PAP / EPA / JAMES ELSBY / Pictured: Thiago Seyboth Wild
Three-stage qualifying for Wimbledon came to an end on Thursday. The places in the main bracket were won by 16 tennis players each. There were no surprises.
In the men’s tournament, the deciding qualifying round matches were played best of three sets won. The defeat of Thiago Seyboth Wild returns to the fore. The Brazilian, who at the previous Grand Slam event, Roland Garros, beat m.in. Daniil Medvedev lost 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-2, 3-6, 2-6 to Tomas Barrios Vera on Thursday.
After five-set matches, Maximilian Marterer also won promotions, winning 7-5, 6-4, 6-7(5), 5-7, 7-5 with Fabian Marozsan, Kimmer Coppejans (6 -3, 4-6, 4:6, 6:4, 6:2 with Taro Daniel) and Laurent Lokoli. The Frenchman beat Michael Mmoh 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.
Only four top-seeded tennis players entered the main draw – ‘number one’ Matteo Arnaldi, ‘five’ Radu Albot, ‘six’ Tomas Machac and number ten Dominic Stricker.
In the women’s tournament, the highlight of Thursday’s matches was the Americans’ duel, in which Sofia Kenin beat Taylor Townsend 6-3, 6-3. Another interesting encounter between Yanina Wickmayer and Laura Siegemund ended in the Belgian victory 6:4, 5:7, 6:3.
The highest ranked tennis player who qualified for the main group is Mirra Andreyeva. The 16-year-old sensational number seven won 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 against Tamara Korpatsch on Thursday.
The Wimbledon 2023 main draw draw will take place on Friday.
Wimbledon, London (UK)
Grand Slam, grass pitch, £44.7m prize pool
Thursday June 29
Men’s singles 3rd qualifying round:
Matteo Arnaldi (Italy, 1) – Frederico Ferreira Silva (Portugal) 7-5, 6-4, 6-4
Radu Albot (Moldova, 5) – Felipe Meligeni Alves (Brazil, 20) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-6(6)
Tomas Machac (Czech Republic, 6) – Lucas Pouille (France) 3-6, 3-0 and fall
Dominic Stricker (Switzerland, 10) – Mattia Bellucci (Italy) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
Maximilian Marterer (Germany) b. Fabian Marozsan (Hungary, 3rd) 7-5, 6-4, 6-7(5), 5-7, 7-5
Kimmer Coppejans (Belgium) v Taro Daniel (Japan, 4) 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Dennis Novak (Austria) v Yosuke Watanuki (Japan, 8) 6:7(7), 6:3, 6:3, 6:4
Laurent Lokoli (France) b/w Michael Mmoh (USA, 13) 2:6, 7:6(2), 6:3, 2:6, 6:2
Enzo Couacaud (France) v Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA, 14) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(5), 7-6(5)
Shintaro Mochizuki (Japan) v Zsombor Piros (Hungary, 16) 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
Tomas Barrios Vera (Chile) bt Thiago Seyboth Wild (Brazil, 21) 6-4, 6-7(3), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
Gijs Brouwer (Netherlands) v Otto Virtanen (Finland, 22) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
Harold Mayot (France) – Matteo Gigante (Italy) 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
Hamad Medjedović (Serbia) v Billy Harris (Great Britain) 6-4, 7-6(6), 6-4
Sho Shimabukuro (Japan) – Denis Kudla (USA) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Oscar Otte (Germany) – Marc Polmans (Australia) 6-3, 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-5
Women’s singles 3rd qualifying round:
Mirra Andreeva (7) v Tamara Korpatsch (Germany, 19) 7-5, 5-7, 6-2
Yue Yuan (China, 11) v Brenda Fruhvirtova (Czech Republic, 28) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Greet Minnen (Belgium, 13) between Darja Semenistaja (Latvia) 6-2, 6-3
Simona Waltert (Switzerland, 14) – Emiliana Arango (Colombia) 6-4, 7-5
Yanina Wickmayer (Belgium, 17) v Laura Siegemund (Germany) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
Lucrezia Stefanini (Italy, 18) v Su-Wei Hsieh (Taiwan) 6-2, 6-7(3), 7-6(9)
Viktoria Hruncakova (Slovakia, 21) v Clara Tauson (Denmark, 3) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
Sofia Kenin (USA, 23) v Taylor Townsend (USA, 9) 6-3, 6-3
Viktorija Golubic (Switzerland, 29) v Despina Papamichail (Greece) 6-2, 7-6(5)
Storm Hunter (Australia) – Nao Hibino (Japan, 22) 6-3, 6-4
Natalija Stevanović (Serbia) v Marina Bassols Ribera (Spain, 25) 7-5, 7-5
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (Spain) v Olivia Gadecki (Australia, 27) 6-3, 6-3
Carol Zhao (Canada) v Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 7:6(4), 6:4
Kaja Juvan (Slovenia) v Sinja Kraus (Austria) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
Zhuoxuan Bai (China) – Anna Brogan (UK) 6-3, 6-0
Celine Naef (Switzerland) – Dayana Yastremska (Ukraine) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
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