Wimbledon qualifying: Gibson and Hon hoping for final-round redemption | 26 June, 2025 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Six Australians will vie to cement their spot at Wimbledon on Thursday as the ultimate spherical of qualifying commences.

Talia Gibson, Priscilla Hon and Emerson Jones hope to hitch the 5 Aussie girls already in the primary draw at Wimbledon, whereas James McCabe, Li Tu and Alex Bolt may additional increase our males’s main-draw contingent of eight.

Australian seeds Gibson and Hon enter their Day 4 matches hoping to rectify earlier final-day disappointment in Roehampton.

With each chasing maiden main-draw berths on the All England Membership, they might want to defeat top-10 seeds to progress.

Gibson appears to re-write the script of her 2024 consequence, the place she fell to No.1 seed Katie Volynets 6-0 6-1 within the remaining spherical.

Twelve months on, the West Australian believes she is best geared up to deal with the state of affairs.

“I’m tremendous completely satisfied that I’m in that very same place once more. I feel I’m lots higher off this yr, particularly as a result of I did injure myself a little bit bit in that second-round match final yr,” she mentioned. “Going into that match final yr, I feel it was form of get on the market and do my finest, however this yr, hopefully I can actually go after the whole lot I can.”

The 21-year-old has been spectacular in her two qualifying matches to this point this week, claiming a straight-sets victory over Spaniard Andrea Lazaro Garcia then ousting Dutchwoman Arianne Hartono in a gruelling battle.

No.10 seed Solana Sierra stands in the way in which of Gibson taking part in in her first grasscourt main principal draw; the Argentine No.1 is but to drop a set this qualifying marketing campaign.

Hon is taking part in for an opportunity to achieve the Wimbledon principal draw for the primary time in seven appearances at Roehampton.

The 27-year-old will play within the remaining Wimbledon qualifying spherical for the primary time since 2021 – she was pressured to withdraw from her 2022 final-round match – when she faces sixth seed Victoria Mboko.

“Undoubtedly [my] serving [has been] enormous on the grass. However I feel coming in and volleying lots, that’s fairly large and I’ve been doing that properly, so I feel that’s what’s helped me,” she mentioned about her grasscourt sport. “So long as I’m wholesome, as a result of I’ve had some shoulder points, when that’s alright and I can serve at my finest, grass is clearly a superb floor for me.”

One yr after reaching the Wimbledon women’ singles remaining, Jones has the prospect to change into the youngest Aussie girl since Ash Barty in 2012 to compete within the Wimbledon principal draw.