Lucas Pouille, Hyeon Chung Advance To Second Round Of Wimbledon Qualifying | ATP Tour | Tennis

Lucas Pouille led a slew of stars through the first round of Wimbledon qualifying on Monday with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Zdenek Kolar.

The previous World No. 10 captured the hearts of followers at Roland Garrosthe place because the No. 675 participant within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings he certified and received a match in the primary draw. The Frenchman will attempt to qualify once more at SW19, the place he made the quarter-finals in 2016.

Hyeon Chungthe 2018 Australian Open semi-finalist who has been battling damage in recent times, eradicated Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. It was a tricky draw for Chung, as Kuzmanov two weeks in the past reached an ATP Challenger Tour ultimate in Bratislava. However that event was on clay, and the South Korean earned his first win of the yr at any stage on the Roehampton grass.

Second seed Thanasi Kokkinakis was unable to advance. #NextGenATP Swiss Leandro Riedi shocked the Australian 7-5, 6-4. One other #NextGenATP participant, Luke Nardiousted Jozef Kovalik 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. Fellow Next Gen ATP Finals contender Hamad Medjedovic cruised previous Pedro Martinez 6-0, 6-1.

Oscar Ottewho reached two tour-level semi-finals on grass final yr, ousted Benoit Pair 6-3, 6-3 and third seed Fabian Marozsanwho upset Carlos Alcaraz in Rome, defeated Oleksii Krutykh 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.

Two 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals rivals additionally moved on. Prime seed Matthew Arnaldi battled previous Shang Juncheng 3-6, 7-6(0), 7-5 and tenth seed Dominic Stricker eradicated Steve Johnson 7-5, 6-4.

Though they didn’t obtain a spot in Wimbledon qualifying by the programme, ATP Accelerator Programme qualifiers Toby Samuel of the College of South Carolina and Johannus Monday of the College of Tennessee additionally superior.