Wimbledon: Halle champion Bublik impressive in win over Marterer, into last 16 of a Slam for the first time

Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 23 seed, advanced to the last 16 of Wimbledon by defeating German Maximilian Marterer 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (4) at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London.

Bublik, ranked No 26, will face Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 7 seed, next. This is the first time that the Kazakh is through to the fourth round at a Grand Slam event in his career.

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The Kazakh edged out American Mackenzie McDonald (6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4) and won against J.J. Wolf (6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-0) ahead of his victory.

In the previous rounds of The Championships, Marterer, ranked No 170, edged out Croat Borna Gojo (7-5, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-4) and beat American lucky loser Michael Mmoh (7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4).

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

• Jiri Lehecka vs. Tommy Paul
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Holger Rune
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Alexander Zverev vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Stan Wawrinka vs. Novak Djokovic
• Andrey Rublev vs. David Goffin: friday
• Guido Pella vs. Roman Safiullin: friday
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Liam Broady: friday
• Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Mikael Ymer: friday
• Jannik Sinner (8) beat Quentin Halys: 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
• Hubert Hurkacz (17) beat Lorenzo Musetti (14): 7-6 (4), 6-4, 6-4