Walton scores career-biggest win in gorgeous debut at Wimbledon 2024 | 3 July, 2024 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Adam Walton has notched a number of spectacular milestones in latest weeks. These embody a top-100 debut, a maiden ATP main-draw win, in addition to incomes direct acceptance right into a Grand Slam match for the primary time.

The 25-year-old from Queensland can now add a primary Grand Slam main-draw win to his rising record of achievements.

Walton made his main breakthrough with a commanding 6-3 6-3 7-5 victory in opposition to Argentina’s Federico Coria in first-round males’s singles motion immediately at Wimbledon.

Walton, who solely recorded his first skilled grass-court win final week, received the total Wimbledon expertise in his match debut. This included navigating a rain delay, shortly after taking the opening set.

But nothing may curb the world No.101’s momentum, returning to shut out the most important win of his profession in an environment friendly two hours and 5 minutes.

“It feels excellent,” beamed Walton, who had misplaced his first-round matches in his Australian Open and Roland Garros debuts earlier this season.

“That is clearly my third crack at making an attempt to win one, and to lastly recover from the road immediately was actually superior. I’m over the moon.”

At world No.72, Coria equals the highest-ranked opponent that Walton has defeated in his profession. That is his fifth top-100 victory in whole, all of which have been recorded this season.

“I’ve had an excellent 12 months,” famous Walton, a winner in 40 of his 60 singles matches to this point in 2024. “I believed I’ve carried out very nicely on the Challenger stage and been in a position to persistently win matches there, which has been good.

“Clearly the Grand Slams are the occasions you wish to carry out at, it’s the place the massive cash is, the massive factors. To get the win immediately, I’m actually, actually joyful.”

Walton, who was ranked exterior the world’s high 230 this time final 12 months, now turns his consideration to a second-round assembly with Francisco Comesana. The unheralded Argentine prompted a serious upset earlier immediately, eliminating sixth seed Andrey Rublev.

Like Walton, world No.122 Comesana had by no means scored a Grand Slam main-draw win earlier than this match.

“It was every part I may have hoped for,” Walton mentioned of his first expertise of competing on the prestigious All England Membership. “I can’t wait to go once more on Thursday.”

Aussies in motion – Wimbledon

RESULTS
Males’s singles, first spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) d [LL] James Duckworth (AUS) 7-6(1) 7-6(3) 7-6(4)
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) d Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 6-4 6-7(8) 6-3 6-4
Adam Walton (AUS) d Federico Coria (ARG) 6-3 6-3 7-5
Flavio Cobolli (ITA) d Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 7-5 4-6 6-4 6-4

Ladies’s singles, first spherical
[13] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) d [WC] Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS) 6-1 6-2
[Q] Robin Montgomery (USA) d [Q] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) 6-4 6-4

COMING UP
Males’s singles, first spherical
Chris O’Connell (AUS) v [13] Taylor Fritz (USA)
Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v [17] Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) 4-6 5-7 7-6(9) 1-1 to complete

Males’s singles, second spherical
[9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) v Jaume Munar (ESP)
Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) v [3] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
Alexei Popyrin (AUS) v [30] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 
Jordan Thompson (AUS) v Brandon Nakashima (USA)
Adam Walton (AUS) v Francisco Comesana (ARG)