Wimbledon: Halle champion Bublik falls at first hurdle as Munar collects upset
Jaume Munar defeated Alexander Bublik 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 on Tuesday afternoon and will face Hungarian Fabian Marozsan in the next round
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Spaniard Jaume Munar won against Kazakh Alexander Bublik, the No 28 seed, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 to reach the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Tuesday afternoon.
Bublik had been on a hot streak recently, making the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros and lifting the trophy in Halle (beating Jannik Sinner along the way).
Munar had been on the brink of defeat, with the Kazakh serving for the victory at 5-4 30-15 in the fourth set.
Munar, ranked No 55, will face Hungarian Fabian Marozsan 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
- Alexandre Muller vs. Novak Djokovic
- 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
- Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Marton Fucsovics
- Rinky Hijikata vs. David Goffin
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
- Ben Shelton vs. Alex Bolt: tuesday
- Raphael Collignon vs. Marin Cilic: tuesday
- Hugo Gaston vs. Jakub Mensik: tuesday
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Beibit Zhukayev: tuesday
- Arthur Rinderknech vs. Alexander Zverev: tuesday
- Damir Dzumhur vs. Tomas Machac: tuesday
- Quentin Halys vs. August Holmgren: tuesday
- Taylor Fritz (5) beat Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard: 6-7 (6), 6-7 (8), 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-4
- 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 (WC) beat Jay Clarke (WC): 6-1, 7-5, 6-2
- Botic van de Zandschulp beat Matteo Arnaldi: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Pedro Martinez Portero beat George Loffhagen (WC): 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
- Sebastian Ofner beat Hamad Medjedovic: 7-6 (8), 3-1 ret.
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Luca Nardi: 6-4, 6-3, 6-0
- 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
