In his first Wimbledon look, Queensland’s Adam Walton costs into the second spherical of the boys’s singles competitors.
London, Nice Britain, 3 July 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Adam Walton has notched a number of spectacular milestones in latest weeks. These embrace a top-100 debut, a maiden ATP main-draw win, in addition to incomes direct acceptance right into a Grand Slam event for the primary time.
The 25-year-old from Queensland can now add a primary Grand Slam main-draw win to his rising checklist of achievements.
Walton made his main breakthrough with a commanding 6-3 6-3 7-5 victory towards Argentina’s Federico Coria in first-round males’s singles motion right this moment at Wimbledon.
Walton, who solely recorded his first skilled grass-court win final week, acquired the complete Wimbledon expertise in his event debut. This included navigating a rain delay, shortly after taking the opening set.
But nothing may curb the world No.101’s momentum, returning to shut out the largest win of his profession in an environment friendly two hours and 5 minutes.
At world No.72, Coria equals the highest-ranked opponent that Walton has defeated in his profession. That is his fifth top-100 victory in whole, all of which have been recorded this season.
Walton now turns his consideration to a second-round assembly with Argentina’s Francisco Comesana, who eradicated sixth seed Andrey Rublev earlier right this moment.
Like Walton, world No.122Â Comesana had by no means scored a Grand Slam main-draw win earlier than this event.
Aussies in motion – Wimbledon
RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d [LL] James Duckworth (AUS) 7-6(1) 7-6(3) 7-6(4)
Alexei Popyrin (AUS)Â d Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 6-4 6-7(8) 6-3 6-4
Adam Walton (AUS)Â d Federico Coria (ARG) 6-3 6-3 7-5
Ladies’s singles, first spherical
[13] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) d [WC] Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 6-1 6-2
[Q] Robin Montgomery (USA) d [Q] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) 6-4 6-4
COMING UP
Males’s singles, first spherical
Rinky Hijikata (AUS)Â v Flavio Cobolli (ITA)
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [13] Taylor Fritz (USA)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)Â v [17] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
Males’s singles, second spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS)Â v Jaume Munar (ESP)
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS)Â v [3] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
Alexei Popyrin (AUS)Â v [30] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG)Â
Jordan Thompson (AUS)Â v Brandon Nakashima (USA)
Adam Walton (AUS)Â v Francisco Comesana (ARG)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 males’s singles draw
Ladies’s singles, second spherical
Daria Saville (AUS)Â v [18] Marta Kostyuk (UKR)
> VIEW: Wimbledon 2024 ladies’s singles draw
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