Goffin, Gasquet advance to second round in Wimbledon qualifying

Two-time Wimbledon quarter-finalist David Goffin made a winning start in qualifying on Monday when he defeated Australian Marc Polmans 6-3, 6-1.

The Belgian, who won an ATP Challenger Tour title on grass in Ilkley last week, reached the last eight at SW19 in 2019 and 2022. Goffin will next play Yasutaka Uchiyama after the Japanese World No. 203 beat 2022 ‘s-Hertogenbosch champion Tim van Rijthoven 6-7(6), 7-6(3), 6-1.

Richard Gasquet reached the Wimbledon semi-finals in 2007 and 2015. The former No. 7 in the PIF ATP Rankings is up and running in qualifying after he defeated Briton Oliver Crawford 6-2, 7-6(8). The 38-year-old Frenchman holds a 31-17 main draw record at SW19.

Daniel Elahi Galan advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon last year. The Colombian defeated Spani’s Roca Batalla Oriol 6-3, 6-4. Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, who reached the second round at the ATP 500 event at Queen’s last week, beat countryman Ugo Blanchet 6-2, 7-5.

#NextGenATP Croatian Dino Prizmic qualified for the Australian Open in January. He moved closer to matching that feat at Wimbledon, where he downed Clement Tabur 6-3, 6-4. The 36-year-old Mikhail Kukushkin also advanced, defeating Ukraine's Vitaliy Sachko 6-3, 6-3. Kukushkin reached the fourth round at The Championships in 2019.

#NextGenATP Frenchman Luca van Assche moved past countryman Jules Marie 6-1, 3-6, 7-6(10-8), but #NextGenATP Brazilian Joao Fonseca lost. The 17-year-old fell to Alejandro Moro Canas 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(12-10). The 2023 Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF champ Hamad Medjedovic beat Spaniard Daniel Rincon 7-5, 6-3.

Belgian Zizou Bergs, who reached the third round at Roland Garros earlier this month, defeated Australian Omar Jasika 6-2, 7-5, while former Top 10 star Lucas Pouille beat Briton Jack Pinnington Jones 6-0, 6-3. Pierre-Hugues Herbert has won the Wimbledon doubles title in 2016. The Frenchman beat South Korean Seongchan Hong 6-3, 6-2.

Briton Jay Clarke overcame Argentine Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 6-3. Schwartzman reached the third round at SW19 in 2019 and 2021.

Spaniard Bernabe Zapata Miralles downed Dane Sweeny 7-5, 6-1, Australian Alex Bolt overcame Argentine Nicolas Kicker 6-1, 6-4 and Moldovan Radu Albot clawed past Italian Francesco Maestrelli 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-2. Albot reached the third round at Wimbledon in 2018. Lloyd Harris, who returned to the Top 100 earlier this month, eliminated Andrea Vavassori 6-2, 6-2.