Wimbledon: Cobolli impresses against Mensik to make maiden Grand Slam second week

Italian Flavio Cobolli, the No 22 seed, won against No 15 seed Jakub Mensik 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 to move into the last 16 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Saturday.

Cobolli, ranked No 24, will face the winner of the match between Croat Marin Cilic and Spaniard Jaume Munar next.

The Italian beat Kazakh qualifier Beibit Zhukayev (6-3, 7-6 (7), 6-1) and wildcard Jack Pinnington Jones (6-1, 7-6 (6), 6-2) ahead of his victory.

In the previous rounds of The Championships, Mensik, ranked No 17, won against Frenchman Hugo Gaston (6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2) and edged out American Marcos Giron (6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)).

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
• Ben Shelton vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Alex De Minaur vs. August Holmgren
• Marin Cilic vs. Jaume Munar
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Sebastian Ofner: saturday

• Brandon Nakashima vs. Lorenzo Sonego: saturday
• Jannik Sinner vs. Pedro Martinez Portero: saturday
• 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