Alexei Popyrin, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Adam Walton are amongst 11 Australians scheduled to compete on day 4 at Wimbledon 2024.
London, Nice Britain, 4 July 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Alexei Popyrin, Thanasi Kokkinakis and Adam Walton are all aiming to increase career-best runs on day 4 at Wimbledon 2024.
Popyrin has progressed to the second spherical on the All England Membership for the second time in his profession, matching his effort on debut in 2019.
World No.31 Tomas Martin Etcheverry now stands within the 24-year-old’s manner of a maiden third-round look on the prestigious grass-court Grand Slam.
“It’s not going to be a simple match,” world No.47 Popyrin mentioned of his match-up with the 24-year-old Argentine. “I’ve identified him since I used to be 13 or 14 years previous. We performed juniors collectively and he’s a extremely good participant. I believe he’s extra of a clay-courter, however he acquired via his first spherical fairly simply in opposition to a strong grass-court participant.
“I’m going to should carry a extremely good stage to beat him.”
After finishing a heroic comeback to attain his first top-20 win at a Grand Slam in 9 years, Kokkinakis can advance to Wimbledon’s third spherical for the primary time if he beats French qualifier Lucas Pouille.
Though Pouille is presently ranked world No.212, he’s a former top-10 participant.
“I haven’t seen him enjoying shortly, however I do know recently he’s been discovering his type once more,” Kokkinakis famous of the Wimbledon 2016 quarterfinalist. “We’re good mates off the courtroom, so it’s good to see him coming again.
“It’s going to be robust, I’m anticipating to play a tricky match and for him to carry his greatest stage.”
The 25-year-old Walton scored his personal milestone Grand Slam win earlier this week and is set to proceed his breakout run in opposition to one other Argentine, Francisco Comesana.
The unheralded Comesana scored a serious upset within the opening spherical, eliminating world No.6 Andrey Rublev in 4 units. It was the world No.122’s first tour-level win and solely his second skilled grass-court match.
“I don’t actually know a lot about him, however clearly it’s not Rublev,” world No.101 Walton mentioned. “I’d quite play this man quite than Rublev for positive.”
Ninth seed Alex de Minaur is again in motion on day 4 as effectively, dealing with Spaniard Jaume Munar within the second spherical for the second consecutive Grand Slam. In addition they met at this stage at Roland Garros, the place De Minaur scored a straight-sets win.
“I’m very intrigued for this match-up,” De Minaur mentioned. “Clearly I performed him on clay, however I believe I can’t take something out of that match, if I’m fully sincere, going into enjoying him on grass. It’s fully polar reverse surfaces. I believe it’s going to be much more on my racquet.
“Possibly I’ve acquired slightly bit extra expertise than he does on the grass, however he’s performed some good matches. I bear in mind him enjoying in opposition to (Cameron) Norrie and having an absolute battle one yr right here (Wimbledon 2022), so I’m undoubtedly not taking it frivolously. I’m trying to try to play my tennis, play some constructive tennis and hopefully that may give me an excellent probability.”
The 25-year-old De Minaur is aiming to progress to Wimbledon’s third spherical for a 3rd time in his profession and for the primary time since 2022.
Daria Saville headlines the motion on Court docket 14, taking over world No.19 Marta Kostyuk in a second-round girls’s singles match. The match was postponed yesterday, after inclement climate impacted play on the All England Membership.
An extra six Australians function in doubles motion on day 4, together with the first-time pairing of Rinky Hijikata and John Friends. The Aussie pair tackle the Murray brothers, Andy and Jamie, at Centre Court docket.
It’s the first opening-round doubles match scheduled on Wimbledon’s famed Centre Court docket since 1995.
> READ: Friends and Hijikata excited to problem Murray brothers at Wimbledon
Wimbledon is broadcast dwell in Australia on the 9 Community and Stan Sport, with protection starting from 7.30pm AEST.
Aussies in motion on day 4:
Males’s singles, second spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Jaume Munar (ESP), No.3 Court docket, first match (from 8pm AEST)
Adam Walton (AUS) v Francisco Comesana (ARG), Court docket 16, first match (from 8pm AEST)
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v [30] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG), Court docket 11, second match
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v [Q] Lucas Pouille (FRA), Court docket 8, third match
Girls’s singles, second spherical
Daria Saville (AUS) v [18] Marta Kostyuk (UKR), Court docket 14, first match (from 8pm AEST)
Males’s doubles, first spherical
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)/Andreas Mies (GER) v Victor Cornea (ROU)/Fabian Marozsan (HUN), Court docket 6, first match (from 8pm AEST)
[15] Max Purcell (AUS)/Jordan Thompson (AUS) v [WC] Jay Clarke (GBR)/Marcus Willis (GBR), Court docket 10, second match
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)/John Friends (AUS) v [WC] Andy Murray (GBR)/Jamie Murray (GBR), Centre Court docket, third match
Girls’s doubles, first spherical
[3] Ellen Perez (AUS)/Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) v [WC] Sarah Beth Gray (GBR)/Tara Moore (GBR), Court docket 9, first match (from 8pm AEST)
Daria Saville (AUS)/Yuan Yue (CHN) v [9] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR)/Jelena Ostapenko (LAT), Court docket 16, fourth match
> VIEW: Full Wimbledon 2024 day 4 schedule
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