Teenager Emerson Jones and doubles mixture Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson fought for trophies at SW19 amid a string of Australian highlights.
London, 15 July 2024 | Dan Imhoff
Alex de Minaur led the cost into the second week at Wimbledon the place he reached back-to-back Grand Slam singles quarterfinals on the heels of his run in Paris final month.
The 25-year-old suffered a bitter blow, nevertheless, when he was dominated out of his last-eight showdown towards third seed Novak Djokovic resulting from a hip damage.
Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson additionally flew the flag this week on the All England Membership after they got here with a degree thrice of securing the lads’s doubles title, whereas 16-year-old Emerson Jones got here inside one win of becoming a member of Ash Barty as a women’ singles champion on the grass.
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On Monday, there was additionally trigger to rejoice 10 Australian males contained in the world’s high 100 within the ATP singles rankings for the primary time since January 1982.
This week’s most excellent performers embody:
Tristan Schoolkate: The 23-year-old reached the quarterfinals of the hard-court ATP Challenger occasion in Winnipeg, Canada to snap a four-match singles shedding streak. It was his first quarterfinal since profitable the Guangzhou Challenger in Might.
Blake Mott: The 28-year-old was a quarterfinalist on onerous courtroom on the Nottingham ITF 25 occasion. Mott was bidding to succeed in his third ITF 25 semifinal this season after back-to-back runs to the final 4 – additionally at occasions in Nottingham – in April-Might.
James McCabe: The 21-year-old reached his second straight ITF 25 hard-court quarterfinal in Nottingham. It was his fifth quarterfinal displaying of the season.
Jesse Delaney: The 25-year-old made a quarterfinal on the ITF 15 hard-court occasion in Nakkhon Si Thammarat, Thailand for his second ITF quarterfinal of 2024.
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Edward Winter: The 19-year-old notched a quarterfinal on the ITF 15 clay occasion in Umag, Croatia. {The teenager} was aiming for back-to-back ITF semifinals after reaching the final 4 in Changwon, South Korea the week earlier than.
Alicia Smith: The 27-year-old reached her second profession ultimate, and first in three years, on the ITF 15 occasion in Nakkhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. It was the primary time Smith had handed a quarterfinal since her ITF Solarino title in November 2021.
Heath Davidson: The 37-year-old made the quarterfinals of the quad wheelchair singles at Wimbledon and the semifinals of the quad wheelchair doubles at Wimbledon alongside South African Donald Ramphadi. Davidson was aiming to succeed in the ultimate of each occasions at SW19 for the second straight 12 months.
Emerson Jones: The 16-year-old fell simply brief of claiming her maiden junior Grand Slam title at Wimbledon after she succumbed to Renata Jamrichova in a rematch of the Australian Open women’ singles ultimate. Jones additionally reached the semifinals of the ladies’ doubles alongside Italian Vittoria Paganetti.
Jaimee Fourlis: Every week after capturing her first singles title since February final 12 months, the 24-year-old continued her profitable methods within the Netherlands when she and compatriot Petra Hule claimed the ITF 75 doubles crown in The Hague. It marked a primary title collectively from their second ultimate this season, having fallen within the ITF 35 decider in Gdansk final month.
Petra Hule: The 25-year-old landed her first ITF clay-court doubles title alongside Fourlis in The Hague. It was Hule’s sixth ITF doubles title from 11 finals.
Alexandra Bozovic: The 25-year-old teamed up with Latvian Diana Marcinkevica to make the ITF 25 semifinals in Don Benito, Spain. In her fourth ITF doubles semifinal this season, Bozovic was bidding so as to add a second doubles trophy this season after triumphing in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
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