Wimbledon: Safiullin overhauls Cerundolo to reach second round

Russian Roman Safiullin fought back from two sets down against Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 26 seed, 6-7 (5), 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday.

Safiullin, ranked No 44, will play the winner of the match between Belgian lucky loser David Goffin and Tomas Machac next.

London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):

• Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
• Daniel Evans vs. Alejandro Tabilo
• David Goffin vs. Tomas Machac: wednesday
• Kei Nishikori vs. Arthur Rinderknech: wednesday
• Lucas Pouille vs. Laslo Djere: wednesday
• Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Mackenzie McDonald: wednesday
• Aslan Karatsev vs. Karen Khachanov: wednesday
• Quentin Halys (Q) beat Christopher Eubanks: 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
• Taylor Fritz (13) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
• Cameron Norrie beat Facundo Diaz Acosta: 7-5, 7-5, 6-3
• Flavio Cobolli beat Rinky Hijikata: 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
• Jack Draper (28) beat Elias Ymer (Q): 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
• Marcos Giron beat Henry Searle (WC): 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Holger Rune (15) beat SoonWoo Kwon: 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
• Stefanos Tsitsipas (11) beat Taro Daniel: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-5
• Arthur Fils beat Dominic Stricker: 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Vit Kopriva (Q): 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
• Alexander Zverev (4) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
• Adam Walton beat Federico Coria: 6-3, 6-3, 7-5
• Jacob Fearnley (WC) beat Alejandro Moro Canas (Q): 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (12)
• Ben Shelton (14) beat Mattia Bellucci (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Francisco Comesana beat Andrey Rublev (6): 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (5)
• Alexei Popyrin beat Thiago Monteiro: 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (7) beat Radu Albot (Q): 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
• Lorenzo Musetti (25) beat Constant Lestienne: 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry (30) beat Luca Nardi: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
• Thiago Seyboth Wild beat Paul Jubb (WC): 1-6, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4, 7-5
• Alex De Minaur (9) beat James Duckworth (LL): 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4)
• Jaume Munar beat Billy Harris (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Yoshihito Nishioka beat Nuno Borges: 6-2, 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3
• Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (LL) beat Sebastian Korda (20): 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (6), 6-7 (4), 6-3
• Luciano Darderi beat Jan Choinski (WC): 7-5, 4-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Sumit Nagal: 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Otto Virtanen (Q) beat Max Purcell: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
• Tommy Paul (12) beat Pedro Martinez: 6-2, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
• Tallon Griekspoor (27) beat Daniel Elahi Galan (LL): 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-4
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Mariano Navone (31): 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-4
• Roberto Bautista Agut beat Maximilian Marterer: 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Liam Broady (WC): 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
• Alexander Bublik (23) beat Jakub Mensik: 4-6, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-7 (9), 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (8)
• Arthur Cazaux beat Zizou Bergs (Q): 6-1, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8)
• Ugo Humbert (16) beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (3), 6-1
• Lloyd Harris (Q) beat Alex Michelsen: 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (9)
• Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Mark Lajal (Q): 7-6 (3), 7-5, 6-2
• Daniel Altmaier beat Arthur Fery (WC): 4-6, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
• Alexandre Muller beat Hugo Gaston (Q): 6-4, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (5)
• Stan Wawrinka beat Charles Broom (WC): 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Aleksandar Kovacevic: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Gael Monfils beat Adrian Mannarino (22): 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4
• Brandon Nakashima beat Sebastian Baez (18): 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
• Matteo Berrettini beat Marton Fucsovics: 7-6 (3), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
• 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
• Jordan Thompson beat Pavel Kotov: 5-7, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
• 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