Rune, ranked No 15, will play the winner of the match between Australian Alexei Popyrin and Serb Novak Djokovic, the second seed, next.
Comebacks from two sets down at Wimbledon 2024:
- Seyboth Wild d. Paul Jubb 1-6 3-6 7-6(6) 6-4 7-5 round 1
- Machac d. Goffin 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 7-6(5) round 1
- Safiullin d. Cerundolo 6-7(5) 3-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 round 1
- Kokkinakis d. Auger-Aliassime 4-6 5-7 7-6(9) 6-4 6-4 round 1
- Bublik d. Mensik 4-6 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4 6-2 round 1
- Thompson d. Kotov 5-7 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4 round 1
- Tiafoe d. Arnaldi 6-7(5) 2-6 6-1 6-3 6-3 round 1
- Harris d. Michelsen 3-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 7-6(9) round 1
- Dimitrov d. Shang 5-7 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 6-4 round 2
- Rune d. Halys 1-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(4), 6-1
The 21-year-old Dane won against SoonWoo Kwon (6-1, 6-4, 6-4) and Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild (3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2) in the previous rounds of The Championships.
Earlier in the tournament, Halys, ranked No 220, defeated American Christopher Eubanks (6-4, 6-4, 6-2) and Russian Karen Khachanov, the No 21 seed (4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4).
London (Grand Slam), other third-round results (All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, grass, GBP 50.000.000, most recent results first):
- Taylor Fritz vs. Alejandro Tabilo: saturday
- Alexei Popyrin vs. Novak Djokovic: saturday
- Daniil Medvedev (5) beat Jan-Lennard Struff: 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3)
- Lorenzo Musetti (25) beat Francisco Comesana: 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Roberto Bautista Agut beat Fabio Fognini: 7-6 (6), 3-6, 5-7, 7-6 (1), 6-4
- Alexander Zverev (4) beat Cameron Norrie: 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (15)
- Ben Shelton (14) beat Denis Shapovalov: 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
- Arthur Fils beat Roman Safiullin: 4-6, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (LL) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4
- Ugo Humbert (16) beat Brandon Nakashima: 7-6 (9), 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6)
- Lucas Pouille vs. Alex De Minaur
- Jannik Sinner (1) beat Miomir Kecmanovic: 6-1, 6-4, 6-2
- Grigor Dimitrov (10) beat Gael Monfils: 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
- Carlos Alcaraz (3) beat Frances Tiafoe (29): 5-7, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
- Tommy Paul (12) beat Alexander Bublik (23): 6-3, 6-4, 6-2