Point penalty for Davidovich Fokina on match point hands Vesely pass into Wimbledon third round
Jiri Vesely beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (7) on Wednesday evening and will face American Tommy Paul, the No 30 seed, in the next round
Czech Jiri Vesely reached the third round of Wimbledon by defeating Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (7) at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday evening.
But it was in somewhat unorthodox style. Davidovich Fokina was handed a second code violation and point penalty on match point after hitting a ball out of the court, which gave his opponent victory after a hard-fought battle.
He spoke to umpire Carlos Ramos in measured fashion afterwards before taking to his chair and burying his face in a towel for several minutes.
Vesely, ranked No 68, will play American Tommy Paul, the No 30 seed, next.
In the previous round, the Czech won against Argentinian Federico Coria (6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (3)).
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 37, won against Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 7 seed (7-6 (4), 6-4, 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (8)) in the previous round.
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 40.350.000, most recent results first):
- Alex De Minaur vs. Jack Draper
- Ricardas Berankis vs. Rafael Nadal
- Dennis Novak vs. Jason Murray Kubler
- Maxime Cressy vs. Jack Sock
- Daniel Elahi Galan Riveros vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Jenson Brooksby
- Cristian Garin vs. Hugo Grenier
- Jordan Thompson vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Hugo Gaston
- Filip Krajinovic vs. Nick Kyrgios
- Liam Broady vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Richard Gasquet
- Alastair Gray vs. Taylor Harry Fritz
- Marcos Giron vs. Alex Molcan
- Andy Murray vs. John Isner: wednesday
- Carlos Alcaraz (5) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-4, 7-6, 6-3
- Tim van Rijthoven (WC) beat Reilly Opelka (15): 6-4, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4)
- Tommy Paul beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (10) beat Mikael Ymer: 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
- Nikoloz Basilashvili (22) beat Quentin Halys: 7-6 (7), 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Cameron Norrie (9) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2
- Alexander Bublik beat Dusan Lajovic: 7-6 (7), 6-2, 7-5
- Oscar Otte (32) beat Christian Harrison (Q): 3-1 ret.
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
- Steve Johnson beat Ryan Peniston (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (23) beat Maximilian Marterer (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Ugo Humbert beat Casper Ruud (3): 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic (25) beat Alejandro Tabilo: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3
- David Goffin beat Sebastian Baez (31): 6-1, 6-2, 6-4