Wimbledon: De Minaur sets up Djokovic clash with comprehensive victory over Holmgren
Alex De Minaur won against August Holmgren 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Saturday afternoon. He’ll face the winner of the match between Miomir Kecmanovic and No 6 seed Novak Djokovic in the next round
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Australian Alex De Minaur, the No 11 seed, advanced to the last 16 of Wimbledon by defeating Dane qualifier August Holmgren 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday afternoon.
De Minaur, ranked No 11, will play the winner of the match between Miomir Kecmanovic and No 6 seed Novak Djokovic next.
Ahead of his victory, the Australian won against French qualifier Arthur Cazaux (4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0) and Spaniard Roberto Carballes Baena (6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (2)).
Holmgren, ranked No 192, won against No 21 seed Tomas Machac (7-6 (5), 6-7 (8), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5)) and Frenchman Quentin Halys (7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-4) in the previous rounds of The Championships.
London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 53.500.000, most recent results first):
- Miomir Kecmanovic vs. Novak Djokovic: saturday
- Ben Shelton vs. Marton Fucsovics: saturday
- Marin Cilic vs. Jaume Munar: saturday
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Lorenzo Sonego: saturday
- Grigor Dimitrov (19) beat Sebastian Ofner: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Pedro Martinez Portero: 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
- Flavio Cobolli (22) beat Jakub Mensik (15): 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Karen Khachanov (17) beat Nuno Borges: 7-6 (6), 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (8)
- Nicolas Jarry (Q) beat Joao Fonseca: 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (4)
- Kamil Majchrzak beat Arthur Rinderknech: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6)
- Jordan Thompson beat Luciano Darderi: 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Cameron Norrie beat Mattia Bellucci: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (14) beat Adrian Mannarino (Q): 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz (5) beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26): 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1
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