Wimbledon: Rublev comfortable against Mannarino, makes last 16
Andrey Rublev beat Adrian Mannarino 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 and will face either Jan-Lennard Struff or Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed, in the next round
Andrei Rublev Wimbledon 2023 – Action Plus / Panoramic
Russian Andrey Rublev, the No 14 seed, reached the last 16 of Wimbledon by defeating French qualifier Adrian Mannarino 7-5, 6-2, 6-3 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Rublev, ranked No 14, will face the winner of the match between German Jan-Lennard Struff and Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, the second seed, next.
In the previous rounds of The Championships, the Russian edged out Serb Laslo Djere (6-0, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (9), 7-6 (6)) and won against South African Lloyd Harris (6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3).
Mannarino, ranked No 123, beat Australian Christopher O’Connell (6-2, 6-4, 6-3) and edged out qualifier Valentin Royer (6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (1)) earlier in the tournament.
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
- Jannik Sinner vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
- Alex De Minaur vs. August Holmgren
- Marin Cilic vs. Jaume Munar
- Brandon Nakashima vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Grigor Dimitrov vs. Sebastian Ofner
- Flavio Cobolli vs. Jakub Mensik
- Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Carlos Alcaraz
- Nuno Borges vs. Karen Khachanov: friday
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Joao Fonseca: friday
- Kamil Majchrzak vs. Arthur Rinderknech: friday
- Luciano Darderi vs. Jordan Thompson: friday
- Mattia Bellucci vs. Cameron Norrie: friday
- Taylor Fritz vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina: friday
