MX23RW : Friday, April 26 03:05:49| >> :600:310474314:310474314:

Alexandr Dolgopolov through in straight sets

Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov beats Samuel Groth of Australia in straight sets in the first round at Wimbledon.

Alexandr Dolgopolov has won three close sets against Samuel Groth to progress to the second round at Wimbledon this evening.

The Ukrainian was closely matched by his Australian opponent in the opening set, but was able to get a break in the penultimate game of the set before holding serve to clinch it.

Both players served solidly in the second, with neither giving their opponent the chance to break, forcing the set to a tie-break which the world number 19 won comfortably.

The third set went the same way, but Groth was stronger in the tie-break before Dolgopolov just edged ahead to see out the match 7-5 7-6(2) 7-6(5).

Dolgopolov will face Germany's Benjamin Becker in the second round later this week.

ID:161466: cacheID:161466:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:restore:1284:No Data Analysis info
Restore Data
Share this article now:
Radek Stepanek of Czech Republic celebrates victory during the men's singles match against Dusan Lajovic of Serbia on November 17, 2013
Read Next:
Stepanek fights back to beat Groth
>
rhs 2.0
Today's games header
10am
Bublik
Carballes Baena
10am
Marozsan
Cerundolo
10am
Musetti
Seyboth Wild
10am
Paul
Klein
10am
Rublev
Bagnis
10am
Andreeva
Noskova
10am
Bronzetti
Rybakina
10am
Garcia
Wang
10am
Pavlyuchenkova
Saville
11.30am
Altmaier
Fils
11.30am
Martin Etcheverry
Shapovalov
11.30am
Alexandrova
Krueger
11.30am
Bucsa
Kasatkina
11.30am
Dolehide
Kalinina
11.30am
Jimenez Kasintseva
Paolini
11.30am
Linette
Sabalenka
1pm
Baez
Van Assche
1pm
Hurkacz
Draper
1pm
Bejlek
Kalinskaya
1pm
Cristian
Krejcikova
1pm
Kostyuk
Sherif
2pm
Zheng
Putintseva
2.30pm
Humbert
Van De Zandschulp
2.30pm
Darderi
Fritz
2.30pm
Boulter
Montgomery
3pm
Shevchenko
Alcaraz
3.30pm
Vondrousova
Rogers
4pm
Griekspoor
Daniel
4pm
Munar
Struff
5pm
Navone
Rune
7pm
Coric
Zverev
8.30pm
Collins
Danilovic
11.30am
Shang
Davidovich Fokina


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy after collecting the Golden Ball award on December 18, 2022Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!