Wimbledon: Tiafoe knocks out Coric to move into third round
Frances Tiafoe defeated Borna Coric 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-3 and will play the winner of the match between Carlos Alcaraz and Aleksandar Vukic in the next round
American Frances Tiafoe, the No 29 seed, moved into the third round of Wimbledon by winning against Croat Borna Coric 7-6 (5), 6-1, 6-3 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Tiafoe, ranked No 29, will play the winner of the match between Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the No 3 seed, and Australian Aleksandar Vukic next.
Ahead of his victory, the American overhauled Italian Matteo Arnaldi (6-7 (5), 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3).
Coric, ranked No 89, defeated Brazilian qualifier Felipe Meligeni Alves (6-3, 7-6 (2), 6-3) in the previous 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
- Holger Rune vs. Thiago Seyboth Wild
- Jaume Munar vs. Alex De Minaur
- Hubert Hurkacz vs. Arthur Fils
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Luciano Darderi vs. Lorenzo Musetti
- Francisco Comesana vs. Adam Walton
- Stan Wawrinka vs. Gael Monfils
- Lloyd Harris vs. Ben Shelton
- Jannik Sinner vs. Matteo Berrettini
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Juncheng Shang
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Daniel Altmaier
- Tommy Paul vs. Otto Virtanen
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Arthur Cazaux vs. Alexander Bublik
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
- Carlos Alcaraz vs. Aleksandar Vukic: wednesday
- Alexandre Muller vs. Daniil Medvedev: wednesday
- Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Ugo Humbert: wednesday
- Brandon Nakashima beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
- Fabio Fognini vs. Casper Ruud: wednesday