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Two of three Canadian men were in action on Monday, and both had winnable matches as Félix Auger-Aliassime took on James Duckworth, and Gabriel Diallo took on hard-hitting Daniel Altmaier of Germany. Both came through – although it took Auger-Aliassime awhile.
As for the rest, Carlos Alcaraz made the ceremonial men’s champion’s entrance onto Centre Court at 1:30 – and didn’t leave it for another five hours.
And teenage rising star Joao Fonseca got No. 1 Court – but, we suspect, not out of any notion of over-promoting him court-wide before he’s “earned it” (that’s a Wimbledon thing), but because he’s playing the No. 2 Brit after Jack Draper.
Four matches were suspended – two of them on the two roofed courts, because of the 11 p.m. curfew.
(Wimbledon is five hours ahead of EDT).
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Location: Roehampton, England
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Dates: June 29 – July , 2025
Draws: S128 – D64 – X32
Monday, June 29, 2025
Final results
Gentlemen’s singles, first round
Suspended
[3] Alexander Zverev (GER) v Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 67 (3) 76 (8) – suspended
[5] Taylor Fritz (USA) v Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) 67 (6) 67 (8) 64 76 (6) – suspended
Botic van De Zandschulp (NED) vs Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) 76 (4) 76 (5) – suspended
[Q] Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) v [Q] Giulio Zeppieri (ITA) 26 36 63 76 (6) – suspended
Canadian Content
Gabriel Diallo (CAN) def Daniel Altmaier (GER) 61 62 64
Injury retirements
[Q] Valentin Royer (FRA) def [24] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 63 62 retd
0-2 comebacks
Jordan Thompson (AUS) def Vit Kopriva (CZE) 36 46 63 76 (1) 61
Upsets
[Q] Nicolas Jarry (CHI) def [8] Holger Rune (DEN) 46 46 75 63 64
Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) def [9] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 76 (2) 36 76 (3) 62
Nuno Borges (POR) def [16] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) 46 63 76 (5) 60
[WC] Arthur Fery (GBR) def [20] Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 64 61 46 64
[PR] Jenson Brooksby (USA) def [31] Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 62 75 63
Kamil Majchrzak (POL) def [32] Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 46 62 64 57 63
Other five-setters
Luciano Darderi (ITA) def Roman Safiullin (RUS) 76 (3) 16 67 (2) 63 61
Seeds scuffling through
[2] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) def Fabio Fognini (ITA) 75 67 (5) 75 26 61
[14] Andrey Rublev (RUS) def Laslo Djere (SRB) 60 76 (5) 67 (9) 76 (5)
Seeds cruising
[12] Frances Tiafoe (USA) def Elmer Moller (DEN) 63 64 62
[17] Karen Khachanov (RUS) def Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 75 64 64
[23] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def Hugo Dellien (BOL) 46 62 62 76 (0)
[26] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) def Brandon Holt (USA) 62 64 75
Other results – in alphabetical order
Mattia Bellucci (ITA) def [WC] Oliver Crawford (GBR)67 (2) 63 64 64
Joao Fonseca (BRA) def Jacob Fearnley (GBR) 64 61 76 (5)
Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) [LL] Cristian Garin (CHI) def [Q] Chris Rodesch (LUX) 76 (8) 64 64
Billy Harris (GBR) def [LL] Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 63 62 64
Lloyd Harris (RSA) def Zizou Bergs (BEL) 76 (7) 76 (2) 67 (5) 62
[Q] Adrian Mannarino (FRA) def Christopher O’Connell (AUS) 62 64 63
Cameron Norrie (GBR) def Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) 63 36 64 76 (3)
Ethan Quinn (USA) def [WC] Henry Searle (GBR) 46 62 76 (11) 62
Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) def [Q] Filip Misolic (AUT) 62 57 63 63
[Q] Oliver Tarvet (GBR) def [Q] Leandro Riedi (SUI) 64 64 64
Learner Tien (USA) def Nishesh Basavareddy (USA) 76 (5) 63 62
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