Nick Kyrgios warned that the Britons he wanted to avoid in the men’s draw were Andy Murray, but Murray’s companion Briton Paul Jub almost proved that Kyrgios would be back in a tight opening round match. did.
Jab was drawn to Kyrgios of Inform and handed him perhaps the toughest first round of all home players in men’s and women’s singles.
And the 22-year-old easily hinted at a big upset when Kyrgios took the opening set on the second day of Wimbledon, where he had a nasty interaction with the line judge.
The jab somehow maintained a topsy-filled encounter on Court 3, with Kyrgios playing in the match 5-3 in the decision set and scoring two break points.
Up to 29th The Australian ace wiped out the threat, but the jab won another break point turned around with a clever drop shot.
In Game 11, he scored a breakpoint again, but couldn’t convert it. Kyrgios held the match 6-3, 1-6, 5-7, 7-6, 6-3.
After that, Kyrgios said: He will certainly be a good player. I thought I was going there, and it would have been a big, big loss. ”
Ryan Peniston may have had to wait until he was 26 to make his Grand Slam debut, but 6-46-36-2 Henry Laxonen to book his place in the second round. I was impressed by the fact that I broke it.
In the process, he put at least £ 78,000 in his pocket. That’s more than half the amount of money he earned in prize money during his career.
Peniston was the breakout star of the traditional Wimbledon warm-up event at Queens as the last Briton to stand in a draw.
And he backed it up against Laaksonen, who hit Peniston’s 18 to 44 unforced errors.
The Britons endured an 18-month fight against cancer at an early age and provided something like late bloomers in this season’s men’s games.
He has already started Wimbledon, which is ranked at the highest 147 of his career, and it doesn’t matter how he pays the fare in the second round, but it seems to rise higher.
In total, he took six of the thirteen breakpoints and beat all three sets against his Swiss opponent.
He joined Jack Draper in the second round. Jack Draper was drawn to Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon last year, beating Jizou Bergs 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 in his first main draw.
However, No28 seed Dan Evans didn’t really compete in the opening match as he lost to Australia’s Jason Kubler 6, 6-4, 6-3.
Meanwhile, Heather Watson counterattacked to overtake Tamara Korpatchu 6-7, 7-5, 6-2, but Katie Swan could not maintain a strong start against Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk. was.
As the Russian invasion continued, Kostyuk, whose father was still in his hometown of Kieu, left the courtroom with 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 winners.