Wimbledon: Casper Ruud comes through tricky opener to move into second round
Casper Ruud defeated Laurent Lokoli 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 on Monday and will face wildcard Liam Broady in the next round
Norway’s Casper Ruud in action during his first round match against Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
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
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