Wimbledon: Rublev beats Purcell in straight sets for solid start to campaign

Andrey Rublev, the No. 7 seed, got off to a confident start to his Wimbledon campaign, reaching the second round by winning against Australian Max Purcell 6-3, 7-5, 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

The Russian will face the winner of the match between Frenchman Luca Van Assche and compatriot Aslan Karatsev next.

London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, most recent results first):

• Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Ryan Peniston vs. Andy Murray
• Maxime Cressy vs. Laslo Djere
• Ben Shelton vs. Taro Daniel
• Jiri Vesely vs. Sebastian Korda
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Hamad Medjedovic
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Cameron Norrie vs. Tomas Machac
• Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Tommy Paul
• Milos Raonic vs. Dennis Novak
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Nuno Borges
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Marcos Giron vs. Hugo Dellien
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Arthur Fery
• George Loffhagen vs. Holger Rune
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Arthur Fils
• Sho Shimabukuro vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Ilya Ivashka vs. Federico Coria
• Dominic Stricker vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Yibing Wu
• Kimmer Coppejans vs. Alex De Minaur
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Alexander Zverev vs. Gijs Brouwer
• Marco Cecchinato vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Jason Kubler vs. Ugo Humbert
• Alexandre Muller vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jeremy Chardy
• Jannik Sinner vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Quentin Halys vs. Daniel Evans
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
• Lloyd Harris vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Harold Mayot
• Borna Coric vs. Guido Pella
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Taylor Fritz
• Alexander Bublik vs. Mackenzie McDonald
• Laurent Lokoli vs. Casper Ruud
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Radu Albot
• Roman Safiullin vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
• Mikael Ymer vs. Alex Molcan
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Daniel Altmaier
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Jan Choinski vs. Dusan Lajovic
• Dominik Koepfer vs. Oscar Otte
• Pedro Cachin vs. Novak Djokovic
• John Isner vs. Jaume Munar
• Michael Mmoh vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime
• J.J. Wolf vs. Enzo Couacaud
• David Goffin vs. Fabian Marozsan
• Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Hubert Hurkacz
• Liam Broady vs. Constant Lestienne
• Corentin Moutet vs. Richard Gasquet
• Maximilian Marterer vs. Borna Gojo
• Jordan Thompson vs. Brandon Nakashima: monday
• Lorenzo Musetti vs. Juan Pablo Varillas: monday
• Sebastian Baez vs. Tomas Barrios Vera: monday
• Luca Van Assche vs. Aslan Karatsev: monday