Wimbledon: Dimitrov moves into second round despite climate protest interruption
Grigor Dimitrov defeated Sho Shimabukuro 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon. He’ll play the winner of the match between Belarusian Ilya Ivashka and Argentinian Federico Coria in the next round
Girgor Dimitrov at Wimbledon in 2022 (AI/Reuters/Panoramic)
Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the No 21 seed, moved into the second round of Wimbledon by beating Japanese qualifier Sho Shimabukuro 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday.
Dimitrov, ranked No 24, will play the winner of the match between Belarusian Ilya Ivashka and Argentinian Federico Coria next.
London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, most recent results first):
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Arthur Fils
- Alexander Zverev vs. Gijs Brouwer
- Marco Cecchinato vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Maxime Cressy vs. Laslo Djere
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Kimmer Coppejans vs. Alex De Minaur
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Yosuke Watanuki
- Jason Kubler vs. Ugo Humbert
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Ben Shelton vs. Taro Daniel
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Thiago Monteiro
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Jiri Vesely vs. Sebastian Korda
- Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Tommy Paul
- Marcos Giron vs. Hugo Dellien
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Radu Albot
- Yannick Hanfmann vs. Taylor Fritz
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Harold Mayot
- Roman Safiullin vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- George Loffhagen vs. Holger Rune
- Ilya Ivashka vs. Federico Coria
- Alexandre Muller vs. Arthur Rinderknech: wednesday
- Borna Coric vs. Guido Pella: wednesday
- Lloyd Harris vs. Gregoire Barrere: wednesday
- Milos Raonic vs. Dennis Novak: wednesday
- Jiri Lehecka vs. Sebastian Ofner: wednesday
- Francisco Cerundolo vs. Nuno Borges: wednesday
- Dominic Stricker vs. Alexei Popyrin: wednesday
- Frances Tiafoe vs. Yibing Wu: wednesday
- Daniil Medvedev vs. Arthur Fery: wednesday
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-7 (5), 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Quentin Halys beat Daniel Evans (27): 6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4
- Cameron Norrie (12) beat Tomas Machac (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Andy Murray beat Ryan Peniston (WC): 6-3, 6-0, 6-1
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Jeremy Chardy: 6-0, 6-2, 7-5
- Jannik Sinner (8) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo: 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
- Daniel Elahi Galan beat Yoshihito Nishioka (24): 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
- Stan Wawrinka beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-5, 7-5, 6-4
- Diego Schwartzman beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
- Alexander Bublik (23) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Aleksandar Vukic beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-5
- Oscar Otte (Q) beat Dominik Koepfer: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (9)
- Mikael Ymer beat Alex Molcan: 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
- Jan Choinski (WC) beat Dusan Lajovic: 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2
- Casper Ruud (4) beat Laurent Lokoli (Q): 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
- Jaume Munar beat John Isner: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- J.J. Wolf beat Enzo Couacaud (Q): 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Liam Broady (WC) beat Constant Lestienne: 6-1, 6-3, 7-5
- David Goffin (WC) beat Fabian Marozsan (LL): 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
- Corentin Moutet beat Richard Gasquet: 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
- Michael Mmoh (LL) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (11): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Novak Djokovic (2) beat Pedro Cachin: 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Hubert Hurkacz (17) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
- Maximilian Marterer beat Borna Gojo: 7-5, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-4
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Max Purcell: 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
- Jordan Thompson beat Brandon Nakashima: 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- 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
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