Wimbledon: Nakashima upsets 18th seed Baez to reach second round
Brandon Nakashima won against Sebastian Baez 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 on Monday and will play the winner of the match between Russian Pavel Kotov and Australian Jordan Thompson in the next round
American Brandon Nakashima advanced to the second round of Wimbledon by defeating Argentinian Sebastian Baez, the No 18 seed, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday.
The American had a difficult time at the majors last year, losing in the first round four times.
Nakashima, ranked No 65, will face the winner of the match between Russian Pavel Kotov and Australian Jordan Thompson next.
London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):
- Vit Kopriva vs. Novak Djokovic
- Jacob Fearnley vs. Alejandro Moro Canas
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Luca Nardi
- Aslan Karatsev vs. Karen Khachanov
- Quentin Halys vs. Christopher Eubanks
- Paul Jubb vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Holger Rune vs. SoonWoo Kwon
- James Duckworth vs. Alex De Minaur
- Jaume Munar vs. Billy Harris
- Lucas Pouille vs. Laslo Djere
- Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
- Roman Safiullin vs. Francisco Cerundolo
- Andy Murray vs. Tomas Machac
- Arthur Fils vs. Dominic Stricker
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Radu Albot
- Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Alexander Zverev
- Henry Searle vs. Marcos Giron
- Cameron Norrie vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
- Jack Draper vs. Elias Ymer
- Daniel Evans vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Rinky Hijikata
- Kei Nishikori vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O’Connell
- Taro Daniel vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Nuno Borges
- Sebastian Korda vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
- Constant Lestienne vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Luciano Darderi vs. Jan Choinski
- Federico Coria vs. Adam Walton
- Andrey Rublev vs. Francisco Comesana
- Sumit Nagal vs. Miomir Kecmanovic
- Jannik Sinner vs. Yannick Hanfmann
- Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Maximilian Marterer
- Mariano Navone vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Otto Virtanen vs. Max Purcell
- Tommy Paul vs. Pedro Martinez
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Ben Shelton
- Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Jakub Mensik vs. Alexander Bublik
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Liam Broady
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Sebastian Ofner
- Zizou Bergs vs. Arthur Cazaux: monday
- Alexander Shevchenko vs. Ugo Humbert: monday
- Lloyd Harris vs. Alex Michelsen: monday
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Mark Lajal: monday
- Daniel Altmaier vs. Arthur Fery: monday
- Alexandre Muller vs. Hugo Gaston: monday
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Charles Broom: monday
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Daniil Medvedev: monday
- Gael Monfils vs. Adrian Mannarino: monday
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Marton Fucsovics: monday
- Zhizhen Zhang (32) beat Maxime Janvier (Q): 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2
- Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Dusan Lajovic: 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Casper Ruud (8) beat Alex Bolt (Q): 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4
- Fabio Fognini beat Luca Van Assche (LL): 6-1, 6-3, 7-5
- Pavel Kotov vs. Jordan Thompson: monday
- Frances Tiafoe (29) beat Matteo Arnaldi: 6-7 (5), 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
- Borna Coric beat Felipe Meligeni Alves (Q): 6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3
- Juncheng Shang beat Cristian Garin (Q): 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
- Denis Shapovalov beat Nicolas Jarry (19): 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
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