{"id":408726,"date":"2024-07-02T20:03:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T20:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=408726"},"modified":"2024-07-02T21:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T21:06:16","slug":"demon-downs-fellow-aussie-as-rain-wreaks-havoc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=408726","title":{"rendered":"Demon downs fellow Aussie as rain wreaks havoc"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex de Minaur<\/a> has beaten fellow Australian James Duckworth<\/a> in straight sets in a rain-interrupted first round Wimbledon<\/a> clash decided by tie breaks.<\/p>\n

The No.9 seed's 7-6, 7-6, 7-6 win in three hours was one of three Australian victories on day two, doubling the number of Antipodeans qualifying for the second round.<\/p>\n

In a match played at an odd rhythm, de Minaur broke his less-fancied opponent in the first set but failed to win a point while trying to serve it out.<\/p>\n

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He lost the first point in the tie-break before promptly winning seven in a row to take the set and establish a pattern for the match.<\/p>\n

After an extended rain delay in the second set, it was Duckworth's turn to squander a break before de Minaur again seized control in the tie-break, winning six points in a row to claim it 7-3.<\/p>\n

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On commentary, Todd Woodbridge wondered whether this would be the "straw that broke the camel's back".<\/p>\n

It wasn't to be, with the world No.81 showing flashes of promise but seeming to back off the aggression when handed a chance and failing to make them count.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After another, shorter, rain delay Duckworth again went up early in the third set but de Minaur eventually wrestled that advantage back to trigger yet another tie-break, which he won 7-4.<\/p>\n

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\ufeffWimbledon debutant Adam Walton had an easier time of it against Argentine world No.72 Frederico Coria 6-3, 6-3, 7-5.<\/p>\n

It was a no-nonsense display from the Aussie world No.101 as he won almost four out of five points on his second serve and kept it to just 24 unforced errors.<\/p>\n

Alexei Popyrin was pushed much harder by Brazil's Thiago Monteiro on Court 9 but managed to pull off a hard-fought 6-4, 6-7 (8-10), 6-3, 6-4 win.<\/p>\n

The Aussie world No.47 was almost unplayable on his first serve, slamming down 24 aces and winning nine out of 10 points.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also doubled his lower-ranked opponent's winner count before serving out the final game of the match to love, fittingly with two aces in a row.<\/p>\n

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It was a much harder day at the office for Australia's women as Ajla Tomljanovic and Olivia Gadecki crashed out to much higher ranked opponents.<\/p>\n

Tomljanovic, who has a history with her opponent Jelena Ostapenko dating back to a fiery argument when they met at Wimbledon in 2021, managed just seven winners in a 6-1, 6-2 defeat.<\/p>\n

She'll be hoping for better results later in the year as she gets more match practice on her comeback from a serious knee injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alex de Minaur has beaten fellow Australian James Duckworth in straight sets in a rain-interrupted first round Wimbledon clash decided by tie breaks. The No.9 […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":408732,"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\/408726"}],"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=408726"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408739,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408726\/revisions\/408739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/408732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=408726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=408726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=408726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}