Wimbledon: Nakashima beats Thompson to reach third round
Brandon Nakashima beat Jordan Thompson 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon and will face the winner of the match between Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp and Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 16 seed, in the next round
American Brandon Nakashima won against Australian Jordan Thompson 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 to move into the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday afternoon.
Nakashima, ranked No 65, will play the winner of the match between Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp and Frenchman Ugo Humbert, the No 16 seed, next.
This is the second time that Nakashima is through to the third round at Wimbledon; he reached the fourth round here in 2022.
Ahead of his win today, the 22-year-old American defeated Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 18 seed (6-2, 6-3, 6-4).
Thompson, ranked No 40, produced a stunning comeback to beat Russian Pavel Kotov (5-7, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4) in the previous round of The Championships.
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other second-round matches (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):
- Jacob Fearnley vs. Novak Djokovic
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Holger Rune vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Jaume Munar vs. Alex De Minaur
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Arthur Fils
- Marcos Giron vs. Alexander Zverev
- Jack Draper vs. Cameron Norrie
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Luciano Darderi vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Francisco Comesana vs. Adam Walton
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Gael Monfils
- Lloyd Harris vs. Ben Shelton
- Jannik Sinner vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Juncheng Shang
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Alexander Bublik
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Tommy Paul vs. Otto Virtanen
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Aleksandar Vukic
- Alexandre Muller vs. Daniil Medvedev
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Ugo Humbert
- Borna Coric vs. Frances Tiafoe
- Fabio Fognini vs. Casper Ruud
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