Wimbledon: Casper Ruud comes through tricky opener to move into second round

Casper Ruud, the No. 4 seed, reached the second round of Wimbledon by defeating French qualifier Laurent Lokoli 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

It was a good test of the Norwegian’s level, as he came up against an impressive performance from a French qualifier in fine form.

Ruud, ranked No 4, will play British wildcard Liam Broady next.

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

• Cameron Norrie vs. Tomas Machac
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Arthur Fery
• Dominic Stricker vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Yibing Wu
• Ryan Peniston vs. Andy Murray
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Arthur Fils
• Sho Shimabukuro vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Ilya Ivashka vs. Federico Coria
• Alexander Zverev vs. Gijs Brouwer
• Marco Cecchinato vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jeremy Chardy
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Kimmer Coppejans vs. Alex De Minaur
• Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Marcos Giron vs. Hugo Dellien
• George Loffhagen vs. Holger Rune
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Alexandre Muller vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• 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
• Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Tommy Paul
• Milos Raonic vs. Dennis Novak
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Nuno Borges
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Jason Kubler vs. Ugo Humbert
• Jannik Sinner vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
• Lloyd Harris vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Borna Coric vs. Guido Pella
• Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Radu Albot
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Harold Mayot
• Quentin Halys vs. Daniel Evans
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Stan Wawrinka
• Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Diego Schwartzman
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles: monday
• Roman Safiullin vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: monday
• Alexander Bublik vs. Mackenzie McDonald: monday
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Taylor Fritz: monday
• Aleksandar Vukic vs. Daniel Altmaier: monday
• Dominik Koepfer vs. Oscar Otte: monday
• Mikael Ymer vs. Alex Molcan: monday
• Jan Choinski vs. Dusan Lajovic: monday
• John Isner vs. Jaume Munar: monday
• J.J. Wolf beat Enzo Couacaud (Q): 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Liam Broady beat Constant Lestienne: 6-1, 6-3, 7-5
• David Goffin (WC) beat Fabian Marozsan (LL): 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
• Corentin Moutet beat Richard Gasquet: 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
• Michael Mmoh vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: monday
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Pedro Cachin: 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Hubert Hurkacz (17) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
• Maximilian Marterer beat Borna Gojo: 7-5, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-4
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Max Purcell: 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
• Jordan Thompson beat Brandon Nakashima: 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3
• Lorenzo Musetti (14) beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
• Tomas Barrios Vera (Q) beat Sebastian Baez: 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
• Aslan Karatsev beat Luca Van Assche: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4