Wimbledon: Thompson too good for Darderi, moves into fourth round
Jordan Thompson beat Luciano Darderi 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Friday afternoon and will face American Taylor Fritz, the No 5 seed, in the next round
Jordan Thompson – (c) AI / Reuters / Panoramic
Australian Jordan Thompson won against Italian Luciano Darderi 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the last 16 of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Thompson, ranked No 44, will play American Taylor Fritz, the No 5 seed, next.
The Australian overhauled the situation against Vit Kopriva (3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 6-1) and defeated Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi (7-5, 6-7 (2), 4-6, 6-2, 6-4) in the previous rounds of The Championships.
Earlier in the tournament, Darderi, ranked No 59, won against Russian Roman Safiullin (7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-1) and wildcard Arthur Fery (6-4, 6-3, 6-3).
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: friday
- Nuno Borges vs. Karen Khachanov: friday
- Nicolas Jarry vs. Joao Fonseca: friday
- Kamil Majchrzak vs. Arthur Rinderknech: friday
- Cameron Norrie beat Mattia Bellucci: 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-3
- Andrey Rublev (14) beat Adrian Mannarino (Q): 7-5, 6-2, 6-3
- Taylor Fritz beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (26): 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1
