Wimbledon: Lehecka wins titanic tussle with Paul to reach last 16

Jiri Lehecka won against American Tommy Paul, the No. 16 seed, 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (5), 6-7 (9), 6-2 to reach the last 16 of Wimbledon in what was a truly titanic tussle.

Paul fought back from two sets down, winning the third and the fourth sets – both on tight tiebreaks – before Lehecka was finally able to get over the line by taking the fifth.

Lehecka, ranked No 37, will play Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No 3 seed, next.

Jiri Lehecka beat Austrian wildcard Sebastian Ofner (6-4, 6-4, 6-4) and Argentinian Francisco Cerundolo, the No 18 seed (6-2, 6-2, 6-2) ahead of his victory.

In the previous rounds of The Championships, Paul, ranked No 15, won against Japanese qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki (7-5, 6-3, 6-1) and edged out Canadian Milos Raonic (6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 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):

• Alexander Zverev vs. Matteo Berrettini
• Frances Tiafoe vs. Grigor Dimitrov
• Laslo Djere vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: saturday
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Holger Rune: saturday
• Carlos Alcaraz vs. Nicolas Jarry: saturday
• Daniil Medvedev beat Marton Fucsovics: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
• Christopher Eubanks vs. Christopher O’Connell: saturday
• Novak Djokovic (2) beat Stan Wawrinka: 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (5)
• Andrey Rublev (7) beat David Goffin (WC): 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-2
• Roman Safiullin beat Guido Pella: 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-0
• Denis Shapovalov (26) beat Liam Broady (WC): 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, 7-5
• Daniel Elahi Galan beat Mikael Ymer: 6-2, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1
• Alexander Bublik (23) beat Maximilian Marterer: 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (4)
• 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