Wimbledon: Shapovalov survives in five, will face Shelton in round three
Denis Shapovalov won against Daniel Altmaier 7-6 (3), 6-3, 1-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4 on Thursday afternoon. He’ll face American Ben Shelton, the No 14 seed, in the next round
Canadian Denis Shapovalov won against German Daniel Altmaier 7-6 (3), 6-3, 1-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4 to reach the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday.
Shapovalov, ranked No 121, will face American Ben Shelton, the No 14 seed, next.
The Canadian beat Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 19 seed (6-1, 7-5, 6-4) in the previous round of The Championships.
During the first round of The Championships, Altmaier, ranked No 80, won against wildcard Arthur Fery (4-6, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 6-3, 6-1).
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):
- Marcos Giron vs. Alexander Zverev
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Jack Draper vs. Cameron Norrie
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Lucas Pouille
- Taylor Fritz vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Holger Rune vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Quentin Halys vs. Karen Khachanov: thursday
- Gael Monfils beat Stan Wawrinka: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (3)
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Alejandro Tabilo: thursday
- Jacob Fearnley vs. Novak Djokovic: thursday
- Tomas Machac vs. Roman Safiullin: thursday
- Luciano Darderi vs. Lorenzo Musetti: thursday
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alexei Popyrin: thursday
- Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Juncheng Shang: 5-7, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
- Ben Shelton beat Lloyd Harris (Q): 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (7)
- Alex De Minaur (9) beat Jaume Munar: 6-2, 6-2, 7-5
- Arthur Fils beat Hubert Hurkacz (7): 7-6 (2), 6-4, 2-6, 6-6 (8) ret.
- Francisco Comesana beat Adam Walton: 7-5, 1-6, 6-7 (12), 6-1, 7-6 (8)
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Matteo Berrettini: 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 2-6, 7-6 (4)
- Jan-Lennard Struff beat Zhizhen Zhang (32): 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (8)
- Miomir Kecmanovic beat Tallon Griekspoor (27): 4-6, 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Otto Virtanen (Q): 4-6, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Lorenzo Sonego: 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Alexander Bublik (23) beat Arthur Cazaux: 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-2
- Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Alexandre Muller: 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 6-4, 7-5
- Ugo Humbert (16) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 7-6 (9), 6-1, 6-3
- Brandon Nakashima beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
- Frances Tiafoe (29) beat Borna Coric: 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-3
- Fabio Fognini beat Casper Ruud (8): 6-4, 7-5, 6-7 (1), 6-3