
Nicolas Jarry edged out Jason Kubler 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday and will play Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, in the next round
Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 25 seed, moved into the third round of Wimbledon by edging out Australian Jason Kubler 7-5, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Friday afternoon.
Jarry, ranked No 28, will face Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, next. The Chilean, who won the Geneva title in May and reached the fourth round of the French Open, has won 11 of his last 14 matches.
In the previous round of The Championships, the Chilean beat Italian Marco Cecchinato (4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-1).
Kubler, ranked No 77, won against Frenchman Ugo Humbert (6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3) during the first 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
- Christopher Eubanks beat Cameron Norrie (12): 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Carlos Alcaraz 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
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (31) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
- 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 (6) 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