Jordan Thompson is the primary Australian by to the fourth spherical at Wimbledon, with a four-set victory towards Luciano Darderi sealing his place – and his finest lead to singles at SW19.
London, UK, 5 July 2025 | Rhys de Deugd
Preventing by consecutive five-set matches and a debilitating again harm, Jordan Thompson is thru to the ultimate 16 at Wimbledon for the primary time in his profession.
In his ninth Wimbledon marketing campaign, the 31-year-old outlasted world No.59 Luciano Darderi 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3 to equal his finest Grand Slam end result, achieved on the 2020 and 2024 US Opens.
After breaking serve as soon as in every of the primary two units to take them, Thompson was unable to take action within the third, and the Italian realised the chance to strike again.
Exhibiting resilience and toughness, Thompson managed to elevate within the fourth set and shut out the match to take him to a maiden fourth spherical look on the All England Membership.
“Unimaginable,” stated Thompson, reflecting on the lead to an interview with Stan Sport.
“If somebody informed me that I used to be gonna be within the fourth spherical, like, with the preparation I’ve had, I’d say, ‘yeah, present me the dotted line, as a result of I’d be fast to seize the pen [and sign it]’.”
Together with phenomenal craft on the internet all through the match, Thompson continued to depend on his massive serve, which helped him throughout the road with 19 aces and no double faults.
Only one participant has extra aces to their identify throughout this event, and that’s world No.5 Taylor Fritz – towards whom Thompson will now compete for a spot in his first Grand Slam quarterfinal.
“It means all the things,” stated Thompson, who beat Fritz of their final match within the quarterfinals at Queen’s Membership, on grass, final 12 months.
“I feel grass is my finest floor, and it hasn’t actually proven at Wimbledon. So to lastly dwell as much as considerably expectations is extraordinarily pleasing.
“He [Fritz] in all probability didn’t have his finest day [last year when I beat him] however I used to be enjoying some good grasscourt tennis, so hopefully I can present that once more.”
Thompson turns into the primary Australian to succeed in the fourth spherical on the grasscourt slam this 12 months, with Alex de Minaur and Daria Kasatkina having the prospect to hitch him after they play on Saturday.
Earlier on Friday, Rinky Hijikata misplaced his second-round singles match towards Ben Shelton, having saved three match factors previous to the postponement of play on Thursday night.
Shelton served out his ultimate service recreation to progress to the third spherical 6-2 7-5 6-4, whereas Hijikata rapidly shifted focus to his second-round doubles match within the afternoon.
Alongside Dutch participant David Pel, the duo’s match went proper right down to the wire towards People Robert Money and JJ Tracy, and Hijikata and Pel prevailed 13-11 within the final-set tiebreak.
Aussies in motion: Wimbledon
DAY 5 RESULTS
Gents’s singles, third spherical
Jordan Thompson (AUS) d Luciano Darderi (ITA) 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-4
Gents’s singles, second spherical
[10] Ben Shelton (USA) d Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 6-2 7-5 6-4
Gents’s doubles, second spherical
[Alt] Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/David Pel (NED) d Robert Money (USA)/JJ Tracy (USA) 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(11)
Guido Andreozzi (ARG)/Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) d John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Fernando Romboli (BRA) 6-3 6-4
[3] Kevin Krawietz (GER)/Tim Puetz (GER) d Matthew Romios (AUS)/Ryan Seggerman (USA) 6-3 7-6(3)
Blended doubles, first spherical
Nathaniel Lammons (USA)/Alexandra Panova d [7] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Kevin Krawietz (GER) 7-6(2) 6-4
COMING UP ON DAY 6
Gents’s singles, third spherical
[11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v [Q] August Holmgren (DEN) – No.2 Court docket, second match
Girls’ singles, third spherical
[16] Daria Kasatkina (AUS) v [19] Liudmila Samsonova – No.3 Court docket, first match
Girls’ doubles, second spherical
[7] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) v Magda Linette (POL)/Bernarda Pera (USA) – Court docket 18, third match
Kimberly Birrell (AUS)/Maya Joint (AUS) v [6] Asia Muhammad (USA)/Demi Schuurs (NED) – Court docket 14, third match
Olivia Gadecki (AUS)/Desirae Krawczyk (USA) v [12] Jiang Xinyu (CHN)/Wu Fang-Hsien (TPE) – Court docket 17, third match
Gents’s doubles, second spherical
Jordan Thompson (AUS)/Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) v Mattia Bellucci (ITA)/Fabian Marozsan (HUN) – Court docket 7, third match
Blended doubles, first spherical
Matt Ebden (AUS)/Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) v [4] Evan King (USA)/Taylor Townsend (USA) – Court docket 6, second match
Ladies’ singles, first spherical
[1] Emerson Jones (AUS) v Julie Pastikova (CZE) – Court docket 8, third match
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