Wimbledon: Fritz makes remarkable two-day comeback to overcome Mpetshi Perricard

American Taylor Fritz, the No 5 seed, overhauled Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-7 (6), 6-7 (8), 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-4 to move into the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Tuesday.

The match had finished its fourth set just after 22:00 on Monday night and, with the 11 o’clock curfew looming, the umpire decided that the contest’s deciding set was to be postponed to the following day.

It was the Frenchman who looked the stronger player across the four sets, having led 5-1 in the crucial fourth-set tiebreak against the fifth seed. In the process, he had also hit the fastest serve in Wimbledon history at 153MPH.

Nevertheless, Fritz piled the pressure on a 5-4 in the deciding set, with a Mpetshi Perricard unforced error ending the nail-biting contest.

“It was a totally crazy match, I was close to losing last night. I didn’t know how I was going to get through it, but I fought. It wasn’t ideal to stop last night, but I had to keep believing and come back today in different conditions,” said Fritz during his on-court interview.

Fritz, ranked No 5, will play Canadian Gabriel Diallo next.

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

• Jack Draper vs. Sebastian Baez
• Rinky Hijikata vs. David Goffin
• Alexandre Muller vs. Novak Djokovic
• Hugo Gaston vs. Jakub Mensik
• Marcos Giron vs. Camilo Ugo Carabelli
• Tomas Martin Etcheverry vs. Jack Pinnington Jones
• Alexander Shevchenko vs. Reilly Opelka
• Brandon Nakashima vs. Yunchaokete Bu
• Gael Monfils vs. Ugo Humbert
• Ben Shelton vs. Alex Bolt
• Grigor Dimitrov vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
• Flavio Cobolli vs. Beibit Zhukayev
• Arthur Rinderknech vs. Alexander Zverev
• Raphael Collignon vs. Marin Cilic
• Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Marton Fucsovics
• Damir Dzumhur vs. Tomas Machac: tuesday
• Quentin Halys vs. August Holmgren: tuesday
• Francisco Comesana vs. Corentin Moutet: tuesday
• Shintaro Mochizuki (Q) beat Giulio Zeppieri (Q): 2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6), 7-5
• Daniel Evans vs. Jay Clarke: tuesday
• Botic van de Zandschulp beat Matteo Arnaldi: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-4
• Pedro Martinez Portero vs. George Loffhagen: tuesday
• Sebastian Ofner beat Hamad Medjedovic: 7-6 (8), 3-1 ret.
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Luca Nardi: 6-4, 6-3, 6-0
• Jaume Munar vs. Alexander Bublik: tuesday
• Mariano Navone beat Denis Shapovalov (27): 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
• Jesper De Jong vs. Christopher Eubanks: tuesday
• Nikoloz Basilashvili (Q) beat Lorenzo Musetti (7): 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
• Fabian Marozsan beat James McCabe (Q): 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Alex Michelsen (30): 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (6)
• Arthur Cazaux (Q) beat Adam Walton: 6-3, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-7 (5), 6-1
• Alex De Minaur (11) beat Roberto Carballes Baena: 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (2)
• Lorenzo Sonego beat Jaime Faria (Q): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Tommy Paul (13) beat Johannus Monday (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
• Aleksandar Vukic beat Chun-Hsin Tseng: 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (5)
• Gabriel Diallo beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
• Jenson Brooksby beat Tallon Griekspoor (31): 6-2, 7-5, 6-3
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26) beat Brandon Holt: 6-2, 6-4, 7-5
• Kamil Majchrzak beat Matteo Berrettini (32): 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
• Jan-Lennard Struff beat Filip Misolic (Q): 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
• Andrey Rublev (14) beat Laslo Djere: 6-0, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (9), 7-6 (6)
• Cristian Garin (LL) beat Chris Rodesch (Q): 7-6 (8), 6-4, 6-4
• Karen Khachanov (17) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
• Billy Harris beat Dusan Lajovic (LL): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
• Ethan Quinn beat Henry Searle (WC): 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (11), 6-2
• Joao Fonseca beat Jacob Fearnley: 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Felix Auger-Aliassime (25) beat James Duckworth: 6-2, 3-6, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat Francisco Cerundolo (16): 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-0
• Luciano Darderi beat Roman Safiullin: 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-1
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Fabio Fognini: 7-5, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 2-6, 6-1
• Valentin Royer (Q) beat Stefanos Tsitsipas (24): 6-3, 6-2 ret.
• Nicolas Jarry (Q) beat Holger Rune (8): 4-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
• Lloyd Harris beat Zizou Bergs: 7-6 (7), 7-6 (2), 6-7 (5), 6-2
• Arthur Fery (WC) beat Alexei Popyrin (20): 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
• Cameron Norrie beat Roberto Bautista Agut: 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3)
• Frances Tiafoe (12) beat Elmer Moller: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
• Benjamin Bonzi beat Daniil Medvedev (9): 7-6 (2), 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-2
• Adrian Mannarino (Q) beat Christopher O’Connell: 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
• Mattia Bellucci beat Oliver Crawford (WC): 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Jiri Lehecka (23) beat Hugo Dellien: 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6
• Learner Tien beat Nishesh Basavareddy: 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-2
• Jordan Thompson beat Vit Kopriva: 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-1
• Oliver Tarvet (Q) beat Leandro Riedi (Q): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4