Safiullin defeats Fonseca and advances to the 4th round at Wimbledon

• Roman Safiullin defeated Joao Fonseca 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 and advanced to the fourth round of Wimbledon.
• Safiullin, whose seeding is No. 132, won two straight sets over the unseeded Fonseca.
• In the fourth round, Safiullin will face Novak Djokovic — Artur Rinderknech; the match between Fonseca and Djokovic ended with Djokovic winning in the 4th set.

Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin beat Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon.

According to AP, Safiullin improved to 132nd on the ATP rankings. He won two straight sets at Wimbledon, while Fonseca won points under the name of 24. According to Independent, the match ended in less than two hours.

AP reports that Safiullin had a problem with a collision on the court. After the match began, he won in an interval of a quarter of an hour, and also had a chance to win the next game. Safiullin later broke serve after a pause in the interval, and then won on No. 2 Court.

Safiullin in the fourth round will face the winner of the match between Novak Djokovic and Arthur Rinderknech. According to AP, Djokovic and Rinderknech played on Centre Court, and it was also possible that the match would be played on No. 1 Court.

Independent also notes that Safiullin did not play against Djokovic in the fourth round. The same time Independent wrote that Djokovic at Wimbledon had no chance against Rinderknech on Centre Court.

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