Wimbledon: Thompson comes from two sets down to beat Nakashima, moves into second round
Jordan Thompson overhauled Brandon Nakashima 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3. He’ll face the winner of the match between Argentinian Pedro Cachin and Serb Novak Djokovic, the second seed, in the next round
Australian Jordan Thompson eventually overcame American Brandon Nakashima 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to advance to the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Thompson was two sets to love down against his American opponent, before recovering to come through an epic encounter on the opening day in SW19.
Thompson, ranked No 70, will face the winner of the match between Argentinian Pedro Cachin and Serb Novak Djokovic, the second seed, next.
London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, most recent results first):
- Cameron Norrie vs. Tomas Machac
- Ryan Peniston vs. Andy Murray
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jeremy Chardy
- Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Maxime Cressy vs. Laslo Djere
- Ben Shelton vs. Taro Daniel
- Jiri Vesely vs. Sebastian Korda
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Tommy Paul
- Milos Raonic vs. Dennis Novak
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Sebastian Ofner
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Nuno Borges
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Marcos Giron vs. Hugo Dellien
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Arthur Fery
- George Loffhagen vs. Holger Rune
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Arthur Fils
- Sho Shimabukuro vs. Grigor Dimitrov
- Ilya Ivashka vs. Federico Coria
- Dominic Stricker vs. Alexei Popyrin
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Yibing Wu
- Kimmer Coppejans vs. Alex De Minaur
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Yosuke Watanuki
- Alexander Zverev vs. Gijs Brouwer
- Marco Cecchinato vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Jason Kubler vs. Ugo Humbert
- Alexandre Muller vs. Arthur Rinderknech
- Jannik Sinner vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
- Borna Coric vs. Guido Pella
- Mikael Ymer vs. Alex Molcan
- Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Daniel Elahi Galan
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
- Dominik Koepfer vs. Oscar Otte
- Alexander Bublik vs. Mackenzie McDonald
- Lloyd Harris vs. Gregoire Barrere
- Aleksandar Vukic vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Jan Choinski vs. Dusan Lajovic
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Radu Albot
- Roman Safiullin vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Harold Mayot
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Stan Wawrinka
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Taylor Fritz
- Quentin Halys vs. Daniel Evans
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Laurent Lokoli vs. Casper Ruud: monday
- John Isner vs. Jaume Munar: monday
- J.J. Wolf vs. Enzo Couacaud: monday
- Liam Broady vs. Constant Lestienne: monday
- David Goffin vs. Fabian Marozsan: monday
- Corentin Moutet vs. Richard Gasquet: monday
- Michael Mmoh vs. Felix Auger-Aliassime: monday
- Pedro Cachin vs. Novak Djokovic: monday
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Hubert Hurkacz: monday
- Maximilian Marterer vs. Borna Gojo: monday
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Max Purcell: 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
- 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