Wimbledon 2026 Day Two Recap

The second day of Wimbledon 2026 is in the bag and featured plenty of big serving, marathon tie-breaks, and a couple of shocks.

While the top seeds largely found a way through, the biggest story came on No. 2 Court, where qualifier Otto Virtanen stunned fourth seed Ben Shelton in a high-quality five-set thriller, saving a match point to claim the biggest win of his career.

Francisco Cerundolo’s straight-sets defeat to Jaume Munar also stood out as one of the more surprising results of the day, given the Argentine’s strong recent grass form as Queen’s Club champion.

Alexander Zverev was pushed hard by debutant Alexander Blockx on Centre Court, while Matteo Berrettini survived a four-set epic full of tie-breaks against Stan Wawrinka in what was the Swiss veteran’s Wimbledon farewell.

It was also a noticeably better day for the Brits. Arthur Fery advanced comfortably, Jacob Fearnley staged a fine comeback from two sets down, Toby Samuel pushed Jakub Mensik all the way in a five-setter, and Jan Choinski picked up a solid straight-sets victory.

While the home challenge remains uphill, there was genuine fight and encouragement on Tuesday compared to the disappointments of Day One.

The day finished with three matches still left unfinished due to fading light. Flavio Cobolli vs Mariano Navone, Frances Tiafoe vs Terence Atmane, and the Daniel Altmaier vs Alex Molcan clash were suspended and will resume on Wednesday.

Full recap of day two below.

Day Two Wimbledon 2026 Round of 128 Results

Winner	Loser	Score
Alex de Minaur [5]	Roman Andrés Burruchaga	7-6(5) 6-1 6-0
Adrian Mannarino	Titouan Droguet	6-2 6-4 6-1
Zachary Svajda	Pablo Llamas Ruiz (LL)	6-1 6-2 6-4
Kamil Majchrzak	Alejandro Tabilo [30]	6-3 7-5 7-5
Karen Khachanov [19]	Billy Harris (Q)	6-3 5-7 6-3 6-3
Yannick Hanfmann	Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard	6-7(6) 7-6(9) 6-2 6-3
James Duckworth	Tallon Griekspoor	6-4 4-6 7-5 6-4
Flavio Cobolli [9] / Mariano Navone	Flavio Cobolli [9] / Mariano Navone	TBF
Jakub Mensik [15]	Toby Samuel (WC)	5-7 6-3 6-3 3-6 7-6(7)
Grigor Dimitrov (WC)	Dane Sweeny (Q)	7-6(4) 6-3 7-5
Matteo Berrettini	Stan Wawrinka (WC)	6-7(7) 7-6(16) 7-6(7) 7-6(5)
Arthur Fils [20]	Raphael Collignon	7-5 6-1 6-3
Zizou Bergs	Ugo Humbert [27]	6-2 7-5 4-6 3-6 6-3
Jaime Faria (Q)	Sho Shimabukuro	7-6(6) 6-3 6-7(2) 6-3
Arthur Fery (WC)	Damir Dzumhur	3-6 6-2 6-2 6-1
Otto Virtanen (Q)	Ben Shelton [4]	6-4 3-6 6-7(8) 6-2 7-6(9)
Taylor Fritz [6]	Dusan Lajovic (LL)	6-3 6-4 6-3
Patrick Kypson	Mackenzie McDonald (Q)	3-6 6-1 6-4 6-4
Gabriel Diallo	Benjamin Bonzi	1-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3 3-1 Ret.
Lorenzo Sonego	Tomas Martin Etcheverry [29]	6-4 6-4 6-7(2) 7-6(4)
Frances Tiafoe [17] / Terence Atmane	Frances Tiafoe [17] / Terence Atmane	TBF
Jan Choinski	Vit Kopriva	6-3 7-5 6-2
Kyrian Jacquet (Q)	Vilius Gaubas (Q)	6-3 6-4 7-6(2)
Alexander Bublik [10]	Thanasi Kokkinakis	4-6 6-3 6-7(10) 6-3 6-4
Jiri Lehecka [13]	Alexei Popyrin	6-4 6-2 6-4
Daniel Altmaier / Alex Molcan	Daniel Altmaier / Alex Molcan	TBF
Jacob Fearnley (WC)	Alex Michelsen	3-6 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-2
Jaume Munar	Francisco Cerundolo [18]	6-1 6-4 6-3
Quentin Halys	Matteo Arnaldi [32]	3-6 6-1 7-6(5) 6-3
Marcos Giron	Corentin Moutet	4-6 6-4 7-5 6-4
Valentin Royer	Harry Wendelken (WC)	4-6 6-3 6-3 6-3
Alexander Zverev [2]	Alexander Blockx	6-4 6-7(8) 7-6(5) 7-6(0)

Key Match Recap

Otto Virtanen (Q) def. Ben Shelton [4] 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(8), 6-2, 7-6(11-9) (4h 21m)

Qualifier Otto Virtanen stunned fourth seed Ben Shelton in a thrilling five-set battle on No. 2 Court. The Finnish No. 140 saved a match point in the deciding tie-break (winning 11-9) to claim the biggest win of his career.

Virtanen saved 11 of 12 break points and capitalised on strong grass form from his Nottingham final run last week.

For some reason, I missed this one as a potential upset in the draw, but it wasn’t unforeseeable, given Virtanen’s high-quality serve.

The only thing I’d have had my doubts about is whether he could hold it together mentally, but he delivered in the fifth set, overcoming some cheap return errors and missed first serves in the tiebreak to outlast Shelton from the baseline.

A big missed opportunity for the 4th seed as this year’s Wimbledon is a fairly wide-open tournament for someone to put American tennis back on the Grand Slam map. Virtanen will next face British wild card Arthur Fery.

Alexander Zverev [2] def. Alexander Blockx 6-4, 6-7(8), 7-6(5), 7-6(0)

Second seed Alexander Zverev had to dig deep on Centre Court against talented 21-year-old Belgian debutant Alexander Blockx.

The match was a serve-dominated affair (37 combined aces and only three breaks across four sets), but Zverev showed his class in the clutch moments.

After dropping the second-set tie-break, Zverev stayed composed in two more tie-breaks (winning them 7-5 and 7-0) to close out a three-hour victory.

Zverev now leads the H2H 3-0 against Blockx, and while it wasn’t always pretty (relinquishing a break of serve with a flurry of double faults in the fourth), it was a professional performance and a solid step forward as he chases a deep run at SW19 (where his best result is the fourth round)

Roland Garros in the back of your head really helps, but I do believe that I can play well on this surface… I did get through today so I am very happy about that. I hope I will have the best result of my career here. Zverev on his win.

Matteo Berrettini def. Stan Wawrinka (WC) 6-7(7), 7-6(16), 7-6(7), 7-6(5)

A four-set epic filled with tie-breaks, including an insane 34-point second-set tie-break. Berrettini, a former Wimbledon finalist and somewhat of a grass-court specialist, prevailed in what was Wawrinka’s final appearance at the Championships.

A fun match, maybe not the highest quality, but there were only two breaks of serve, and Berrettini showed his typical big-serving grass game while Stan’s backhand is still a joy to watch.

Post-match, Stan said on court he didn’t want to retire but knew it was time as he shed a tear. I’ll certainly miss watching him, and even though grass wasn’t really suited to his style of movement, he did make back-to-back quarter-finals at Wimbledon, along with a final at ‘s-Hertogenbosch in 2013.

Other Key Results

Taylor Fritz [6] def. Dusan Lajovic (LL) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3: Straightforward win for the American on No. 1 Court. Fritz looked solid and moved through comfortably in what was an easier match than his anticipated one against Draper.

Zizou Bergs def. Ugo Humbert [27] 6-2, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3: Remarkable result for the Belgian, who beat Humbert for the second time in three days (after the Eastbourne final). Bergs is on a six-match winning streak.

Alex de Minaur [5] def. Roman Andrés Burruchaga 7-6(5), 6-1, 6-0: Strong start for the Australian seed after a tight first set.

Jakub Mensik [15] def. Toby Samuel (WC) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(7): The young Czech had to fight through a five-set thriller against the British wild card. A bit of a typical Mensik match, which I thought he’d erased from his game after Roland Garros, but he does often lose focus.

Alexander Bublik [10] def. Thanasi Kokkinakis 4-6, 6-3, 6-7(10), 6-3, 6-4: Five-set battle for Bublik with Kokkinakis losing another five-setter.

Jaume Munar def. Francisco Cerundolo [18] 6-1, 6-4, 6-3: Straight-sets upset against the Queens Champion. Munar is always tricky, but a surprising loss given how he played two weeks ago.

Highlights

Wimbledon 2026 Day 3 Round of 64 Matches