Wimbledon: Shelton needs five sets to reach second round
Ben Shelton won against Taro Daniel 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3 on Wednesday
Ben Shelton, 2023 | © Action Plus / Panoamic
American Ben Shelton, the No 32 seed, reached the second round of Wimbledon by winning against Japanese lucky loser Taro Daniel 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday evening.
Shelton, ranked No 36, will play Serb Laslo Djere in the second round.
This is first ever win at Wimbledon for Shelton, who reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in January.
Wimbledon (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, most recent results first):
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Arthur Fils
- Alexander Zverev vs. Gijs Brouwer
- Marco Cecchinato vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Tallon Griekspoor: wednesday
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Yosuke Watanuki: wednesday
- Maxime Cressy vs. Laslo Djere: wednesday
- Kimmer Coppejans vs. Alex De Minaur: wednesday
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Lorenzo Sonego: wednesday
- Jason Kubler vs. Ugo Humbert: wednesday
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roberto Carballes Baena: wednesday
- Adrian Mannarino beat Alexander Shevchenko: 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
- Ilya Ivashka vs. Federico Coria: wednesday
- Marcos Giron beat Hugo Dellien: 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Thiago Monteiro: wednesday
- Jiri Vesely vs. Sebastian Korda: wednesday
- Holger Rune (6) beat George Loffhagen (WC): 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2
- Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Radu Albot (Q): 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (5) beat Dominic Thiem: 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (8)
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Tommy Paul (16) beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 7-5, 6-3, 6-1
- Roman Safiullin beat Roberto Bautista Agut (20): 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5
- Harold Mayot (Q) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Alexandre Muller beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Guido Pella beat Borna Coric (13): 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1
- Gregoire Barrere beat Lloyd Harris: 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-3
- Milos Raonic beat Dennis Novak: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Jiri Lehecka beat Sebastian Ofner (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Francisco Cerundolo (18) beat Nuno Borges: 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
- Dominic Stricker (Q) beat Alexei Popyrin: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
- Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-4
- Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Arthur Fery (WC): 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov (21) beat Sho Shimabukuro (Q): 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-7 (5), 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Quentin Halys beat Daniel Evans (27): 6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4
- Cameron Norrie (12) beat Tomas Machac (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Andy Murray beat Ryan Peniston (WC): 6-3, 6-0, 6-1
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Jeremy Chardy: 6-0, 6-2, 7-5
- Jannik Sinner (8) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo: 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
- Daniel Elahi Galan beat Yoshihito Nishioka (24): 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
- Stan Wawrinka beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-5, 7-5, 6-4
- Diego Schwartzman beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
- Alexander Bublik (23) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Aleksandar Vukic beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-5
- Oscar Otte (Q) beat Dominik Koepfer: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (9)
- Mikael Ymer beat Alex Molcan: 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
- Jan Choinski (WC) beat Dusan Lajovic: 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2
- Casper Ruud (4) beat Laurent Lokoli (Q): 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
- Jaume Munar beat John Isner: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- J.J. Wolf beat Enzo Couacaud (Q): 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Liam Broady (WC) 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 (LL) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (11): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-4
- 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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