Wimbledon: Struff edges Zhang in tight second-round clash
Jan-Lennard Struff edged out Zhizhen Zhang 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (8) on Wednesday and will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 5 seed, next
German Jan-Lennard Struff edged out Chinese Zhizhen Zhang, the No 32 seed, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (8) to move into the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday evening.
Struff, ranked No 41, will face Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 5 seed, next.
In the previous round of The Championships, the 34-year-old German defeated Hungarian Fabian Marozsan (6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3).
Zhang, ranked No 38, won against French qualifier Maxime Janvier (7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-2) in the first round of The Championships.
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
- Jack Draper vs. Cameron Norrie
- Jacob Fearnley vs. Novak Djokovic
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Quentin Halys vs. Karen Khachanov
- Holger Rune vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Jaume Munar vs. Alex De Minaur
- Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Lucas Pouille
- Tomas Machac vs. Roman Safiullin
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Arthur Fils
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Alejandro Tabilo
- Taylor Fritz vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Luciano Darderi vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Francisco Comesana vs. Adam Walton
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Juncheng Shang
- Lloyd Harris vs. Ben Shelton
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Gael Monfils: wednesday
- Jannik Sinner vs. Matteo Berrettini: wednesday
- 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 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
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