Wimbledon: Alcaraz beating Muller in straight sets, to meet Jarry in third round

Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the top seed, won against Frenchman Alexandre Muller 6-4, 7-6 (2), 6-3 to reach the third round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

Alcaraz, ranked No 1, will play Chilean Nicolas Jarry, the No 25 seed, next.

Ahead of his victory, the 20-year-old Spaniard beat Frenchman Jeremy Chardy (6-0, 6-2, 7-5).

Muller, ranked No 84, edged out Arthur Rinderknech (7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4) in the previous round of The Championships.

London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 16.077.000, most recent results first):

• Andy Murray vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: friday
• Cameron Norrie vs. Christopher Eubanks: friday
• Jason Kubler vs. Nicolas Jarry: friday
• Alexander Zverev (19) beat Yosuke Watanuki (LL): 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (31) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
• Marton Fucsovics beat Marcos Giron: 7-6 (2), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
• Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Matteo Berrettini beat Alex De Minaur (15): 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Christopher O’Connell beat Jiri Vesely: 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
• Holger Rune (6) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-4
• Grigor Dimitrov (21) beat Ilya Ivashka: 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Laslo Djere beat Ben Shelton (32): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Frances Tiafoe (10) beat Dominic Stricker (Q): 7-6 (11), 6-4, 6-2
• Mikael Ymer beat Taylor Fritz (9): 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Guido Pella beat Harold Mayot (Q): 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-5
• Jiri Lehecka beat Francisco Cerundolo (18): 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
• David Goffin (WC) beat Tomas Barrios Vera (Q): 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
• Roman Safiullin beat Corentin Moutet: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
• Tommy Paul (16) beat Milos Raonic: 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 6-4
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Oscar Otte (Q): 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
• Liam Broady (WC) beat Casper Ruud (4): 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat Aslan Karatsev: 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
• Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Gregoire Barrere: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Stan Wawrinka beat Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29): 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
• Maximilian Marterer beat Michael Mmoh (LL): 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Alexander Bublik (23) beat J.J. Wolf: 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-0
• Hubert Hurkacz (17) beat Jan Choinski (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Lorenzo Musetti (14) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
• Quentin Halys beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
• Jannik Sinner (8) beat Diego Schwartzman: 7-5, 6-1, 6-2
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Jordan Thompson: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-5