Wimbledon—London, England
Thursday’s action at Wimbledon saw Andrey Rublev overcome countryman Aslan Karatsev 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 to reach the third round. The 25-year-old will next face David Goffin or Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera.
No. 4 seed and recent Roland Garros finalist Casper Ruud was defeated by Liam Broady 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0. Broady will take on Denis Shapovalov in the next round.
Elsewhere, No. 14 Lorenzo Musetti, No. 17 Hubert Hurkacz, No. 23 Alexander Bublik all advanced to the third round.
Former three-time Major winner Stan Wawrinka ousted No. 28 Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 and will next face No. 2 Novak Djokovic on Friday.
In first-round results, No. 19 Alexander Zverev and No. 31 Alejandro Davidovich Fokina both advanced.
On the women’s side, 16-year-old phenom Mirra Andreeva advanced to the third-round when her opponent No. 10 seed Barbora Krejcikova was forced to retire trailing 4-0 in the second set.
Former US Open winner Bianca Andresscu reached the second round by overcoming Anna Bondar 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Andresscu will next face No. 26 seed Anhelina Kalinina for a place in the third round.
Other women’s results included No. 12 seed Veronika Kudermetova, No. 16 seed Karolina Muchova and No. 28 seed Elise Mertens were all ousted.
Still to come on Thursday, two-time former winner Andy Murray will face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the last match on Centre Court.
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Second-round results:
(7) Andrey Rublev Defeats Aslan Karatsev 67(4) 63 64 75
(14) Lorenzo Musetti Defeats Jaume Munar 64 63 61
(17) Hubert Hurkacz Defeats Jan Choinski 64 64 763
(23) Alexander Bublik Defeats J.J. Wolf 63 76(5) 60
(26) Denis Shapovalov Defeats Gregoire Barrere 63 64 76(7)
Stan Wawrinka Defeats (29) Tomas Martin Etcheverry 63 46 64 62
Quentin Halys Defeats Aleksandar Vukic 63 61 64
Maximilian Marterer Defeats Michael Mmoh 75 76(5) 64
First-round results:
(19) Alexander Zverev Defeats Gijs Brouwer 64 76(4) 76(5)
(31) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Defeats Arthur Fils 76(3) 61 62
Botic van de Zandschulp Defeats Zhizhen Zhang 26 76(3) 76(6) 36 62
