Wimbledon: Sonego advances to third round

Italian Lorenzo Sonego advanced to the third round of Wimbledon by edging out Georgian qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4) at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Thursday evening.

Sonego, ranked No 47, will play No 29 seed Brandon Nakashima next.

The Italian won against Portuguese qualifier Jaime Faria (6-3, 6-4, 6-2) in the previous round of The Championships.

During the first round of The Championships, Basilashvili, ranked No 126, defeated Italian Lorenzo Musetti, the No 7 seed (6-2, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1).

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

• Ben Shelton vs. Rinky Hijikata: thursday
• Jannik Sinner (1) beat Aleksandar Vukic: 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
• Marton Fucsovics vs. Gael Monfils: thursday
• Marin Cilic beat Jack Draper (4): 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
• Sebastian Ofner beat Tommy Paul (13): 1-6, 7-5, 6-4, 7-5

• Brandon Nakashima beat Reilly Opelka: 7-5, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3
• Pedro Martinez Portero beat Mariano Navone: 7-5, 7-5, 7-6 (6)
• Luciano Darderi beat Arthur Fery (WC): 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
• August Holmgren (Q) beat Tomas Machac (21): 7-6 (5), 6-7 (8), 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5)
• Novak Djokovic (6) beat Daniel Evans (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 6-0
• Jan-Lennard Struff beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (25): 3-6, 7-6 (9), 6-3, 6-4
• Arthur Rinderknech beat Cristian Garin (LL): 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3
• Jaume Munar beat Fabian Marozsan: 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (9)
• Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26) beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
• Grigor Dimitrov (19) beat Corentin Moutet: 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
• Alex De Minaur (11) beat Arthur Cazaux (Q): 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
• Jakub Mensik (15) beat Marcos Giron: 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
• Miomir Kecmanovic beat Jesper De Jong: 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
• Flavio Cobolli (22) beat Jack Pinnington Jones (WC): 6-1, 7-6 (6), 6-2
• Taylor Fritz (5) beat Gabriel Diallo: 3-6, 6-3, 7-6, 4-6, 6-3
• Kamil Majchrzak beat Ethan Quinn: 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
• Mattia Bellucci beat Jiri Lehecka (23): 7-6 (4), 6-1, 7-5
• Jordan Thompson beat Benjamin Bonzi: 7-5, 6-7 (2), 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
• Carlos Alcaraz (2) beat Oliver Tarvet (Q): 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
• Nuno Borges beat Billy Harris: 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7)
• Andrey Rublev (14) beat Lloyd Harris: 6-7 (1), 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3
• Karen Khachanov (17) beat Shintaro Mochizuki (Q): 1-6, 7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
• Adrian Mannarino (Q) beat Valentin Royer (Q): 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (1)
• Nicolas Jarry (Q) beat Learner Tien: 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
• Cameron Norrie beat Frances Tiafoe (12): 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
• Joao Fonseca beat Jenson Brooksby: 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4