Wimbledon: Fonseca moves into third round

Joao Fonseca edged out Jenson Brooksby 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday afternoon and will face Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry in the next round

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Wimbledon •Second round • Completed
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Brazilian Joao Fonseca moved into the third round of Wimbledon by edging out American Jenson Brooksby 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday.

The 18-year-old is the youngest man to reach this stage of the tournament since Bernard Tomic in 2011.

Fonseca, ranked No 54, will play Chilean qualifier Nicolas Jarry next.

The 18-year-old Brazilian won against Jacob Fearnley (6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (5)) ahead of his victory.

In the previous round of The Championships, Brooksby, ranked No 101, defeated Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, the No 31 seed (6-2, 7-5, 6-3).

London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53.500.000, most recent results first):

  • Jannik Sinner vs. Aleksandar Vukic
  • Jack Draper vs. Marin Cilic
  • Daniel Evans vs. Novak Djokovic
  • Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Jesper De Jong
  • August Holmgren vs. Tomas Machac
  • Alex De Minaur vs. Arthur Cazaux
  • Marcos Giron vs. Jakub Mensik
  • Flavio Cobolli vs. Jack Pinnington Jones
  • Fabian Marozsan vs. Jaume Munar
  • Lorenzo Sonego vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
  • Brandon Nakashima vs. Reilly Opelka
  • Marton Fucsovics vs. Gael Monfils
  • Ben Shelton vs. Rinky Hijikata
  • Sebastian Ofner vs. Tommy Paul
  • Grigor Dimitrov vs. Corentin Moutet
  • Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Mariano Navone
  • Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
  • Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
  • Arthur Fery vs. Luciano Darderi
  • Jiri Lehecka vs. Mattia Bellucci
  • Kamil Majchrzak vs. Ethan Quinn
  • Taylor Fritz vs. Gabriel Diallo
  • Cristian Garin vs. Arthur Rinderknech
  • Jordan Thompson vs. Benjamin Bonzi: wednesday
  • Oliver Tarvet vs. Carlos Alcaraz: wednesday
  • Nuno Borges vs. Billy Harris: wednesday
  • Andrey Rublev vs. Lloyd Harris: wednesday
  • Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Karen Khachanov: wednesday
  • Adrian Mannarino (Q) beat Valentin Royer (Q): 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (1)
  • Nicolas Jarry beat Learner Tien: 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
  • Cameron Norrie beat Frances Tiafoe (12): 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5

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