Wimbledon 2025: Australia's Jordan Thompson advances to round of 32
Thompson appeared to have more freedom in the early stages, but started looking ginger and reverted to a more upright action through the middle stages before his first serve came to life when he needed it most.
After winning no more than 71 per cent of his first-serve points in any of the first three sets, he claimed 31 of 36 of them across the last two sets in a match-winning development as he rushed the net at every opportunity. Thompson finished with 20 aces and 76 winners overall to Bonzi’s 13 and 49, respectively.
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Four more Australians will be in action on Thursday, headlined by No.11 seed and reigning quarter-finalist Alex de Minaur first-up on court two against French qualifier Arthur Cazaux.
Rinky Hijikata will pit wits with 10th-seeded, fireball-serving American Ben Shelton on the same court later in the day, while Aleks Vukic will step onto Wimbledon’s fabled centre court to face world No.1 Jannik Sinner.
Daria Kasatkina rounds out the Australian contingent on court three against Irina-Camelia Begu.
No.1 seed Aryna Sabalenka, dual champion Carlos Alcaraz, Australian Open winner Madison Keys, Andrey Rublev and four-time major champion Naomi Osaka avoided the Wimbledon scrapheap to progress to the third round, but 2024 finalist Jasmine Paolini, Donna Vekic, Diana Shnaider and Leylah Fernandez were eliminated.
Marc McGowan travelled to Wimbledon with the support of Tennis Australia
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