Wimbledon: Bublik breaks the Halle curse with win over McDonald

Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 23 seed, edged out American Mackenzie McDonald 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday evening.

Bublik, this year’s Halle champion, has now won six matches on the trot. The talented world No 26, will face American J.J. Wolf next. The Kazakh is the first champion at Halle not named Roger Federer to reach past the first round at Wimbledon since 2010.

Alexander Bublik beats Mackie McDonald 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the 2nd round at #Wimbledon.

He is the FIRST Halle champ not named Federer to pass the first round at SW 19 since Lleyton Hewitt in 2010.

Curse is over.

— José Morgado (@josemorgado) July 3, 2023

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

• Cameron Norrie vs. Tomas Machac
• Adrian Mannarino vs. Alexander Shevchenko
• Daniil Medvedev vs. Arthur Fery
• Dominic Stricker vs. Alexei Popyrin
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Yibing Wu
• Ryan Peniston vs. Andy Murray
• Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Tommy Paul
• Zhizhen Zhang vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Arthur Fils
• Sho Shimabukuro vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Ilya Ivashka vs. Federico Coria
• Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Yosuke Watanuki
• Alexander Zverev vs. Gijs Brouwer
• Marco Cecchinato vs. Nicolas Jarry
• Jason Kubler vs. Ugo Humbert
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Thiago Monteiro
• Francisco Cerundolo vs. Nuno Borges
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jeremy Chardy
• Maxime Cressy vs. Laslo Djere
• Jiri Vesely vs. Sebastian Korda
• Milos Raonic vs. Dennis Novak
• Jiri Lehecka vs. Sebastian Ofner
• Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
• Kimmer Coppejans vs. Alex De Minaur
• Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
• Ben Shelton vs. Taro Daniel
• Christopher O’Connell vs. Hamad Medjedovic
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Tallon Griekspoor
• Marcos Giron vs. Hugo Dellien
• George Loffhagen vs. Holger Rune
• Matteo Berrettini vs. Lorenzo Sonego
• Alexandre Muller vs. Arthur Rinderknech
• Lloyd Harris vs. Gregoire Barrere
• Denis Shapovalov vs. Radu Albot: monday
• Benjamin Bonzi vs. Harold Mayot: monday
• Jannik Sinner vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo: monday
• Borna Coric vs. Guido Pella: monday
• Quentin Halys vs. Daniel Evans: monday
• 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
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles: monday
• Roman Safiullin vs. Roberto Bautista Agut: monday
• Yannick Hanfmann vs. Taylor Fritz: monday
• 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