Ajla Tomljanovic and Adam Walton bolster the variety of Australians within the Roland Garros 2024 singles major attracts to 11.
Paris, France, 15 Might 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Ajla Tomljanovic and Adam Walton have been awarded main-draw singles wildcards into Roland Garros.
Tomljanovic, a former world No.32 and three-time Grand Slam singles quarterfinalist, made a profitable return at a WTA 125 match in Parma, Italy, this week after being sidelined since February.
The 31-year-old is wanting ahead to her ninth main-draw look in Paris.
“I’m excited to be again enjoying and so grateful to have the chance to play Roland Garros. I’m wanting ahead to getting on the market and doing my finest,” Tomljanovic stated.
The world No.219 has a formidable report at Roland Garros, along with her finest outcome a fourth-round look in 2014.
Tomljanovic has additionally recorded two top-five wins on the clay-court Grand Slam, together with beating fifth seed Anett Kontaveit within the opening spherical in her most up-to-date look in 2022.
Walton, at the moment sitting at a career-high rating of world No.111, has been recognised for his speedy enchancment this season.
The 25-year-old from Queensland has tallied 32 match wins and contested 4 ATP Challenger finals to this point in 2024, boosting his rating up greater than 60 locations because the begin of the yr.
Walton’s season highlights embody scoring two top-100 victories to qualify at an ATP 250 match in Adelaide and making his ATP Masters 1000 main-draw debut at Miami as a qualifier.
The in-form Walton, a winner in 14 of his previous 18 matches, can’t wait to compete at Roland Garros for the primary time.
“This might be my first time at Roland Garros and I’m extremely grateful for the chance to play major draw,” Walton stated.
Tomljanovic joins compatriot Daria Saville within the girls’s singles major draw, whereas Walton bolsters the variety of Australians within the males’s singles major draw to 9.
Walton is about to compete alongside Alex de Minaur, Jordan Thompson, Alexei Popyrin, Chris O’Connell, Aleksandar Vukic, Rinky Hijikata, Max Purcell and Thanasi Kokkinakis.
The Roland Garros 2024 qualifying competitors begins on 20 Might, with main-draw motion following from 26 Might.
An extra 13 Australian gamers (5 males and eight girls) are set to contest the qualifying competitors, the place they should win three matches to earn a coveted main-draw berth.
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