LONDON, June 29 (Reuters) – Highlights of the first day at Wimbledon on Monday (times GMT):
1420 RUBLEV KNOCKED OUT IN MARATHON CONTEST
World number 132 Roman Safiullin knocked out 12th seed Andrey Rublev after a battle lasting nearly four hours. Safiullin won 6-4 6-7(6) 3-6 6-3 7-6 (14-12), saving two match points on the road to victory.
1305 DRAPER PULLS OUT OF WIMBLEDON
Britain’s Jack Draper withdrew from the tournament due to an injury the day before his first round match against American sixth seed Taylor Fritz. The announcement comes a day after fellow Briton Emma Raducanu also withdrew from the tournament.
1304 SAWANGKAEW AND TIEN REACH SECOND ROUND
Poland’s Maja Chwalinska slipped and suffered an injury before ending her Wimbledon debut with a 2-6 7-5 6-2 loss against Mananchaya Sawangkaew.
In the men’s draw, 20-year-old American 16th seed Learner Tien secured a 6-1 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 victory over Czech Dalibor Svrcina.
1215 MAIDEN WIMBLEDON WINS FOR JODAR AND JOVIC
Nineteen-year-old Spaniard Rafa Jodar reached the second round on his Wimbledon debut with a 6-3 6-3 7-5 win over British wildcard Felix Gill.
Denis Shapovalov, a 2021 semi-finalist, retired after crashing into the corner fence while facing set point in the second set, handing Pablo Carreno Busta his first Wimbledon victory at the age of 34 after an 0-7 record.
In the women’s draw, American 16th seed Iva Jovic secured her maiden Wimbledon win, easing past Romania’s Jaqueline Cristian 7-6(1) 6-0.
1130 PEGULA AND BENCIC ADVANCE
Swiss 11th seed Belinda Bencic, who reached the Wimbledon semi-finals last year, cruised past her 17-year-old opponent from Britain, Mika Stojsavljevic, with a dominant 6-2, 6-1 win in just over an hour.
Fourth seed Jessica Pegula was pushed harder than expected to overcome world number 92 Darja Vidmanova 7-5, 6-3 after a brief physical contest.
On the men’s front, Marton Fucsovics advanced after his French opponent Luca van Assche retired when the Hungarian was leading 6-3, 4-0.
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WIMBLEDON ORDER OF PLAY ON MONDAY (prefix number denotes seeding)
CENTRE COURT (Play begins at 1230 GMT)
1-Jannik Sinner (Italy) v Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia)
1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Teodora Kostovic (Serbia)
Wu Yibing (China) v 7-Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
COURT NUMBER ONE (Play begins at 1200 GMT)
Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) v Harriet Dart (Britain)
Marin Cilic (Croatia) v 8-Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
Magda Linette (Poland) v 5-Mirra Andreeva (Russia)
COURT NUMBER TWO (Play begins at 1000 GMT)
4-Jessica Pegula (U.S.) v Darja Vidmanova (Czech Republic)
Michael Zheng (U.S.) v 26-Cameron Norrie (Britain)
3-Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) v Aleksandr Shevchenko (Kazakhstan)
Tamara Korpatsch (Germany) v 7-Coco Gauff (U.S.)
(Compiled by Aadi Nair, Karan Prashant Saxena and Paras J. Haji in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Chopra and Alison Williams)
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