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WimbledonThursday was a mixed bag for players with college ties at Wimbledon. John Isner fired 45 aces and hit 100 winners but he couldn’t close out Israel’s Dudi Sela and fell in five sets. Isner had seven break points in the fifth set but he wasn’t able to convert any and ended up falling 6-3. Former collegians had more success on the doubles side with 14 guys advancing to the doubles second round. The doubles team of Johan Brunstrom (SMU ’03) and Andreas Siljestrom (Middle Tenn St ’07) won the second longest match of the day by winning 12-10 in the fifth set in a match that lasted 3 hours and 54 minutes. French Open doubles champions Michael Venus (LSU ’09) and Ryan Harrison won their opener 9-7 in the fifth and now they’ll meet Brunstrom and Siljestrom in the second round.
There are no more former collegiate ladies remaining after the last three were defeated in the women’s doubles draw. Full results from all of today’s matches are listed down below.
Wimbledon Championships
Men’s Singles – Second Round
#42 Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07*) def. #87 Andreas Seppi 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3
#31 Steve Johnson (USC ’12) def. #108 Radu Albot 6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
#90 Dudi Sela def. #21 John Isner (Georgia ’07) 6-7(5), 7-6(5), 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-3
Third Round
#42 Kevin Anderson (Illinois ’07*) vs. #124 Ruben Bemelmans
#31 Steve Johnson (USC ’12) vs. #6 Marin Cilic
Men’s Doubles – First Round
[1] John Peers (Baylor ’11)/Henri Kontinen def. Fognini/Seppi 2-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-1
[10] Michael Venus (LSU ’09)/Ryan Harrison def. Andre Begemann (Pepp ’08)/J-L Struff 6-3, 1-6, 4-6, 6-3, 9-7
Johan Brunstrom (SMU ’03)/Andreas Siljestrom (Middle Tenn St ’07) def. Troicki/Zimonjic 6-7(4), 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(4), 12-10
[6] Dodig/Granollers def. Treat Huey (Virginia ’08)/Jonathan Erlich 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-7(4), 6-4
Petzschner/Peya def. Dominic Inglot (Virginia ’09)/Robin Haase 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-7(10), 6-4, 6-3
Knowle/Oswald def. Adil Shamasdin (Brown ’05)/Leander Paes 4-6, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(2), 10-8
Kokkinakis/Thompson def. [9] Jean-Julien Rojer (UCLA ’02)/Horia Tecau 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 7-6(4)
Ken Skupski (LSU ’07)/Neal Skupski (LSU ’12) def. Joe Salisbury (Memphis ’14)/Brydan Klein 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
[7] Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03*)/Raven Klaasen def. Copil/Vasdasco 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
Purav Raja (Loyola Marymount ’04)/Divij Sharan def. Edmund/Sousa 7-6(2), 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(6)
Podlipnik-Castillo/Vasilevski def. Scott Lipsky (Stanford ’03)/Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
[12] Robert Farah (USC ’10)/Juan Sebastian Cabal def. Berlocq/Ramos-Vinolas 6-4, 7-6(4), 7-6(0)
[15] Peralta/Zeballos def. James Cerretani (Brown ’04)/Mikhail Elgin 6-3, 6-2, 6-4
Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98)/Sam Groth def. Duran/Molteni 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
[5] Bob & Mike Bryan (Stanford ’98*) def. Polmans/Whittington 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
Marcin Matkowski (UCLA ’03)/Max Mirnyi def. Max Schnur (Columbia ’15)/Cheng-Peng Hsieh 7-5, 6-1, 7-6(5)
Nicholas Monroe (North Carolina ’04)/Artem Sitak def. Sa/Sela 3-6, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(4), 6-3
JP Smith (Tennessee ’11)/Matt Reid def. [11] F Lopez/M Lopez 3-6, 7-6(2), 6-2, 6-4
Clarke/Willis def. Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (Washington ’11)/Jared Donaldson 6-7(4), 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-0, 6-3
[14] Mergea/Qureshi def. [LL] Dino Marcan (Ohio State ’10*)/Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 4-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(3), 6-3
Second Round
[1] John Peers (Baylor ’11)/Henri Kontinen vs. Clayton/O’Mara
[10] Michael Venus (LSU ’09)/Ryan Harrison vs. Johan Brunstrom (SMU ’03)/Andreas Siljestrom (Middle Tenn St ’07)
Ken Skupski (LSU ’07)/Neal Skupski (LSU ’12) vs. [8] Bopanna/Roger-Vasselin
[7] Rajeev Ram (Illinois ’03*)/Raven Klaasen vs. Purav Raja (Loyola Marymount ’04)/Divij Sharan
[12] Robert Farah (USC ’10)/Juan Sebastian Cabal vs. Podlipnik-Castillo/Vasilevski
Robert Lindstedt (Pepperdine ’98)/Sam Groth vs. [3] Murray/Soares
[5] Bob & Mike Bryan (Stanford ’98*) vs. Marcin Matkowski (UCLA ’03)/Max Mirnyi
Nicholas Monroe (North Carolina ’04)/Artem Sitak vs. JP Smith (Tennessee ’11)/Matt Reid
Women’s Doubles – First Round
Dodin/Maria def. Caitlin Whoriskey (Tennessee ’10)/Ashley Weinhold 6-3, 6-2
[1] Mattek-Sands/Safarova def. Jennifer Brady (UCLA ’15*)/Alison Riske 7-5, 6-2
Haddad Maia/Konjuh def. [6] Abigail Spears (UCLA ’00)/Katarinia Srebotnik 7-6(4), 6-7(3), 6-4
Rae/Robson def. [11] Raquel Atawo (Cal ’04)/Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Kichenok/Savchuk def. Maria Sanchez (USC ’11)/Magda Linette 6-2, 6-7(8), 6-4
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