Thanasi Kokkinakis and Rinky Hijikata lead the Australian cost within the Wimbledon 2023 gents’s qualifying singles competitors.
London, Wimbledon, 26 June 2023 | Leigh Rogers
5 Australians are set to contest the Wimbledon 2023 gents’s singles qualifying competitors, which begins at Roehampton in London right now.
The schedule consists of an all-Australian battle between Rinky Hijikata and Alex Bolt. That is the primary all-Aussie opening-round conflict in Wimbledon qualifying in 17 years.
Aussies in motion on day one among qualifying:
[7] James Duckworth (AUS) v [WC] Stuart Parker (GBR)
Gents’s qualifying singles, first spherical, Stadium Court docket, first match (from 8pm AEST)
With three ATP Challenger finals appearances thus far in 2023, Duckworth is verging on a top-100 return. The 31-year-old, whose rating peaked at world No.46 in late 2022, is contesting Wimbledon qualifying for the sixth time and aiming to qualify for the third time (he beforehand certified in 2013 and 2014). World No.109 Duckworth, whose finest Wimbledon result’s a third-round run in 2021, begins his marketing campaign in opposition to a 25-year-old British wildcard. World No.425 Parker gained a play-off final week to earn his place within the qualifying draw.
Head-to-head report: First assembly
[2] Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v Leandro Riedi (SUI)
Gents’s qualifying singles, first spherical, Court docket 10, second match
Kokkinakis charged again into the world’s high 100 following an exciting third-round run at Roland Garros final month. However as this occurred after the Wimbledon entry deadline cut-off, the 27-year-old Australian must qualify to earn a main-draw spot. The world No.89, who made the second spherical in a career-best run on the All England Membership final 12 months, is the No.2 seed within the draw. His first-round opponent is world No.165 Riedi. The 21-year-old Swiss participant is contesting solely his second skilled grass-court event.
Head-to-head report: First assembly
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2023 gents’s qualifying singles draw
[9] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) v Alex Bolt (AUS)
Gents’s qualifying singles, first spherical, Court docket 14, fourth match
World No.113 Hijikata meets world No.342 Bolt in an all-Australian first-round showdown. The 22-year-old Hijikata has been a standout performer through the grass-court season, profitable seven of his 11 matches. This included a maiden semifinal run at a tour-level occasion in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. Hijikata superior to the ultimate spherical in his Wimbledon qualifying debut final 12 months. The 30-year-old Bolt has certified at Wimbledon as soon as earlier than (in 2018) and has gained seven of his 9 profession qualifying matches on the event. Bolt, who was sidelined for six months final 12 months after present process elbow surgical procedure, is utilizing a protected rating of No.203 to compete.
Head-to-head report: First assembly
Marc Polmans (AUS) v [19] Andrea Vavassori (ITA)
Gents’s qualifying singles, first spherical, Court docket 16, fourth match
The resurgent Polmans has virtually halved his rating this season. After starting the 12 months at world No.334, he now sits at world No.175. It’s a promising return for Polmans, who underwent ankle surgical procedure final 12 months and was sidelined for six months. The final time the 26-year-old competed at Wimbledon in 2021, he certified after which reached the second spherical. Polmans begins his 2023 qualifying quest in opposition to world No.128 Vavassori, a 28-year-old Italian who’s aiming to qualify at Wimbledon for the second 12 months in a row.
Head-to-head report: First assembly
>VIEW: Wimbledon 2023 qualifying day one schedule
Eight Australians have obtained direct acceptance into the Wimbledon 2023 gents’s singles competitors, led by world No.16 Alex de Minaur and 2022 finalist Nick Kyrgios.
Max Purcell, Chris O’Connell, Jordan Thompson, Aleksandar Vukic, Alexei Popyrin and Jason Kubler will even contest the primary draw.
The Wimbledon women’ qualifying singles competitors, which options six Australian girls, begins tomorrow.
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