A rematch of final 12 months’s Wimbledon remaining between Novak Djokovic and Nick Kyrgios awaits if the Aussie star could make it via the primary week of the grand slam.
Kyrgios missed the Australian and French Opens with harm and received’t have any match apply on grass earlier than he performs his first spherical match in opposition to Belgian veteran David Goffin on the All England Club.
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The 28-year-old has been dealt a troublesome hand at Wimbledon, drawn to face Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev within the third spherical and Djokovic within the quarterfinals, if he makes it that far.
Alex de Minaur is Australia’s prime seeded participant however has a equally robust draw.
He will play qualifier Kimmer Coppejans within the first spherical, however might face in opposition to Alexander Zverev within the third spherical and prime seed Carlos Alcaraz within the spherical of 16.
De Minaur has been in nice type on grass however after shedding to Alcaraz within the Queens’ Club remaining, it’s arduous to see an Aussie making the second week at Wimbledon.
Tennis reporter Marc McGowan tweeted: “First impressions? Brutal draw for the Australian men. Both Kyrgios and de Minaur are going to have to do something special to go beyond R4.”
Thanasi Kokkinakis did not make it via qualifying, so he received’t characteristic within the Wimbledon primary draw after making the third spherical of the French Open.
There are solely two Australian ladies within the singles draw at Wimbledon after Ajla Tomljanovic was pressured to withdraw from her third grand slam of the 12 months with harm.
Storm Hunter will play Xinyu Wang, whereas in an fascinating coincidence, Daria Saville will tackle native British hope Katie Boulter, who occurs to be Alex de Minaur’s girlfriend.
Meanwhile, World No. 1 Iga Swiatek suffered a Wimbledon scare on Friday when she was pressured to withdraw from her Bad Homburg semi-final with suspected meals poisoning.
“I’m so sorry but I have to pull out of my match today. I had a restless night because of some fever and possible food poisoning,” the Polish star wrote on social media.
“I’m not in a position to carry out immediately and I must maintain myself. I hope I’ll be high quality quickly.
The 22-year-old will now concentrate on recovering in time to play at Wimbledon which will get underway on Monday.
Swiatek is because of face China’s Zhu Lin within the first spherical on the All England Club the place she has but to get previous the final 16.
Australians’ 1st spherical Wimbledon matches
Men
Alex de Minaur (15) vs Ok Coppejans (Q)
Chris O’Connell vs H Medjedovic (Q)
Alexei Popyrin vs Dom Stricker
Aleks Vukic vs D Altmaier
Max Purcell vs Andrey Rublev (7)
Nick Kyrgios (30) vs D Goffin (WC)
Jordan Thompson v Brandon Nakashima
Women
Storm Hunter vs Xinyu Wang
Daria Saville vs Katie Boulter
With AFP
Source: www.news.com.au
