Wimbledon: Safiullin books spot in third round, to meet Pella

Russian Roman Safiullin reached the third round of Wimbledon by winning against Frenchman Corentin Moutet 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4) at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.

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Safiullin, ranked No 92, will play Argentinian Guido Pella next.

In the previous round of The Championships, the Russian beat Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, the No 20 seed (2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5).

Moutet, ranked No 71, won against Richard Gasquet (6-3, 7-5, 7-5) in the first round of The Championships.

London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):

• Cameron Norrie vs. Christopher Eubanks
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexandre Muller
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Jiri Vesely
• Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Holger Rune
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Alex De Minaur
• Alexander Zverev vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Jason Kubler vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Andy Murray vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Marcos Giron vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Adrian Mannarino
• Ilya Ivashka vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Ben Shelton vs. Laslo Djere: thursday
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Dominic Stricker: thursday
• Mikael Ymer vs. Taylor Fritz: thursday
• Guido Pella vs. Harold Mayot: thursday
• Jiri Lehecka beat Francisco Cerundolo (18): 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
• Tomas Barrios Vera vs. David Goffin: thursday
• Milos Raonic vs. Tommy Paul: thursday
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Oscar Otte (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Liam Broady (WC) beat Casper Ruud (4): 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
• Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Stan Wawrinka beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Maximilian Marterer beat Michael Mmoh (LL): 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Alexander Bublik (23) beat J.J. Wolf: 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-0
• Hubert Hurkacz (17) beat Jan Choinski (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Lorenzo Musetti (14) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
• Quentin Halys beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (8) beat Diego Schwartzman: 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-5