Wimbledon ATP Day Two Round-Up | Alexander Zverev survives tough Blockx test as Ben Shelton biggest name casualty

Wimbledon continued into the second day on the ATP side and the irony is that not all matches have even been completed with players needing to come back tomorrow and it was a mixed bag for the big names in attendence as Alexander Zverev won through but wasn't inspiring.

Matteo Berrettini clinched an epic over retiring veteran Stan Wawrinka, while Ben Shelton was dumped out by unheralded Finn, Otto Virtanen.

To start the day, Alex de Minaur was one of the real successes as he saw off Burruchaga in three sets 7-6, 6-1, 6-0 as his future wife in a short time in Katie Boulter cried in her press conference after she was defeated by Tyra Grant.

But while some Brits faltered, Jacob Fearnley came back to win in five against Alex Michelsen 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 3-6, 2-6 to gain some unlikely success for a nation that only really saw Katie Swan win and also Jan Choinski later on.S

It was the loss of Shelton though that really sent shock waves around SW19 as Otto Virtanen dug deep to seal the biggest shock so far. He saved a match point to stun the fourth seed in a five-set first round thriller.

He prevailed 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(8), 6-2, 7-6(11-9) in a four hour 21 minute battle on No.2 court. He saved the match point at 8-9 in the 10-point deciding set tie-break before converting the first after Shelton fired a forehand wide.

“I don’t know if I have a heart anymore,” Virtanen joked when asked in his on-court interview about dealing with the late-match tension. “But I’m here and played until the last point… I had a great month before this. I played a lot of grass matches. I always enjoyed playing here. Last year unfortunately I got an injury [and couldn’t play], but I always have a great time here.”

“It definitely means a lot to me,” Virtanen added. “A big win on a big court in my favourite place. After a tough year, I’ve been getting good wins and playing good… Playing now for month, every day, and feeling healthy, and hoping the results will come. So here we are.”

Awaiting Virtanen is Arthur Fery who downed Damir Dzumhur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. Taylor Fritz though was a lot more straight forward as he took down Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 on No.1 Court. He was due to face Jack Draper.

“Obviously my confidence should be high based off of how the grass court season has gone for me,” Fritz said after. “But probably a little more nervy than previous years, because I get in that rhythm. I win Eastbourne, I come here, and it's like just playing matches almost every day.

“It's almost like I know there is no doubt when I step on the court that I'm going to play to a certain level, I'm going to play well. I just bring a bit more confidence. I like to play. A bit more nervy, kind of more similar to what it feels like when I play US Open, play Australia. I take the week off before I play those ones as well but was able to play good tennis.”

Alexander Zverev is also through but he really struggled against Alexander Blockx and perhaps another player would've taken their chance. He won through 6-4, 7-6, 6-7, 6-7 with a 7-0 tie-break loss for Blockx. But the Roland Garros champion is through.

Arthur Fils who has really struggled with injury as of late also eased through 7-5, 6-1, 6-3 against Raphael Collignon. Grigor Dimitrov also moved through 7-6, 6-3, 7-5.

While Wawrinka and Berrettini played out a true epic. It was four sets of tie-break which was finally won by Berrettini who ends the career on grass of Wawrinka. A truly enthralling end.

Berrettini took the final tie-break 7-5 just as Serena Williams was losing out to Maya Joint in the night of elder statesman of the game. Wawrinka looked emotional at the net as his career on grass ends.

While for Tiafoe and also Cobolli, they have to return tomorrow with bad light stopping them. A long week for the winners of those games awaits.