Point penalty for Davidovich Fokina on match point hands Vesely pass into Wimbledon third round
Jiri Vesely beat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (7) on Wednesday evening and will face American Tommy Paul, the No 30 seed, in the next round
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at Eastbourne in 2022 ( Hongbo Chen/Action Plus/Shutters/SIPA
Eastbourne 2022)
Czech Jiri Vesely reached the third round of Wimbledon by defeating Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 5-7, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (7) at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Wednesday evening.
But it was in somewhat unorthodox style. Davidovich Fokina was handed a second code violation and point penalty on match point after hitting a ball out of the court, which gave his opponent victory after a hard-fought battle.
He spoke to umpire Carlos Ramos in measured fashion afterwards before taking to his chair and burying his face in a towel for several minutes.
Vesely, ranked No 68, will play American Tommy Paul, the No 30 seed, next.
In the previous round, the Czech won against Argentinian Federico Coria (6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (3)).
Davidovich Fokina, ranked No 37, won against Pole Hubert Hurkacz, the No 7 seed (7-6 (4), 6-4, 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (8)) in the previous round.
London (Grand Slam), other second-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 40.350.000, most recent results first):
- Alex De Minaur vs. Jack Draper
- Ricardas Berankis vs. Rafael Nadal
- Dennis Novak vs. Jason Murray Kubler
- Maxime Cressy vs. Jack Sock
- Daniel Elahi Galan Riveros vs. Roberto Bautista Agut
- Denis Shapovalov vs. Brandon Nakashima
- Benjamin Bonzi vs. Jenson Brooksby
- Cristian Garin vs. Hugo Grenier
- Jordan Thompson vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Lorenzo Sonego vs. Hugo Gaston
- Filip Krajinovic vs. Nick Kyrgios
- Liam Broady vs. Diego Schwartzman
- Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Botic van de Zandschulp
- Mackenzie McDonald vs. Richard Gasquet
- Alastair Gray vs. Taylor Harry Fritz
- Marcos Giron vs. Alex Molcan
- Andy Murray vs. John Isner: wednesday
- Carlos Alcaraz (5) beat Tallon Griekspoor: 6-4, 7-6, 6-3
- Tim van Rijthoven (WC) beat Reilly Opelka (15): 6-4, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4)
- Tommy Paul beat Adrian Mannarino: 6-2, 6-4, 6-1
- Jannik Sinner (10) beat Mikael Ymer: 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
- Nikoloz Basilashvili (22) beat Quentin Halys: 7-6 (7), 0-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5)
- Cameron Norrie (9) beat Jaume Munar: 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2
- Alexander Bublik beat Dusan Lajovic: 7-6 (7), 6-2, 7-5
- Oscar Otte (32) beat Christian Harrison (Q): 3-1 ret.
- Novak Djokovic (1) beat Thanasi Kokkinakis: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
- Steve Johnson beat Ryan Peniston (WC): 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
- Frances Tiafoe (23) beat Maximilian Marterer (Q): 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
- Ugo Humbert beat Casper Ruud (3): 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4
- Miomir Kecmanovic (25) beat Alejandro Tabilo: 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3
- David Goffin beat Sebastian Baez (31): 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
