Wimbledon: Dominic Stricker defeats Popyrin for first Grand Slam win
Dominic Stricker beat Alexei Popyrin 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 on Wednesday. He’ll play American Frances Tiafoe, the No 10 seed, in the next round
Dominic Stricker at the 2022 Basel Open
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Swiss qualifier Dominic Stricker won against Australian Alexei Popyrin 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 to advance to the second round of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday.
Stricker, ranked No 117, will play American Frances Tiafoe, the No 10 seed, next.
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London (Grand Slam), other first-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, most recent results first):
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Arthur Fils
- Alexander Zverev vs. Gijs Brouwer
- Marco Cecchinato vs. Nicolas Jarry
- Zhizhen Zhang vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Maxime Cressy vs. Laslo Djere
- Matteo Arnaldi vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
- Kimmer Coppejans vs. Alex De Minaur
- Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Yosuke Watanuki
- Jason Kubler vs. Ugo Humbert
- Christopher O’Connell vs. Hamad Medjedovic
- Matteo Berrettini vs. Lorenzo Sonego
- Ben Shelton vs. Taro Daniel: wednesday
- Marton Fucsovics vs. Tallon Griekspoor
- Adrian Mannarino vs. Alexander Shevchenko
- Ilya Ivashka vs. Federico Coria: wednesday
- Marcos Giron vs. Hugo Dellien: wednesday
- Christopher Eubanks vs. Thiago Monteiro: wednesday
- Jiri Vesely vs. Sebastian Korda: wednesday
- George Loffhagen vs. Holger Rune: wednesday
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Radu Albot: wednesday
- Dominic Thiem vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas: wednesday
- Taylor Fritz (9) beat Yannick Hanfmann: 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
- Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Tommy Paul: wednesday
- Roman Safiullin beat Roberto Bautista Agut (20): 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5
- Harold Mayot (Q) beat Benjamin Bonzi: 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Alexandre Muller beat Arthur Rinderknech: 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
- Guido Pella beat Borna Coric (13): 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-1
- Gregoire Barrere beat Lloyd Harris: 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-3
- Milos Raonic beat Dennis Novak: 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-1
- Jiri Lehecka beat Sebastian Ofner (WC): 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Francisco Cerundolo (18) beat Nuno Borges: 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe beat Yibing Wu: 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-4
- Daniil Medvedev (3) beat Arthur Fery (WC): 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
- Grigor Dimitrov (21) beat Sho Shimabukuro (Q): 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry (29) beat Bernabe Zapata Miralles: 6-7 (5), 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
- Quentin Halys beat Daniel Evans (27): 6-2, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4
- Cameron Norrie (12) beat Tomas Machac (Q): 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
- Andy Murray beat Ryan Peniston (WC): 6-3, 6-0, 6-1
- Carlos Alcaraz (1) beat Jeremy Chardy: 6-0, 6-2, 7-5
- Jannik Sinner (8) beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo: 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
- Daniel Elahi Galan beat Yoshihito Nishioka (24): 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
- Stan Wawrinka beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 7-5, 7-5, 6-4
- Diego Schwartzman beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
- Alexander Bublik (23) beat Mackenzie McDonald: 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
- Aleksandar Vukic beat Daniel Altmaier: 6-3, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-5
- Oscar Otte (Q) beat Dominik Koepfer: 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (9)
- Mikael Ymer beat Alex Molcan: 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
- Jan Choinski (WC) beat Dusan Lajovic: 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2
- Casper Ruud (4) beat Laurent Lokoli (Q): 6-1, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
- Jaume Munar beat John Isner: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
- J.J. Wolf beat Enzo Couacaud (Q): 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Liam Broady (WC) beat Constant Lestienne: 6-1, 6-3, 7-5
- David Goffin (WC) beat Fabian Marozsan (LL): 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
- Corentin Moutet beat Richard Gasquet: 6-3, 7-5, 7-5
- Michael Mmoh (LL) beat Felix Auger-Aliassime (11): 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-4
- Novak Djokovic (2) beat Pedro Cachin: 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (4)
- Hubert Hurkacz (17) beat Albert Ramos-Vinolas: 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
- Maximilian Marterer beat Borna Gojo: 7-5, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-4
- Andrey Rublev (7) beat Max Purcell: 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
- Jordan Thompson beat Brandon Nakashima: 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-3
- Lorenzo Musetti (14) beat Juan Pablo Varillas: 6-3, 6-1, 7-5
- Tomas Barrios Vera (Q) beat Sebastian Baez: 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (2)
- Aslan Karatsev beat Luca Van Assche: 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
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