{"id":297058,"date":"2023-05-16T03:01:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T03:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=297058"},"modified":"2023-05-16T03:58:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T03:58:02","slug":"aussie-hopes-boosted-by-roland-garros-wildcards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=297058","title":{"rendered":"Aussie hopes boosted by Roland-Garros wildcards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia's singles stocks at Roland-Garros<\/a> have received a boost with Kim Birrell and Thanasi Kokkinakis<\/a> receiving main-draw wildcards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It will be Birrell's main-draw debut at the claycourt grand slam.<\/p>\n

Birrell, ranked No.111 in the world, has won 20 of her 32 matches this season, including a stunning upset of Kaia Kanepi at the Australian Open<\/a> in January.<\/p>\n

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Kokkinakis has a similar 2023 record, winning 23 from 34.<\/p>\n

"This will be my first time playing in the main draw of a Grand Slam outside of Australia, so I'm really looking forward to it and couldn't be more grateful for the opportunity," Birrell said.<\/p>\n

"I'm so excited to be playing the main draw of Roland Garros this year. It's an honour to receive the wildcard, and I can't wait to be out there competing and playing my heart out on one of the world's biggest stages.<\/p>\n

"I'm proud of the hard work I've put in and the progress I've made, especially over the last few months, and I'm feeling confident that I can produce my best tennis against the best players in the world."<\/p>\n

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Birrell is one of just two Aussie women locked into the main draw, alongside Ajla Tomljanovic.<\/p>\n

Alongside Kokkinakis in the men's draw is Alex de Minaur, Nick Kyrgios, Jason Kubler, Alexei Popyrin, Christopher O'Connell, Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell.<\/p>\n

"It feels great to be back on the clay, I feel like I'm playing well at the moment, and have some great memories playing at the French," Kokkinakis said.<\/p>\n

"I really appreciate getting the wildcard and can't wait to compete in Paris again. I've had a few solid wins on the clay recently so I hope I can build on that momentum and get some good results."<\/p>\n

Ten more Aussies are entered in qualifiers from May 22, with main-draw action beginning May 28.<\/p>\n

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Australia's singles stocks at Roland-Garros have received a boost with Kim Birrell and Thanasi Kokkinakis receiving main-draw wildcards. It will be Birrell's main-draw debut at […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":297060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":297063,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297058\/revisions\/297063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/297060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=297058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=297058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}