Alex de Minaur and Aleksandar Vukic progressed to the second spherical on the All England Membership after claiming victory early on Day 2.
London, UK, 1 July 2025 | Jackson Mansell
Alex de Minaur, Aleksandar Vukic and Rinky Hijikata emphatically ignited their Wimbledon 2025 campaigns after recording victories on Day 2.
De Minaur was at his spectacular greatest in his first-round match in opposition to Roberto Carballes Baena within the first match of Tuesday’s schedule, cruising to a 6-2 6-2 7-6(2) win.
Vukic, 29, arrange a showdown with world No.1 Jannik Sinner by reaching the second spherical of the All England Membership for a 3rd straight 12 months; he prevailed in opposition to Chinese language Taipei’s Tseng Chun-Hsin.
Within the second spherical De Minaur and Vukic be part of Jordan Thompson, who on Day 1 got here from two units to like right down to defeat Czechia’s Vit Kopriva.
And within the final match of the day on Court docket 5, Hijikata charged previous David Goffin 6-3 6-1 6-1 to attain the primary win of his profession in opposition to the previous world No.7.
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De Minaur, regardless of having bother serving out the match at 5-4, steadied within the tiebreak to advance to spherical two.
“It felt like a really stable match in opposition to a tricky competitor, and there was a bit of little bit of the whole lot,” De Minaur mentioned. “On the finish I needed to elevate my degree after I wanted it and performed some clutch tennis to complete it off. So total, fairly pleased with the efficiency.”
The Australian No.1 was aggressive in his strokeplay, swiftly turning defence into offence together with his internet recreation. He recorded 38 winners to the Spaniard’s 20 within the triumph.
De Minaur hopes to enhance on his quarterfinal run from final 12 months, when he was pressured to withdraw from his conflict with Novak Djokovic with a hip cartilage tear.
“The way in which I see it’s I’d like to put myself in that place once more, however there’s a whole lot of matches that have to be performed, a whole lot of gamers that I must beat, a whole lot of good tennis that I must play,” he admitted.
“In the mean time I’m simply apprehensive about my subsequent spherical match.”
He’ll subsequent face Frenchman Arthur Cazaux, who defeated De Minaur’s countryman Adam Walton in a tricky five-set battle.
Vukic survived a late fightback from world No.83 Tseng, incomes a 6-3 6-4 4-6 7-6(5) victory after a gruelling three-hour battle.
“It’s my third first-round win in a row so hopefully I can go a bit of additional. My subsequent opponents going to be a bit of tough with that,” Vukic smiled, noting his subsequent opponent in Sinner.
“If theres a floor to play him on, it’s most likely this one to be sincere. It’s a bit extra random in a manner, extra upsets can occur so hopefully I might be a kind of.”
Hijikata, regardless of making simply 10 unforced errors, was scientific in assault, blasting 27 winners for the match in opposition to Goffin.
Subsequent he’ll face Ben Shelton, the American tenth seed who overcame Alex Bolt 6-4 7-6(1) 7-6(4).
Earlier on Tuesday, James McCabe’s fairytale run got here to an finish after he misplaced in straight units to Hungarian Fabian Marozsan.
The 21-year-old was on debut on the All England Membership after qualifying for his first Grand Slam.
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DAY 2 RESULTS
Gents’s singles, first spherical
[11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 6-2 6-2 7-6(2)
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) d Tseng Chun-Hsin (TPE) 6-3 6-4 4-6 7-6(5)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) d David Goffin (BEL) 6-3 6-1 6-1
Fabian Marozsan (HUN) d [Q] James McCabe (AUS) 6-1 6-4 6-3
Arthur Cazaux (FRA) d Adam Walton (AUS) 6-3 7-6(6) 4-6 6-7(5) 6-1
[10] Ben Shelton (USA) d [Q] Alex Bolt (AUS) 6-4 7-6(1) 7-6(4)
Girls’ singles, first spherical
[16] Daria Kasatkina (AUS) d Emiliana Arango (COL) 7-5 6-3
[18] Ekaterina Alexandrova d Priscilla Hon (AUS) 6-2 7-5
[19] Liudmila Samsonova d Maya Joint (AUS) 6-3 6-2
COMING UP
Gents’s singles, second spherical
[11] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Arthur Cazaux (FRA)
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v [1] Jannik Sinner (ITA)
Rinky Hijikata (AUS) d [10] Ben Shelton (USA)
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Benjamin Bonzi (FRA)
Girls’ singles, second spherical
[16] Daria Kasatkina (AUS) v Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)
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