Alex de Minaur has hailed the rise of Australian tennis after marching into the third round of Wimbledon alongside Alexei Popyrin, who has scrapped his way to another landmark date with Novak Djokovic. But the day the sun came out at SW19 was tinged with disappointment for the gold-and-green challenge as Thanasi Kokkinakis limped out of the tournament after a fall following agonising losses for Adam Walton and Daria Saville.
“It shows the rest of the world, the other nations, we’re ready.” If de Minaur’s triumph was expected, fellow Sydneysider Popyrin’s victory over 30th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry was more surprising as the world No.47, twice a set down, outlasted the Argentine 3-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-3 in two minutes under four hours. A win he always felt was in his control set up a third-round rematch with seven-times champion Djokovic, who ended the plucky effort of British world no.
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